Post subject: An interesting Gemcutting History from the mountains of Fran
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:44 pm
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I hope you will enjoy this new video I made which explores the history of gemcutting in the mountains of France. In the video, I show some of the different historical localities including the last major cutting workshop up there. I also speak to the owners of two of the biggest gemcutting companies in Paris. Enjoy
Post subject: Re: An interesting Gemcutting History from the mountains of
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:21 am
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Justin,
Fascinating video and a lot of history to digest and google away on. However, quick question for you. At about 13:00 minutes in there's a shot of a man using a machine with just a curved piece of metal to (my guess), align his angles for the cut/polish/etc. Do you have any guidance on how such a machine would work in practice? How would you maintain angles as you rotated around the stone? How would you change to a new index? In other words, it looks almost like magic to get so skilled you could produce a stone with meets, correct angles and everything else. That, to me, would mean I almost feel like cheating with the machines we have now with digital readouts, rigid index selections and all the other bells and whistles.
Any words or info would be appreciated, I feel like I've just watched a master working with nothing more than a chisel creating the statue of David.
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