In todays video Justin shows us the results of the rough crystal opal which he sliced instead of polished. He decides to cut several pairs and the results are spectacular. As you can see the difference between a cutter and a master cutter is knowing which way an opal will face best and how to bring out what many people call the “fire” or play of colour of an opal. If you missed the first video here it is too.
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Justin reports on the 2018 Lightning Ridge Festival and Opal Symposium plus he shares some of his favourite places. Like all of Justin’s communication, he prefers pictures to words! If you are a word person, you may enjoy Ruth’s post on the week as well.
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Last week on Facebook, we mentioned this amazing piece we were going to do a carving opal video on. Here is the video showing Justin taking you through the step by step of carving opal with a dremel. So if you’ve ever wanted to try carving, now is your chance with all the tips right here in this video. The main equipment you will need is a Dremel or similar hand-held rotary tool. You’ll also need a selection of bits including: hard diamond bits soft nova bits felt tips dowel wood bits The video is quite long so you’ll have plenty of time to see exactly what he is doing but if you…
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