Gem Slicer Spare Parts: What Wears, When, and What It Costs
Which Gem Slicer parts wear, when they are replaced and what a year costs, in two usage profiles: fifteen standard 6001 RS bearings, guide rollers, belt and pump.
Cutting Notes
What Cuts Well on a Diamond Wire Saw, and Why Hardness Lies
Agate and tourmaline are equally hard, yet one saws slowly and the other easily. Which materials suit a diamond wire, which slow it, and which need care.
Wire Bow: Why a Diamond Wire Never Cuts Perfectly Straight — and What to Do About It
Every diamond wire bows while it cuts. Ours does. Yours does. A 0.22 mm wire under tension looks like a straight line until the stone starts pushing against it — then it becomes a shallow arc, and everything you dislike about your slices starts there. This is not a defect you can buy your way … Read more