So often we have to buy expensive cutting equipment to do certain jobs with opal. But there is a shortcut when it comes to slicing opal. You will see in this video Justin showing you the steps it takes to slice opal without a slicer.
By just using different parts of the cutting wheel you can slice an opal but this doesn’t work on all facets of slicing (pardon the pun) Watch the video and let me know what you think?
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