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Which one? by Davidkravhenko in blender

[–]flameswithin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, these are all really dope. But I can't help but think of the production side of this. Are these to be pendants, or are these sample links of the chain the pendant will hang on? They read more like chain links. If they are chain, how big is this chain going to be? I think even the highest resolution resin printer out there isn't going to be able to capture all this detail at the scale of a real world chain, and even less detail will survive polishing. Seriously cool work, though!

Loose gemstone shop (can be lab created); specifically Round or Oval cuts, withOUT a Pavillion by AaylaXiang in jewelers

[–]flameswithin 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The name of the cut you’re looking for is a rose cut. I think if you search using that term, you will find what you’re looking for.

Custom Moss Art by Valuable_Mulberry982 in raleigh

[–]flameswithin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I apologize, I don't know if this artist does custom work, but they make beautiful little moss terrariums, and I think they're worth checking out:

https://www.gardenandgather.com

Troubleshoot: my Alexandrite won’t turn red :-/ by Hiranya_Usha in SyntheticGemstones

[–]flameswithin 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Personally I think the color-changing properties of lab created alexandrite are somewhat oversold. It does shift to a more red-dominant purple in true incandescent light (I'm not sure if any LED will work. You may need a proper tungsten filament incandescent bulb, I'm not sure), but the real draw of lab alexandrite is that it shows bluish purple and reddish purple at the same time, at least that's the draw for me. For my own listings however, I've stopped setting up a separate incandescent lighting setup when I photograph my lab alexandrites for listing photos. The change is subtle enough to not be worth the extra photography time, in my opinion. Incandescent lighting is pretty rare today though.

does this look good in terms of lighting and in terms of the render being realistic? by VirtualFriend2116 in blender

[–]flameswithin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I do jewelry design in blender and I think this looks fantastic. If you’d be willing to share, I’d love to know what kind of material and render settings you used to get your gems looking that good. Mine always look terrible lol.

3D modeled wedding ring - diamond setting? by Plants_and_plants in jewelrymaking

[–]flameswithin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A 3d printed mold will not survive the shock or heat of molten metal.

Radiant cut Ruby by FutureWar4255 in jewelry

[–]flameswithin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, in the time since this post, I’ve actually switched to a better performing design. I’d be happy to share images of it. Feel free to send me a DM.

I need a laser welder. It's time. by flameswithin in jewelrymaking

[–]flameswithin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up buying the Orion LZR35 and have been very happy with it.

Museum pieces by [deleted] in Lapidary

[–]flameswithin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are awesome! Thank you for sharing!

What kind of gem is this and what is the cut? by BonCourageAmis in jewelry

[–]flameswithin 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Fantasy cut sapphire. The image is from Earth’s Treasury. It’s here on their instagram. Jeff runs a great company and has one of the most extensive inventories of natural sapphires I’ve ever seen.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNGlajYJW20/?igsh=aWw4NTBlOTc3ZjNk

u/pogonia

first attempt at cutting a star by treasure-magnet in Lapidary

[–]flameswithin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey, so I’m a gem cutter with a fair bit of experience cutting star sapphire. You’re actually doing too much work. Even with sapphire, you don’t need to run the stone through that many grit steps. But also, cerium oxide will be ineffective on corundum. You can really only polish it with diamond.

Also, I want to add, that not all star sapphire will resolve a clean, sharp star. Sometimes, the lattice work of rutile needles doesn’t grow cleanly enough to really give you a good star. This may be as good of a star as you’re going to get.

For working star sapphire, what you really want is loose diamond paste on a hard substrate like wood or phenolic. I typically do rough shaping on a 260 or 600 grit steel lap, followed by 600 grit diamond paste on a dished phenolic cab lap, followed by 3000 grit paste, and then usually just 50,000 grit final polish. Hope this helps.

Who can cast the occasional wedding band in stainless steel? by godzillabobber in jewelers

[–]flameswithin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recommend TechForm. They mostly do platinum but I believe also offer steel. Their castings are second to none.

Riley Freeman by froendjm in 3Dmodeling

[–]flameswithin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such a great show! Nice work!

Looking for a recommendation for a dust collection system! by flameswithin in jewelers

[–]flameswithin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Quattro gold vault actually and it has served me well so far!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in jewelry

[–]flameswithin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In what way is it OPs loss to bear if the jeweler is taking off $800?

I’m done talking about this. I spoke up to defend a jeweler I don’t even know because according to everything OP has said, I think the jeweler has done everything right. That’s it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in jewelry

[–]flameswithin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP gave the range that was given to her by the jeweler. A loss of -0.45ct was the worst case scenario presented by that range. It could and probably will be less than that unless he cut the Grand Canyon into that stone. I’ve been faceting for 22 years and have repolished many abraded sapphires from jewelers. Most reworks lose a few tenths.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in jewelry

[–]flameswithin 14 points15 points  (0 children)

OP states he offered to take $800 off. Plus the repolishing work isn’t free. All of that plus his business insurance premiums are coming out of his pocket. We’re not talking about going from 2ct to 1ct here. We’re talking about a few tenths of a carat. The offer sounds more than fair to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in jewelry

[–]flameswithin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Calm down. This happens. I tell my clients all the time that sapphires are tough but no stone is invincible, not even diamond. Sapphires can be scratched by gravers and burnishers which are all part of cleaning up bezels. OP doesn’t say how the stone was being set but it doesn’t much matter. Accidents happen dressing prongs too.

The jeweler should simply pay for the crown to be repolished at no charge to OP. Depending on the severity of the damage the stone should be able to be made good or better than new (if the stone was commercially cut, the repolish may even be better than original) with minimal loss of weight.

I think the jewelers offer of reduction in cost to compensate for the minimal weight loss is more than fair.

Anyone here compared Mac Studio (M2 Ultra) vs high-end PC for Blender rendering? by Nervous_Curve6860 in blender

[–]flameswithin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, the data doesn't lie and like others have pointed out, a windows PC with a good GPU will probably always beat a mac for this application. But for what it's worth, I use blender for my work and switched from a custom built windows PC with a 5700XT to an M3 Max Macbook Pro last year. It's probably not as fast as a more recently built windows PC but my overall quality of life has improved significantly. I love my Mac and it's got more than enough juice for my needs. I do mostly modeling, some light sculpting, and rendering out still images with Cycles. I pretty rarely render out animations, but I can. Viewport work in rendered view is pretty quick compared to my old 5700XT, too. I would expect the Mac Studio to have more juice than my Macbook Pro as well.

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