Comments on: Daily Wire Tip Feb. 5: Resizing Gemstones http://www.wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/1294/resizing-gemstones/ Making Wire Jewelry and Wire Wrapping Techniques Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David Gunny Bates http://www.wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/1294/resizing-gemstones/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 David Gunny Bates Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:43:56 +0000 http://wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/?p=1294#comment-1507 Thanks, That helps me to know what to do. David Thanks, That helps me to know what to do.
David

]]> By: mary http://www.wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/1294/resizing-gemstones/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 mary Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:20:20 +0000 http://wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/?p=1294#comment-1506 I so understand where you are coming from on this. Years ago when I first got into jewelrymaking and such, I got a shopping spree from my DH on ebay. Now, not knowing any better I went for what we fondly refer to as "hunka chunka" stones for their size. Most of them were cut way too deep to even do anything with. That's because of the company wanting to get as much carat weight out of them as possible. But, thankfully, I had joined our local rock club and one of the men in the club who does faceting volunteered to "recut" several of the stones for me by flattening out the deep pavilions of the stones. Yes, I lost carat weight but who cares, because when he was finished I had useable stones that I could recoup my money on. I learned a good lesson from that experience. Mary I so understand where you are coming from on this. Years ago when I first got into jewelrymaking and such, I got a shopping spree from my DH on ebay. Now, not knowing any better I went for what we fondly refer to as “hunka chunka” stones for their size. Most of them were cut way too deep to even do anything with. That’s because of the company wanting to get as much carat weight out of them as possible.
But, thankfully, I had joined our local rock club and one of the men in the club who does faceting volunteered to “recut” several of the stones for me by flattening out the deep pavilions of the stones.

Yes, I lost carat weight but who cares, because when he was finished I had useable stones that I could recoup my money on. I learned a good lesson from that experience.

Mary

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