Set the index to your first setting which is 2.
Gemstone cutting and polishing machine.
Cut the first three facets at indexes 2 10 and 14.
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Now carefully lower the gem until it just touches the lap.
The lapidary turns on the polishing machine and applies polish to the spinning wheel.
Your gemstone faceting machine will have an opening in the splashguard or a means to hold it out of the way while cutting the girdle.
This allows you to do both.
Turn on the machine and water.
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Each slab is ground down into the general desired rounded shape with this tool.
It has a double wheel design the first and the bigger splash guard generally houses an 8 grinding lap for faceting cutting purpose and the second splash guard is fitted with a 6 polishing lap.
This is a quick video tutorial on how to cut and polish a low hardness gemstone in this case fluorite using materials that you can find around the home an.
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These compounds have tiny elements that cut away at protrusions.
It is built for higher productivity and precision work.
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Each stone is filed down by hand closer to the final shape.