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Gemstones and Minerals
Faceting machine talk and ideas
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<blockquote data-quote="rough2cut" data-source="post: 122958" data-attributes="member: 3816"><p>Ive always said the third thing you should buy after a faceting machine and performer is a small metal lathe to make dop sticks and true up your laps.</p><p>Ive often had thoughts of a way to re-machine laps on your faceting machine, but the constant speed and feed to get that CD look finish on your lap just cant be done. </p><p>It takes a heavy duty quality lathe with a good diamond tipped tool and a little experience to do a lap that wont give you a dodgy readout on your faceting machine. That's the downside of digital faceting machines,they show up all the ripples and any lathe runnout and its interpreted as poor machining. Every lathe has runnout and you get a report with the lathe showing this when you buy it.A faceting machine is more accurate than most lathes.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://gemcutters.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">http://gemcutters.blogspot.com.au/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rough2cut, post: 122958, member: 3816"] Ive always said the third thing you should buy after a faceting machine and performer is a small metal lathe to make dop sticks and true up your laps. Ive often had thoughts of a way to re-machine laps on your faceting machine, but the constant speed and feed to get that CD look finish on your lap just cant be done. It takes a heavy duty quality lathe with a good diamond tipped tool and a little experience to do a lap that wont give you a dodgy readout on your faceting machine. That's the downside of digital faceting machines,they show up all the ripples and any lathe runnout and its interpreted as poor machining. Every lathe has runnout and you get a report with the lathe showing this when you buy it.A faceting machine is more accurate than most lathes. [url]http://gemcutters.blogspot.com.au/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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