There are specific gem routers with various bits for hitting inside curves of cabs or cuttting channels. Mine is an Inland I got for 20 bucks at a flea market.
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:31 pm
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Colour treated green and blue diamonds, with white diamonds, moonstone and green tourmaline in 18kt gold and sterling silver. This was so much fun to make
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Post subject: Re: Original: Your Latest Jewelry Creation! Lets See It!
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:52 pm
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When I'm not dealing with gemology students or faculty, I enjoy the occasional woodworking project. Recently one of the instructors came to me with a pretty unusual idea to make a ring out of wood into the shape of an ice cream cone using a small Hessonite Garnet cab that she owned as the cherry on top. Always willing to tackle something fun, this is what I came up with.
It may not look like it, but there are 10 separate pieces including the stone. The woods used are padauk, maple and cocobolo with a 14ky bezel.
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Post subject: Re: Original: Your Latest Jewelry Creation! Lets See It!
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:00 pm
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Well, since you didn't seem to hate them, I'll throw a few more jewelry related wood projects in here for fun
Please forgive the photography, these are all taken with my phone for my own records as I don't sell or promote these, they are just made for friends or family as a hobby.
Caterpillar ring for my wife (she loves the critters)
Black and white ebony ring with cat's eye Sillimanite
Padauk and orange wood with large included Quartz
Cocobolo with Danburite (cut by a member on this forum)
Ring box for my wife's anniversary ring last year
Ambrosia maple gemstone box with rotating lid and magnetic closure
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Post subject: Re: Original: Your Latest Jewelry Creation! Lets See It!
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 11:33 am
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Here is a recent project for a hospital charity event we participate in each year - 35th (emerald) anniversary for this event, so we used their logo with an emerald.
14K, 5 mm Columbian emerald, and 32 ideal cut diamonds.
One guy at the event bought $3,000 in raffle tickets for the pendant - and still didn't win!
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