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Asa, In times long past and today in many small cutting shops in
undeveloped countries, faceting is done with "jamb peg" faceting
machines. Check out the term in the Orchid archives . There are a
number of articles and discussions available through "Google" or
other search engines. If you're handy with tools you can build one
yourself. For that matter facetors have been building their own
machines for many years. I would suggest getting the book "Gem
Cutting, a Lapidary's Manual" by John Sinkankas. It's probably out
of print now but well worth having if you can find one. I don't know
if you can get Lapidary Journal articles this far back, but
Sinkankas lists their article by R.A. Beall in volume 33, no. 12
1980, pp.2588-2591 as one which tells how to make a simple low
cost but effective faceting machine. There a many more. Good luck!
Jerry in Kodiak
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