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<blockquote data-quote="vonG" data-source="post: 467863" data-attributes="member: 9242"><p>Hi Christian.</p><p></p><p>Do you have the quill and dopsticks already finished for the machine? If so, have you measured the run out on them when attached together in the faceting head?</p><p>What kind of material are you using for the dopsticks?</p><p></p><p>Reason for asking is that I red some articles about run out. It made me think of the precision needed to get meet points and polishing to look good in faceting, atleast if you want competition grade gems and not just commercial. </p><p>When faceting by hand you can easily cheat or change angles if you see that it is needed. I guess you can do that too in your machine, but think you want that to be automatic or have the precision so good that it will not need any fixing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vonG, post: 467863, member: 9242"] Hi Christian. Do you have the quill and dopsticks already finished for the machine? If so, have you measured the run out on them when attached together in the faceting head? What kind of material are you using for the dopsticks? Reason for asking is that I red some articles about run out. It made me think of the precision needed to get meet points and polishing to look good in faceting, atleast if you want competition grade gems and not just commercial. When faceting by hand you can easily cheat or change angles if you see that it is needed. I guess you can do that too in your machine, but think you want that to be automatic or have the precision so good that it will not need any fixing. [/QUOTE]
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