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Well I’m happy, it’s pretty even with a chip and I’m headed straight to the bench after posting this to see if I can chase that chip out.
It’s nice to finally hold a trilliant after everything.
Hope you’ve all enjoyed and happy cutting!

Don’t worry I stretched when I was done. I feel like the polish went better on this one than any stone I’ve done so far, almost no 600 grit scratches left at all, atleast in the crown.

Here’s after I put the pre polish on the lighting lap and I start to realize that I’m going to need to rest at some point. So we switch from chasing the perfection dragon to trying to get the stone to a place where im happy with it for the night.

I managed to get everything on there and I had a plan of attack ready to go, but little did I know that sleep is a thing people tend to need, and I would be finding that out fairly shortly.
So I got a little lazy and didn’t end up chasing the perfection dragon. After all it is still a learner stone and it has accomplished that.
I’ve learned the crown.
So from here I start putting on the polish, cause I want to see what this thing looks like off the dop.

But I would like to know, is that a viable strategy going from 3000 lightning lap to my old 8000 copper topper to cut facets to their meet points, then hitting the 50000 lightning lap?

I started figuring the crown out but keeping everything aligned has been troublesome with this one, and our girdle line is all but nonexistent.
still having fun and learning. Hope you all enjoy and happy cutting.

Hello everyone, today we tackle the crown on this igloo cut. we’re getting a late start on cutting but I’m gonna try and have this stone finished by the end of the day if I can.
Hopefully it doesn’t try and fight me or the dop too much. It’s been a slippery trickster of a stone this one.

Hey just wanted to share the start of my process for the first real triangle diagram I attempt.

Il share more as I cut if anyone is interested in following along.
just got off work and I’m headed back to the bench almost got the outline in this morning and I’m eager to keep going

Faceting a Big Aqua on a Vevor and Cutkit Precision mast and hand piece! Part 1
https://youtu.be/76gbhKQ0Wmw

New Video going up! Took longer than expected so Il have to do a couple parts hope it’s enjoyable or useful to you. Have a nice day.

Modified squartuguese by Aidan Robertson
Cut on vevor faceting machine, turtles hoard precision mast and hand piece

I’m happy with it.
Video coming soon