Diamonds may be forever
...But lab-grown sapphires are one hell of a sight cheaper.
I lost count. Somewhere between 25 and 30 stones - probably 28; a moderate amount of work. I have stones that aren't level, stones that are at varying depths and stones that aren't quite in line; that last one is less visible now that the bright cutting is done, which surprised me.
Learned a lot from doing this - there's mistakes I made there that I won't again. This was also the first time I tried pre-cutting the grains prior to installing the stones; easier in some ways, but it brings its own problems too. Like cutting each grain to the same size...
Hand pushed gravers only - I resisted using the Airgraver on this.
I lost count. Somewhere between 25 and 30 stones - probably 28; a moderate amount of work. I have stones that aren't level, stones that are at varying depths and stones that aren't quite in line; that last one is less visible now that the bright cutting is done, which surprised me.
Learned a lot from doing this - there's mistakes I made there that I won't again. This was also the first time I tried pre-cutting the grains prior to installing the stones; easier in some ways, but it brings its own problems too. Like cutting each grain to the same size...
Hand pushed gravers only - I resisted using the Airgraver on this.