[Jewelry making - Article 00452] - Re: [Orchid] Modern jamb peg faceting machines

[Don Rogers]

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    Asa, I have been a faceting machine dealer for the last eight years.
     I have never seen a manufacture of Jamb Peg machines.  There may be
    an obscure one, but for the most part, the US market, as well as the
    Australian & European market, tend to favor a Mast type machine,
    like the Ultra Tech, Facetron, Polymetric, or Facette.  There are
    others in this group as well.  The other type machine is the
    platform machine that uses a tang similar to a diamond cutting tang.
     These are the Raytech, and the Imahashi (not a US product, but
    widely used here). 

    The Jamb Peg faceting machines are mostly a curiosity, and not a
    competitor for the modern machines, either from a usability,  or
    from a monetary  standpoint. Other than their historical value, they
    offer little to the faceter today.  Trying to find a manufacture of
    these machines is like trying to purchase a new Atwater Kent tube
    radio, a Maytag wringer washing machine, or a Model T Ford. 
    Technology has passed them by.  There are collectors who might have
    one, and they will be your source if you really want a Jamb Peg,
    short of making one yourself. 

    I posted some faceting group links a couple days back.  Your best
    bet is to log in to these groups and post your request there.  There
    are a few thousand followers across the world to these groups.  One
    might have what you seek. 

Don

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