Lapidary George Tutorial on Stone Cutting - 2
Village Silversmith Rock Talk
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George, a lapidary on the North Shore for 40 years, takes us from start to finish with a rough boulder form stone to a cabochon with a great polish. Learn about different cutting and polishing tools from different saws to buffing wheels and all of the techniques to use them. Everything you need to know to cut and polish a perfect stone cabochon with George Bajoras of Village Silversmith!
20 Comments
@charlesgreenwell2737 13 years ago
Great series of instruction. George covers and explains step by step all his processes for stone cutting and polishing in terms that are understandable and easy to follow for beginners as well as experienced cutters. Best video I have seen and would love to actually learn from this guy..Wish he made more videos for teaching.
@mawga01 13 years ago
These two cabochon demo videos are wonderful and informative. I completely enjoyed watching them both. I do hope you will be adding more in the future!
@donnaer 4 years ago
Excellent tutorial with great safety tips. Would love to learn more about dry polishes for different stones. We only covered cerium oxide in my intro class. You carry fantastic stones btw. I just love playing with the rocks!
@melaniemathews2105 12 years ago
My husband and I will, definetly be there if you give us the date .
If anyone is interested in joining a class taught by George in Rockport, MA this coming April, send an email to contacts@villagesilversmith.net. We are trying to put together a long afternoon cutting class on a Saturday in April and want to see if there is enough interest. This will be George's first official cutting class in over 10 years!
@conniecosta5924 13 years ago
George, I am very new at cutting cabs. I do a lot of wire wrapping and took a few lessons at my gem club in cutting . I found you on youtube and found your videos the most informative, Do you give lessons and where are you located?
@conniecosta5924 13 years ago
George, You mentioned your students. Do you give classes, and if you do where could I get some info from you in regard to classes? I am very new to cutting cabs and much to my surprise I love it. I do wire work and I find it very gratifying cutting my own cabs. Hope to hear from you. Connie
@horstmathies5357 12 years ago
Good day Mr.George. I do enjoy Your demonstration.Please Let me know Which compounds You do Use for which Stones.I would appreciate Your information. I do enjoy working in the lapidary field. Regards Horst
@theropodia 11 years ago
HI, wonderful vids. I have use silicon carbide on quartz massives for the last few years and am interested in switching to diamond. Are your wheels sintered diamond or brazed/bonded? I am ordering a new cabbing unit and would like to know what you feel are the most economic over time.
@lukemurray3854 10 years ago
Hi George. Hope you still check this video for comments.
I am looking for a six wheel lapidary machine like the one you use at the start of this video (not sure if the one you are using has six wheels) However I am searching all over the net and there seems to be so many different names for it. I know the name has something to do with lapidary polishing that search brings up tons of different types of machines.
Do you have any tips on what I should search for to find this machine.
(Complete newbie here I just saw a six wheel machine at a activity center and fell in love with shaping/polishing the different gem stones)
I am looking for a six wheel lapidary machine like the one you use at the start of this video (not sure if the one you are using has six wheels) However I am searching all over the net and there seems to be so many different names for it. I know the name has something to do with lapidary polishing that search brings up tons of different types of machines.
Do you have any tips on what I should search for to find this machine.
(Complete newbie here I just saw a six wheel machine at a activity center and fell in love with shaping/polishing the different gem stones)
Lapidary George Tutorial on Stone Cutting - 2
Village Silversmith Rock Talk
125,969 views
George, a lapidary on the North Shore for 40 years, takes us from start to finish with a rough boulder form stone to a cabochon with a great polish. Learn about different cutting and polishing tools from different saws to buffing wheels and all of the techniques to use them. Everything you need to know to cut and polish a perfect stone cabochon with George Bajoras of Village Silversmith!