How to cut a cabochon in Sky Jades©

Tips, tricks and hacks! Our tested methodology for perfect, matched round cabochons and matched suites with high vitreous luster in our Wyoming Sky Jades©. Please use all normal precautionary shop steps, including eye and respiratory protection as warranted.

Recommended techniques, tools and protocols in a small shop setting, based on over 100 years of our combined Jade carving and lapidary work at Jade Leader’s field and Jade evaluation team. Introducing relatively new tools in the trade, as well as polishing tools and techniques rarely used in the West.

These are our final sanding and polishing protocols for the Wyoming Sky Jade© we produce to get the highest luster, if desired. While these polishing protocols may work with other Jade, especially fine Edward's Black or different stone types, we have not tested the protocols on other materials and cannot comment on potential results.

MATERIALS

Jade Leader Corp is the producer and only source of Wyoming Sky Jades©, available through www.Jadeleader.shop

Hopefully all other materials can be sourced locally and support your community! In the case where local dealers do not carry some of these products, here are a few search suggestions (yes, Amazon has everything):

Thin kerf diamond drill core bits-in search key words can replace “kerf” with “wall” or “diamond coated hole saw”. Sintered bits, when used properly, will outlast any diamond coated tool.

Bead Cups- search key words may include “Concave cylinder diamond grinding cup”, “Diamond coated sphere forming bit”, or “bead cups”.
“Diamond polishing compound” will get a lot of hits.

Sisal wheels. They do come in many shapes and size, easy to search yet in order not to get 100’s of results on cat scratching devices, use “Sisal Buffing wheels”, or “Sisal Polishing Wheels” for more focused results on potential dealers.

A one stop shop that we have used in the past and has been reliable for us so far has been Richon Tools. So far, so good and hopefully it will keep that way. Just an option, and no sponsorship here.

Happy Cabbing!
Jade Leader Corp.

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