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Lapidary
How do I cut Chrysophase
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 344012" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Now <strong>that's</strong> ingenuity there LW! :lol: </p><p></p><p>Shaker, as LW says if you're a bit handy with mechanical stuff you could build many basic lapidary machines for much less than the cost of buying a new one.</p><p></p><p>My grandfather had a huge rock saw (sadly it was sold after he passed away, back when I was still only digging for rocks and not yet cutting them) that he and a couple of workmates made. Most of the large sawn rocks with polished faces in my father's display cabinets were cut with it. Building an actual <em>faceting</em> machine such as someone on one of these threads is doing would require some specialized knowledge I think because faceting machines are very high precision pieces of equipment. But virtually every other piece of lapidary equipment I can think of off the top of my head could probably be built by someone with a bit of mechanical know-how.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 344012, member: 2976"] Now [b]that's[/b] ingenuity there LW! :lol: Shaker, as LW says if you're a bit handy with mechanical stuff you could build many basic lapidary machines for much less than the cost of buying a new one. My grandfather had a huge rock saw (sadly it was sold after he passed away, back when I was still only digging for rocks and not yet cutting them) that he and a couple of workmates made. Most of the large sawn rocks with polished faces in my father's display cabinets were cut with it. Building an actual [i]faceting[/i] machine such as someone on one of these threads is doing would require some specialized knowledge I think because faceting machines are very high precision pieces of equipment. But virtually every other piece of lapidary equipment I can think of off the top of my head could probably be built by someone with a bit of mechanical know-how. [/QUOTE]
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