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So, why don''t you come see some. You are more than welcome. Be sure to bring your sunglasses.Date: 6/17/2005 7:45:13 AM
Author: Antwerpman
Self Promotion, Self Promotion, burn him burn him![]()
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I hope you keep hitting those AGS 0 bullseyes buddy and remember I am still waiting to see one![]()
Paul might answer this from his perspective and business goals, but here my opinion on the answers to your questions.Date: 6/17/2005 7:24:31 PM
Author: Regular Guy
Three more, and related questions?
1) Is there much variance between what the cutter sets out to do, and what they turn out, generally.
2) How about the amount of variance between a bad cutter and a good one (one in training, and one experienced?)
3) What essentially is the cutter doing, to do the cuts?
Many thanks,
WOW!!! 30% i guess there''s no reasons to do a recut,unless you got 2 chiped corners.Date: 6/17/2005 4:29:23 AM
Author: Paul-Antwerp
I am awake now. Thank you for the patience.
Do we shoot for AGS 0 on every princess cut? The answer is yes, and with experience growing, we are more and more successful at it. Every now and then, we experiment with a different set of proportions, and some of these end up with a light-performance grade of 1.
Smallest size in production is 0.30 Cts, but in the smaller sizes, we experiment more often.
Recutting? It is much more complicated than recutting rounds. And weight losses in re-cutting quickly reach a level of around 30%. Thus, the number of stones, possible to re-cut efficiently is extremely low.
Leonid, I hope that this post did not cross the line of self-promotion. It definitely is not my intention.
Live long,
Hi Regular,Date: 6/17/2005 7:24:31 PM
Author: Regular Guy
Three more, and related questions?
1) Is there much variance between what the cutter sets out to do, and what they turn out, generally.
2) How about the amount of variance between a bad cutter and a good one (one in training, and one experienced?)
3) What essentially is the cutter doing, to do the cuts?
Many thanks,
....thinking more along the lines of Feydakin's piece on Ludel's book, I was especially interested to know in how you cut the stone, per se. You mention, for example, above, sawing. What kind of saw is it? No chisels, right? What actions are performed on the stone to get it to have the angles it will have? That sort of thing.Date: 6/19/2005 5:07:00 AM
Author: Paul-Antwerp
3. What do we do, essentially? We plan, check, plan again, re-check, perform an action, check again, plan again, perform another action, check again, plan again, and so on and on and on and on.Date: 6/17/2005 7:24:31 PM
Author: Regular Guy
3) What essentially is the cutter doing, to do the cuts?