Stone Carving: Q&A + Gallery... - Tiki Carving

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Tue, Feb 20, 2007 4:25 PM On 2007-02-20 07:57, pdrake wrote: thanks, that's great info. i saw a flat lap there that i think i'll pick up. they also had a machine that had a wheel on one side and a jacobs chuck on the other side. i'll check that one out, too. i'm not too sure about the sponge set up. any pics of that? thanks again. I probably wouldn't bother with the flat lap, as these are designed for putting polished faces on specimen stones or cabbing and aren't really set up ideally for general carving needs - unlike the flat wheel side-mounted on a bench grinder/ shaft with motor Tama mentioned. If it's dirt cheap it could still be a useful machine for some purposes. The second machine you mentioned sounds like the money though - grab it if you can!

On 2007-02-20 07:57, pdrake wrote:
thanks, that's great info. i saw a flat lap there that i think i'll pick up. they also had a machine that had a wheel on one side and a jacobs chuck on the other side. i'll check that one out, too.

i'm not too sure about the sponge set up. any pics of that?

thanks again.

I probably wouldn't bother with the flat lap, as these are designed for putting polished faces on specimen stones or cabbing and aren't really set up ideally for general carving needs - unlike the flat wheel side-mounted on a bench grinder/ shaft with motor Tama mentioned. If it's dirt cheap it could still be a useful machine for some purposes. The second machine you mentioned sounds like the money though - grab it if you can!

Post #287008 by Paipo on Tue, Feb 20, 2007 4:25 PM