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Old Prismatic faceting machine
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<blockquote data-quote="Debbie K" data-source="post: 349711" data-attributes="member: 10510"><p>Well, it's official. The cheater is definitely an issue. I'm still waiting for the guy to email me back. I've gotten permission to attempt the repair myself but I'm holding off 'til I have more information.</p><p></p><p>If I could figure out how to get the quill and housing off, I think it would be fairly simple to fix. The right way would be to get a piece machined out of aluminum. The housing was the only piece of plastic on the whole machine, so of course it cracked. The easy way would be to epoxy it back together and reinforce it with a piece of sheet steel on the bottom; there's plenty of room and it wouldn't interfere at all with the function of the machine.</p><p></p><p>As it is now, I'm having to mark every facet to see how far the cheater is moving. I've gotten some interesting bent facets along the way, but it's too exhausting to work this way. I did manage to produce this amethyst, but I'm not real happy.</p><p></p><p>Debbie K<img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10510/1501538259_amethyst6sided.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Debbie K, post: 349711, member: 10510"] Well, it's official. The cheater is definitely an issue. I'm still waiting for the guy to email me back. I've gotten permission to attempt the repair myself but I'm holding off 'til I have more information. If I could figure out how to get the quill and housing off, I think it would be fairly simple to fix. The right way would be to get a piece machined out of aluminum. The housing was the only piece of plastic on the whole machine, so of course it cracked. The easy way would be to epoxy it back together and reinforce it with a piece of sheet steel on the bottom; there's plenty of room and it wouldn't interfere at all with the function of the machine. As it is now, I'm having to mark every facet to see how far the cheater is moving. I've gotten some interesting bent facets along the way, but it's too exhausting to work this way. I did manage to produce this amethyst, but I'm not real happy. Debbie K[img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10510/1501538259_amethyst6sided.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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