How To Build Better Lapidary Equipment

Achieving a polish on stone is largely a product of our human vision, our ability, or inability, to see beyond a certain leve...

These bearings are simple to make and work well for a long time. A piece of brass pipe is inserted tightly into a hole bored into ...

Perhaps the easiest flat lap that can be built is from a double headed floor-scrubber machine that can be found in many th...

Piston Grinder With a little alteration an old auto piston becomes a grinder head for light and small work...

As in everything lapidary, the main aspect of jamb peg faceting is the grinding surface. All faceting units I have seen utilize ...

You can build a giant slab saw for monument and masonry work out of easily acquired parts and materials. Many of the parts and material...

Building a diamond saw for cutting rocks is very easy and inexpensive. With a washing machine motor (115VAC, 1725 RPM) and a few...