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Both dressing and truing must be conducted in the purpose of creating satisfactory work. Both operations remove material from the grinding wheel.. #dressing #truing #cratex #cratextools #cratexsticks

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5 Signs that your grinding wheels need a tune up. You notice grooves in the wheel face. Wheels are out of roundness. You need to sharpen your wheel. You need to eliminate loading & glazing. You need to square and true the wheel face. #cratex #cratexmanufacturing #grindingwheels

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Four basic lapidary art forms are: tumbling, cabbing, faceting and carving. Tumbling is the simplest form of lapidary, as it requires minimal equipment. Cabochon cutting, or cabbing is the most common lapidary art. Faceting is the art form that has most potential to profit...

Silicon carbide is used in modern lapidary due to its quality and durability. In case you are looking for silicon carbide abrasives of highest purity, CRATEX Manufacturing Co. offers premium quality lapidary supplies!

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Our Guide to Lapidary Terminology - Rough (rock, stone, or gem that is raw, uncut, and unpolished), Slab (large slice of rough rock), Cabochon (cab) - stone that is cut and polished into a smooth dome; base can be any shape, Preform, Dop pot, Dop stick, dopping wax...

Lapidary work involves using a series of grinding wheels and belt sanders usually with water cycling in the system. The most important thing for a beginner lapidarist is to get a start-up equipment that will enable some sort of progression of the grits and to get a handle on.

There are several common techniques used in lapidary work: sawing, grinding, sanding, lapping, polishing and drilling.

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Lapidary work is a unique, beautiful art with some serious health risks that mustn't be overlooked. Primary routes by which dangerous substances can enter the body of a lapidary artist are inhalation (breathing), skin and eye absorption.

Cabochons,or "cabs" for short, are small mesmerizing stones most commonly used to make stunning jewelry pieces, such as necklaces, earrings, bracelets or cufflinks. They can be cut and shaped into many different shapes – ovals (most common shapes), hearts, squares, rectangles...

Cabochon Fine grinding. This is where you'll begin to use progressively finer-grit wheels to shape the cabochon and remove the scratches. You'll start with fine or ultra-fine grinding wheel of about 220 or 325 grits and applying light to moderate pressure...

Polish - This is the part where your cabochon is going to get a high shine and it includes soft polishing pads, such as canvas pads, leather pads and felt pads, and polishing compounds.Most common polishing compound used in lapidary work is diamond paste.

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Rough grinding means rougher excess material removal left from the trim saw or removing deeper irregularities to prepare the surface for polishing and smoothing operations. Of course, in case you went for a harder material (e.g. agate), you'll start grinding.

Sand & Smooth - This is the step that comes only after you are satisfied with the cabochon's shape. The grits that you are going to use depend on the type of the wheel material. For example, if you are using a diamond wheel, you'll use the 600 or 1,200 grit.