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 Post subject: Any interest in graver sharpening disc for faceting machine
PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:00 am 
I design and manufacture specialty sintered and soon plated faceting discs as a 3 in 1(grind pre-polish and final polish). Ive done the setting course with Blaine Lewis and and learnt graver sharpening on a GRS sharpening machine. I had the idea of an adapter and stepped disc system for doing this on my faceting machine. I wouldn't be using diamond as the best way to grind and polish steel is with CBN(cubic boron nitride). I can plate or sinter and make polishing compounds just like faceting only for gravers using a dop stick adapter for the graver holder. Looking forward to your opinions.

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 Post subject: Re: Any interest in graver sharpening disc for faceting mac
PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:39 am 
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I was looking into doing the same thing so am interested.

I think that a greenway would also do a very good final polish. A diamond could be used for dressing up a chipped edge.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:27 pm 
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I think the biggest coup would be creating a "dop" adapter to hold the gravers, as the faceting machine would be great for dialing in a consistent angle for sharpening gravers. If I had that, I'd be happy. I don't know that I'd buy a purpose-built lap, unless it were fairly inexpensive, as I don't find myself sharpening my gravers that often (cuz I don't use them terribly often).

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:41 pm 
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The idea of a lap is excellent, but a lot of jewellers in the U.K. now use tungsten carbide gravers, would boron nitride still be O.K.?
Dop adapter would also be excellent, keep me posted.


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