Aussie Lapidary Forum
LAPIDARY => Gemstone Faceting => Topic started by: lanchie76 on May 17, 2011, 08:56:40 AM
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hey guys
has anyone seen or used a stonetes "Tes Lap"? it looks interesting for a part time hobbyist like myself and the price is about all i can afford for a machine. i understand that it would take longer to cut a stone and you would have to be very careful of chips in between the stone and the lap. any comments would be great about it im not in a hurry to buy maybe looking towards the end of the year.
heres a link to youtube of a guy using it:-
tes faceting machine part 1.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vur1nEK94U#)
Cheers Ben
PS Andrew or Leah if this breaches any rules of brand names please PS me and delete thanks
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Hi Ben,
There's a short thread here. Not sure if anyone has tried it but with a lot of elbow grease it should work. It's horses for courses.
http://aussiesapphire.com.au/forum/index.php?topic=1114.0 (http://aussiesapphire.com.au/forum/index.php?topic=1114.0)
Here's his site for further reading
http://stonetes.com/MHCUSTOM/index.php?main_page=page_3 (http://stonetes.com/MHCUSTOM/index.php?main_page=page_3)
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Hi Ben,
feel free to post this kind of thing - this is what ALF is all about.
the Stone-Tes looks like hard work to me but cant argue with the price. Definitely worth a look.
cheers
Leah
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thanks for the reply guys
thanks for the links Mehoose i had the one from his site but didnt think it appropriate to post it :) but the other one was good to read
i still like the look of it. i know its a bit of hard work but im not looking to finish a stone in a night although the youtube link i posted he does a sys ruby pavilion and girdle to polish in around 1/2hr or so. im just looking for something to learn the aspects of faceting and when i get better (or rich ;D) i might invest in a powered machine
Cheers
Ben