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<blockquote data-quote="SneakyCuttlefish" data-source="post: 329024" data-attributes="member: 3340"><p>Thanks guys. Biggest issue with wax is the transfers. It is extremely easy to over heat the gem and loosen the wax on the crown side dop. Once that happens re-aligning the facets to cut the crown can be a huge problem. Especially with machines that take keyed dops. One other issue is also the excess wax on the stone can bog down on the lap when cutting tight stones and can hold heavier sized grit from the polish before which may lead to contamination of finer grit sizes. Just takes a bit of practice and experimentation to work it out. Other than that, dopping is relatively easy and very fast. Also it is really easy to change the orientation if need be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SneakyCuttlefish, post: 329024, member: 3340"] Thanks guys. Biggest issue with wax is the transfers. It is extremely easy to over heat the gem and loosen the wax on the crown side dop. Once that happens re-aligning the facets to cut the crown can be a huge problem. Especially with machines that take keyed dops. One other issue is also the excess wax on the stone can bog down on the lap when cutting tight stones and can hold heavier sized grit from the polish before which may lead to contamination of finer grit sizes. Just takes a bit of practice and experimentation to work it out. Other than that, dopping is relatively easy and very fast. Also it is really easy to change the orientation if need be. [/QUOTE]
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