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A new Diamond Cabochon machine – conclusion

Dave — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:06:20 +0000

The finished cabochon machine

Over the last two days I completed the build of this new machine. As it’s a clean machine as explained in my last post, it won’t need drip trays to collects water or anything like that, so it was decided that the machine would be mounted direct to the . . . → Read More: A new Diamond Cabochon machine – conclusion

A new Diamond Cabochon machine part 1

Dave — Mon, 30 May 2011 08:14:02 +0000

A new addition to our stable of homemade Lapidary machines, this one will be a 4 wheel cabochon machine using for rubber expanding drums fitted with REZ belts which will be charged with diamond paste of different mesh. . . . → Read More: A new Diamond Cabochon machine part 1

Evans CR2 Tumbler Cleaning

Dave — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:33:51 +0000

We have been running 2 Evans CR2 tumbling machines for almost a year now, but we have had a few problems with them in that they would stall and stop without warning. . . . → Read More: Evans CR2 Tumbler Cleaning

Lapidary Workshop Rebuilt

Dave — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:36:08 +0000

We have been talking for quite while now about rebuilding our Lapidary workshop in order to make it more efficient . . . → Read More: Lapidary Workshop Rebuilt

Our Home Made Cabachon Machine

Dave — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:02:28 +0000

Welcome to our article abut how we built our homemade cabochon machine, in all it cost about £250.00 including wheels, motor and shaft and everything else that went into it.

Here is a picture of the complete machine as you can see it’s relatively compact, none too pretty but it does the job.

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Homemade Lapidary Equipment

Dave — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:36:56 +0000

The cabachon machine has seen quite a lot of service since it was built last summer and has stood up to the test of time so far . . . → Read More: Homemade Lapidary Equipment