﻿{"id":110,"date":"2011-10-04T19:44:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T19:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com\/?p=536"},"modified":"2011-10-04T19:44:50","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T19:44:50","slug":"3-1-kind-of-a-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/sako\/2011\/10\/04\/3-1-kind-of-a-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"3-1 kind of a weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m going to make this a short one and not a 1000 word blog. 3-1 kind of weekend? It&#8217;s a play on words title I chose. It&#8217;s referencing my beloved San Francisco 49ers record into a young season. Niner fans have been suffering for about 10 years and milking it &#8216;while it lasts&#8217; is one thing that I will be doing. I&#8217;m also going to share with my readers 3 various jobs that I&#8217;ve done. Hell, I&#8217;ll just include a YouTube video showing you a process of this coral job I did.<\/p>\n<p>So I get this order for this red coral job that I needed to supply into a tear drop shape with grooves cut into them. You may remember a blog I wrote on this Turquoise job I did called &#8216;<a title=\"Turquoise Grooves\" href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/29\/turquoise-grooves\/\" >Turquoise Grooves<\/a>&#8216; which explained the whole process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral1_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-537\" title=\"Coral1_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral1_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=288\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I mapped out how and where I&#8217;d like my grooves to be cut on this calcium induced piece of red coral using a small disk drill bit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral2_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-539\" title=\"Coral2_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral2_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=269\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, this is the process of mapping out lines into the tear drop coral.<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='460' height='289' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DbGXkUQ1Skk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s that video I promised showing you the process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral3_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-540\" title=\"Coral3_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral3_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=275\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may notice that I cut the lines deep so I have room to make the grooves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral4_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-542\" title=\"Coral4_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral4_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=272\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral5_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543\" title=\"Coral5_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral5_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=278\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the finished product. I filed the grooves in and used various custom made drill bits to give it that rounded look between each groove.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral6_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-544\" title=\"Coral6_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral6_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=292\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral7_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-545\" title=\"Coral7_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/coral7_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=275\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I finished it off with a 1mm hole so that some sort of post would sit into the drilled area.<\/p>\n<p>So I get this David Yurman two toned ring in that needed a new Moonstone cut into it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/davidyurmanmoonstone2_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-546\" title=\"davidyurmanMoonStone2_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/davidyurmanmoonstone2_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=273\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I supplied a nice cushion cut cabochon Moonstone to sit into the bezel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/davidyurmanmoonstone_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-547\" title=\"davidyurmanMoonStone_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/davidyurmanmoonstone_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=290\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stone should sit perfectly inside and I recommended to my customer to glue it in and to do a light hammer on the walls of the bezel to give it that extra secure fit into the mounting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/diamondcutsapphire2_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-548\" title=\"DiamondCutSapphire2_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/diamondcutsapphire2_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=288\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, I machine cut, to the millimeter, diamond shape cut blue sapphires that I supplied into this white gold ring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/diamondcutsapphire_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-549\" title=\"DiamondCutSapphire_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/diamondcutsapphire_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=297\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, they go from large, medium, to small.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/diamondcutsapphire3_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-550\" title=\"DiamondCutSapphire3_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/diamondcutsapphire3_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=287\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/diamondcutsapphire4_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-551\" title=\"DiamondCutSapphire4_3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/diamondcutsapphire4_3-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=293\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The blue sapphires sit perfectly into the desired area and some how, I kept this blog from reaching 400 words which is a new record for me. Hopefully, I&#8217;ll have another blog out and running by the end of this Friday. Till next time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com\/536\/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com\/536\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15879592&#038;post=536&#038;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;m going to make this a short one and not a 1000 word blog. 3-1 kind of weekend? It&rsquo;s a play on words title I chose. It&rsquo;s referencing my beloved San Francisco 49ers record into a young season. 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