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Hello all! I am new to this list and this is my first
post/question.
Here is my situation: I've recently been taking faceting classes at
a nearby gem/minerals club and I like it, a lot. The club itself is
excellent... modern equipment, clean, and nice people. However, I
can only go to the club meeting/workshop once a week or less because
of my location, schedule, etc. And once a week is not enough to
satisfy my thirst for faceting!
Anyways, my question is this: aren't there less expensive alternative
to faceting at home other than modern faceting machines? They easily
cost $1000! I asked around for cheaper alternatives at the club and
they all just recommended facetrons/ultratecs/etc... Don't many
people use primitive methods of faceting, like the device seen on
http://www.rockhounds.com/rockgem/articles/laplap.html ? Its
basically a simple device thats held by hand over a lap, used much
like sharpening gravers. What did people use like 100 years ago?
500 years ago?! What do those in the third world use? Are there any
good books covering primitive faceting/lapidary? I simply refuse to
believe that the only way for me to start faceting at home is to
shell out a painful some of money.
I understand that 'manual' faceting would be a lot less efficient
and I'm fine with that...
Thanks for reading my post!
Asa Jamason
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