[Jewelry making - Article 00097] - Re: [Orchid] Agate Carving

[Mark Zirinsky]

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    For most of my carving points, up to about 600 grit, I use those
    made by Lasco in California. the usual disclaimers, I have no
    affiliation with them etc, just like theri stuff. 

    my best luck for polishing (1200, 3000, 8000,14000, 50,000) points
    is to make my own. I punch leather disks, roll them through the
    rolling mill to make them dense, drill holes, mount them on a
    mandrel, coat with crazy glue, press into diamond dust of the select
    grit, dry with some ventilation under a heat lamp, then use with
    oil. I also use toothpicks, matchsticks, diamond paste, diamond
    dust, and whatever else I can think of. 

    for larger carvings, i also use a diamond pacific titan. also an
    ultratech faceting machine, depending. Also have 3 machines I've
    made myself, for which no commercial counter[part exists, so I am
    not sure what they should be called. 

And,.. when all else fails, cuss.

Mark Zirinsky
denver
'private cutter buying rough and collections'


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