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I started cutting gemstones a while ago. I don't know if anyone is familiar with this?

Anyways, I am unemployed and struggling to find work, so I am spending my time trying to be somehow "productive".

I used to go to the gym a lot, but as I am getting poorer by the day, I am spending most of my time on my faceting machine which is getting old. I'd love to get a new one sometime soon.

I am posting here out just for the hell of it, wondering if this will catch interest.

>>2971621
Youd be surprised gems is an entire ecosystem that people dont even think about. Your hobby could be a job.

Sex bots are engineering somewhat but form takes precedence over function.
I think how can i do this so it can be more aesthetic rather than how can i achieve this so it’s more efficient.
I bet someone like steve jobs would coom at the process more so than the computer machine which most people dont really care how it looks like.

>>2971623
Thanks.

I know a little about companies in the gem industry. Some are really interesting, however there are a lot of shady actors too.

I'd love to work in that field but it would have to be discreet. I'm a little weary of some the actors working in there.

>>2971641
Can you directly sell your cut gems to collectors and independent jewelrymakers? I don't know how it works.

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>>2971574
>ceramics
I gotchu senpai, what do you want to know? We do it all here at [redacted] ceramics, from boxes of brown goop to finished, glazed, and illuminated pieces.

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>>2971705
i sure do love my very hot cylinders

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>>2971706
They be....... Gnomin' around

>>2971708
Those definitely look better than the other handmade ceramic Christmas trees I've seen.

How's getting into ceramics? Is the beginner tier all boring mold-pouring?

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>>2971718
My grandma started this shop in the 70s, and back then, it was all about buying molds to pour and paint and so on... The market seems to have shifted though, because all of the mold companies have either shuttered or been bought up, and there's only really one company doing them anymore.
So these days, it's about buying Bisque, or Bisk, or just, unpainted ceramics, since I guess it's also easier since you only need a kiln and even then only if you're doing glaze.
Also, these gnomes kinda suck, since I did them, the good stuff was from before grandma had her stroke, pic related

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>>2971721
most of our stuff seems to be animals and Christmas, a large chunk of our few thousand molds seem to be Christmas ornaments (a lot of very small molds) and damn near every building you could think of for making one of those Christmas village scene things

>>2971621
Back when I had more money, I would buy fancy crystals and send them out to get faceted. There was a guy in SoCal who did really great custom designs, made a hexagonal cut on a piece of Nd:YAG for me. That might be a viable business for you anon, since I think all those guys are prolly old and about to retire or kick the bucket.

>>2971746
Thank you I appreciate this suggestion. Truth is I don't feel like making money out of this, unless working for someone.

I am not a good seller, more of the discreet guy who does this as a hobby.

>>2972083
Yeah, nobody does this as a "real" business, more of a "support my hobby" kind of deal. No real money unless you charged many thousands per stone since overseas lapidaries probably have CNC grinders that do all the basic cuts.
Anyway if you ever decide to do it for other people let us know.

>>2971724
Are they judging me?

>>2971621
i am helping out for free at a friends' instead of going to a fitness studio. i call it "work out". tomorrow i bring snacks. so we have a "eat out", too.
he has many books to carry. i help him for free and when a book catches my eye, i can take it.

>>2974519
samefagging.
my original idea to work out was about day laboring. construction work.
best muscles. makes sense and everyone benefits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnYFaJdozFQ
("is now all dead?" - "idk..." - "psst! be quiet... i believe... i believe... IT IS BEING WORKED AGAIN!!!"