http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/ NORTH COAST FACETING FACETRON USERS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:30:38 GMT Jim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1729 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1729 Hi All, I was writing and suddenly my message just vanished, I hate when that happens. Well anyway, yesterday I had some unplanned events so I had to change my Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:51:38 GMT Jim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1728 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1728 Hi Bambi, Sounds like you jambed your stone into your lap really hard. As others have said sound like you need to replace the lap. Then you should phone Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:30:36 GMT zenithbelana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1727 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1727 Hello All, I haven't posted on here before so I should probably do a little bit of an introduction. My name is Elizabeth, I am from Maryland, and I took Jim's Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:20:56 GMT Marsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1726 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1726 Good luck Bambi! And remember there is always the folk at Jarvi Manuf. to help you if you get stuck. Marsh "Everything is beautiful when you LLap with the Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:18:00 GMT bambiblings http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1725 Marsh, THANKS! I downloaded and saved the article. Tomorrow will be "Experiment with Aligning the Facetron Day." This is great, exact instructions are Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:13:57 GMT Marsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1724 Bambi, Probably the most dangerous operator error is having the lap turning into the stone while cutting the crow table. But shallow angles will also do it. So Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:08:54 GMT bambiblings http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1723 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1723 Marsh, Thanks very much for helping - I appreciate every bit of knowledge I can get! [:)] Yes, I used both oncoming and outgoing, making big sweeping arcs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:01:30 GMT Marsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1722 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1722 Bambi, I've attached a lengthy discussion from Paul Head, from the "Old Pueblo Lapidary Club Faceting Guild", Originally presented in the United States Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:49:47 GMT Marsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1721 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1721 A masted machine has various relationships between the base and the platen, which are referred to as the Trunion Axis. Your manufacturer will know what to do. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:40:05 GMT bambiblings http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1720 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1720 What is the trunion axis, and how do I get it checked? Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:33:27 GMT Marsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1719 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1719 No fixing the lap, Bambi. Buy a new one. And sounds like the jamb threw your Trunion Axis out of whack. Best to get it checked out. I trust you are using a Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:29:18 GMT bambiblings http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1718 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1718 Hi Y'all, I was cutting an aquamarine on my Facetron the other day, with the angle set at 16. I don't know what I did to make it hang up, but the stone caught Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:39:35 GMT Jim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1717 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1717 Hi Billy & All, The last design posted is the correct one and shoud cut without any problems. I am cutting four 12 X 10 syn. rubies now for Kim's Christmas Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:05:17 GMT Billy Stringfellow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1716 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1716 Is the last oval the correct one? The best SRB for CZ Syn Sapphire Or rough for best SRB about 2 KTS? Billy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:24:55 GMT bambiblings http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1715 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NORTHCOASTFACETING/message/1715 ... Hi Jim, (This is my first post, so feeling a bit self-conscious) Thanks for this oval design. I just pre-formed a big apple green CZ yesterday and was