CutKit™1 Faceting Kit -- Faceting for under 500 dollars all-in!
CutKit™1 Faceting Kit -- Faceting for under 500 dollars all-in!
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This is the CutKit™1! If you want to get faceting for under 500 dollars, you can! All you need is: this kit, a Vevor faceting machine (not included in the kit, see purchasing links below), an alcohol lamp, a can of WD-40, a roll of paper towels and two buckets. Visit Facet.ing for full information and instructional videos.
The CutKit™1 comes with:
- 1x CutKit™ Mast
- 1x dop holder
- 1x transfer jig (now with new magnetic transfer jig!)
- 1x 240 grit lap
- 1x 600 grit lap
- 2x copper polishing laps
- 1x 8k Gearloose Diastik™
- 1x 60k Gearloose Diastik™
- 1x stick Princeton low temperature dop wax (may shatter in shipping, but will still melt fine)
- 1x stone tongs
- 1x nut/bolt set
- 1x marker
- 1x 6mm dop pair
- 1x 10mm dop pair (May have some rust spots, that's how they come from the factory)
- 1x water shield
- 1x charging ruby
- 1x sandpaper
- 3x YAG facet rough (assorted colors)
If you get it with Premium Addons, it comes with all of the above plus:
- 1x knurled lap nut (custom machined and much more ergonomic than the provided hex nut),
- 1x Covington high temperature wax stick,
- 1x 120 degree index gear (good for 10-fold symmetries)
- A three-piece premium rough set (approximately 13g total of LuAG, dichroic moissanite and pink laser sapphire.)
The Dice-Cutting Addon contains:
- 1x 100 grit lap for extra-coarse roughing
- 1x 80 degree index gear (ideal for cutting D20s)
- 1x Sapphire Rod Preform (approximately 30g, grown for infrared countermeasures)
- 1x Golden Laser Garnet Cone (approximately 40g)
For other accessories, such as wax and more index gear types see this page: https://store.turtleshoard.com/collections/faceting-accessories
For discussion we have a facebook group over at https://www.facebook.com/groups/cutkit
The correct Vevor faceting machine can be purchased at any of the the below links. I recommend buying via eBay because they occasionally run sales there with prices as low as 216 dollars including shipping in the US.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/145039310594
https://www.amazon.com/VEVOR-Gem-Faceting-Machine-Manipulator/dp/B0C1C8S8HB