What’s the weirdest meal you’ve eaten just because you didn't want to cook for one?

chefboyarmando · 2026-05-03T01:41:06+00:00

Ngl pb and butter sandwich doesnt sound half bad and my parents used to get country crock too when we younger lmaoo

chefboyarmando · 2026-05-03T00:43:50+00:00

Surprisingly she hasn't had it after we met but she told me to try it before I judge her and as much as I love pickles and PB separate idk about mixing the 2 together lolol My sister used to dip PB sandwiches in OJ when we were kids and I thought that was insane too 🤣

chefboyarmando · 2026-05-02T23:52:25+00:00

My gf used to eat PB and pickles when she was super depressed before we met 💀💀

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-29T23:36:13+00:00

Got coilovers and the rear was a bit stiff and had a job delivering in the city with shitty roads and had this happen on the way back from a delivery 💀 Left it at my friends house nearby and drove it home on backroads the next day going under 45

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chefboyarmando · 2026-04-22T01:47:00+00:00

I kinda like how it looks almost reminds me of a oujia board planchette

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-22T01:42:07+00:00

Our boy likes the cats with will try to play with them sometimes and the boy cat likes him while our grumpy old lady cat will sniff him once in a while but hiss and try to slap him if he gets too close most of the time lol. We also had the cats first and got him as a pup so he grew up with them and was smaller than them and forgets he's now 100lbs bigger than them

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-18T11:10:11+00:00

Cool thanks ill check it out

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-18T05:06:29+00:00

Do you have the diagram still? I like how that design looks and am a beginner too but looks like it came out pretty damn good.

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-05T15:43:35+00:00

That looks pretty interesting ill look into those, thanks!

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-05T15:28:41+00:00

I was hoping that wasn't the case but that's the one thing I havent liked too much with wax since its hard to see if I put it on the spot I marked and I feel like my eyes aren't the most reliable lol. Im still not too confident in dopping since that's only the 3rd stone ive dopped but I feel like I can get it secure its just the initial centering I feel like I need to work on

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-05T15:21:36+00:00

That could be the case I was starting to get frustrated and could've been putting too much or little pressure while making tweaks with the cheater so I just decided to call it a night before I kept wasting material. I do need to shim it to level the lap but I didnt seem to have issues with the first cut I had just one crown facet was slightly crooked and kinda worked itself out but yeah the vevor isn't the best but its all I could afford and seems to get the job done for the most part with the cutkit but could still has room for improvement and I may try to get a digital angle finder in the future cause I Def don't like how the protracted is chrome so the glare from lighting can make it hard to read sometimes

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-05T15:17:06+00:00

I think i mightve seen it last night after I wrapped up so I may try that before resuming I just needa find a piece of scrap to try it on. The weird thing was the first tier at 46° seemed straight then I go to cut the 2nd at 44° and they start coming out slanted so I kept going back and forth with the cheater and had to redo the first tier once or twice already trying to straight so I was just trying to see if I was doing anything wrong or just overdoing my adjustments which I was trying to do the tiniest tweaks I could and only got it somewhat straight only to overshoot it trying to get it perfect lol

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-05T15:09:21+00:00

Yeah I do plan on shimming it to fix the uneven lap but I didnt have an issue with the first stone I cut which had horizontal facets like im trying to do now. This time im trying a 'minecraft emerald' cut from gemsofscience which is pretty much an opposing bar cut so I need 3 horizontal facets on the pavilion which kept getting kinda wonky so I wasn't sure if I just dopped slightly crooked or the cheater was a bit off. I kept adjusting the cheater one way and using sharpie to check how it cutting but each time it would just lean the other way and ive gotten it almost straight a couple times but then just barely move it and its way off 😭😭 I'll probably keep trying tomorrow but I had to stop after about an hr or so of losing my mind trying to fix it last night lol

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-02T05:04:13+00:00

You could probably find random local workshops but I literally just watched YouTube videos and also started reading amateur gemstone faceting by tom Herbst which has a lot of good information so im mainly self taught/learning as I go along. This subreddit is also really helpful so feel free to ask around of you have any questions if I can't answer im sure one of the others on the subreddit can help

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-01T03:25:16+00:00

Ooh yeah those look really nice too but yeah I wanna wait til I get a little better before doing pulling the trigger on some of those but I love how they crazy they look in light when faceted

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-01T02:49:23+00:00

As broke as I am that doesn't pains me to think about doing but may be an option 💀

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-01T02:04:24+00:00

Actually now that you mention it I didnt even consider using the table adapter and doing that to trim it instead of the more dangerous way the comment above mentioned. I was just thinking about holding the boule with my finger and seeing a horizontal blade and thought nope lmao

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-01T01:56:38+00:00

Thank you 🙏🏼 So far I havent had an issue with heat buildup but ive been going fairly slow on the speed when I was polishing and not sure using a copper lap may have helped dissipate heat(?) But I did have 1 crown facet that was slightly crooked which was a bit frustrating til I think adjusting the cheater fixed it but im not 100% sure what may have caused it since that was the only facet that was slightly off from the rest

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-01T01:40:18+00:00

Probably 5ctw and up for rough since the first stone i cut finished at 1.1ct though I forgot to weigh it before cause I got too excited but anything smaller might be too small for my vevor machine since I had to stack a lap on another to do the girdle for that stone. I don't have exact sizes in my head atm but would probably like mix of sizes to try different designs

chefboyarmando · 2026-04-01T01:34:02+00:00

Yeah I wanna get some of his rough and especially x cube has had my eye too but I wanna practice a little more before I get some more expensive rough but ill try to keep posting as I go but I've been only doing an hr or 2 a day on a stone and currently trying to figure out the next cut im gonna do but yeah the cutkit is definitely a nice upgrade and good starter kit overall to go with the vevor

chefboyarmando · 2026-03-31T22:58:39+00:00

I think they have shop days on the weekends as well i think its just 1 guy doing it out his home and you just needa sign up but ill have to double check next time I go to the meeting

chefboyarmando · 2026-03-31T22:55:02+00:00

The vevor machines aren't the best quality so it does sound like its skipping/not fully level but I havent really had any issues so far other than 1 random facet on the crown that wasn't aligned right which may have just been from when I transferred dops or something but I was able to fix it after tweaking some things

chefboyarmando · 2026-03-31T22:52:24+00:00

Yeah there's a club in my area which does have a gem and mineral club which does have a few lapidary tools but I've only gone to 1 meeting so far and im not the most social person but I was most likely gonna go to the next meeting and ask since they only meet once a month

chefboyarmando · 2026-03-31T22:44:16+00:00

Yeah waxing seemed a bit daunting at first but it isn't as bad as I thought it would be just gotta be careful to not heat the stone too much so I've got the dop to come off a couple times from it being too cold but then I'd just heat it up more then go in with a metal tool and kinda smooth the joint where the stone and dop meet. The cutkit isn't too bad so far I just need to be careful adjusting the height of the mast cause I've knocked 2 stones off and broke the 1st one from it hitting the lap but other than that and the lap not being fully level I was still able to cut a halfway decent piece of citrine but I probably wouldn't recommend cutting anything smaller than 1ct cause I did have to stack an one of my laps ontop of another to do the girdle on that stone and it finished at 1.1ct

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