I'm just getting started in lapidary, but I think some day soon I may have a lot of cabs that I don't really have any ideas for jewelry. Those of you that do both, how did you know when you were ready to start selling cabs on their own?
When you've cut a stone that looks good to you, you wouldn't be embarrassed to send to a fellow jeweler or goldsmith and you are ready to let go of it without regrets and at a price that's fair to you and the buyer, you are ready :)