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Robilt Faceting Machine
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<blockquote data-quote="GallicProspector" data-source="post: 198761" data-attributes="member: 441"><p>I paid my old Robilt $350 to a club member (without the transfer jig, which can be expensive). It was in working order, but I had a fair bit of restoration to do on it to have something that looked good (and was relatively accurate), and I had to buy a few new laps.</p><p></p><p>It is a good starter machine, but it lacks a bit of precision for harder diagrams (like cut facet 1 at 42.2 degree then facet 2 at 42.5, then 42.7... I would say precision is +- 1 degree).</p><p>The hard stop is a huge crap as well in my opinion, but at least there is an hard stop.</p><p></p><p>For the rest, well as I said, it is an excellent beginner machine, but $1000 seems honestly too expensive.</p><p>I would put the extra $500 to go for a second hand Gemmasta in that case.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/441/1445398246_img_1165.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GallicProspector, post: 198761, member: 441"] I paid my old Robilt $350 to a club member (without the transfer jig, which can be expensive). It was in working order, but I had a fair bit of restoration to do on it to have something that looked good (and was relatively accurate), and I had to buy a few new laps. It is a good starter machine, but it lacks a bit of precision for harder diagrams (like cut facet 1 at 42.2 degree then facet 2 at 42.5, then 42.7... I would say precision is +- 1 degree). The hard stop is a huge crap as well in my opinion, but at least there is an hard stop. For the rest, well as I said, it is an excellent beginner machine, but $1000 seems honestly too expensive. I would put the extra $500 to go for a second hand Gemmasta in that case. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/441/1445398246_img_1165.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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