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Why your stone keeps flying off mid-grind and how temperature-matched dopping wax prevents workshop disasters in cabochon making.
A $40 blade cutting jasper gives you 200 slabs. That same blade on jade? Maybe 30. The economics of diamond blade wear across different stone hardnesses.
Rigid heddle loom patterns speak four different languages, none of them standardized. Here's what all those squares, symbols, and cryptic abbreviations actually mean.
Your new cabbing machine creates water spray, silica dust, and stone slurry that has to go somewhere. Discover why lapidary workshop infrastructure—space, ventilation, and drainage—determines whether you're cutting stones or just making expensive puddles.
Professional gem cutting collapsed from 8,000 French cutters in the 1920s to under 100 today. Here's how weekend hobbyists accidentally became the keepers of centuries-old lapidary skills.
Cabochon making transforms dull rock slabs into mirror-polished gemstones through six grinding stages. Here's what actually happens at each step from rough to finished cab.
Most cabochons fail at 1,200 grit—where microscopic scratches emerge from beneath the water film. This is a complete guide to grit progression from 80 to 100,000, revealing why each stage exists and what happens when you skip one.
This is a complete guide to lapidary saw blade measurements. Learn how to get the right blade for your saw with this detailed breakdown of arbor sizes, kerf widths, and blade diameters.
A detailed comparison of copper sinks from Fossil Blu, Sinkology, Monarch Abode, and Signature Hardware—covering gauge thickness, manufacturing, and what different households get for the price.
