Turn your rough stones into jewelry grade gemstones by following this cab making video. How to make cabochons! Cabochons or cabs for short are the dome gemstones you often see in Opals. These are not the facetted gemstones like you would see in diamonds. This DIY tutorial takes you through the steps of creating cabochons from lapidary rough stones. In this demonstration I use my BC Ocean Picture Stone to make 3 cabs from start to finished product. These three Pendants will be up for auction on m