michael B Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 A new diamond ring saw for my jade and gem carving, cuts in any direction, Aussie nephrite jade shown in pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 can we see a picture of your saw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael B Posted December 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Dan its the Gryphon zypher ring saw, awesome saw, I had doughts at first but love it, US made, has a separating blade to do internal cuts as shown in my pic, it handled the jade easy, very quite, only around 10 minutes to cut inner, this was the first inner cut, I was careful, took my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 thats prity nice if i was a stone worker i would go pick one up right now. ill just stick with my scroll saw and jig saws for wood. but ill keep this in mind if i ever switch medium which will happen eventuly. thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony N Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 very nice love the work as well hope you get as much enjoyment out your new toy as did with mine if i was going to get in to stone and jade i would consider getting one. may be when i get better at the art of carving and as good as you and a lot of the memeber of this site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mace ngata Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 nice one bro , something else for me to add to the wish list lol, i actually bit the bullet after reading your post about scroll saws , and bought a blade for the little db100 at our local club and it worked rather well, this is the first time i have played with new zealand pounamu , and i hope i havent been too ambitious, i wanted to make one each of these stylized whale tails from the same slice of stone for my daughters, and thought this design has sharp and soft contrasts in it and if i can get the oval part thin enough to have a window effect then it will highlight the translucence of the stone as well, if nothing else this will be a great learning experience as it has sort spots and small fractures, but am stressing a bit as there is alot of cultural significance associated with pounamu as it is called where i come from ,and I hope to do it justice. tho i suspect that unless its flawless then every slice will have variations and be a learning experience, for at least so time to come. mate one thing i have read about taking the grain of the schistose fibres into account while slabbing the stone and working on it, but haven't been able to find descriptions of what to look for, do you have any ideas along this line? . cheers mate mace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael B Posted December 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Mace, great looking whale tale, I have not carved one, it is better if you run the grain with the longest length of your carving, and to slab along the grain, some tight grain material is hard to pic which way it runs after its slabbed, you may be able to pick it through a 10 x loop, great to see you following your jade culture, not to many Aussies carve jade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yloh Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Hi, Michael, How does it work? Drill a hole first, then how do you break open the ring to go thru the hole? Nice machine. Yloh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mace ngata Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks for the tip mate, and the complement, I am happy with the design as i wanted to have contrasting soft parts sharp edges take advantage of the translucent quality to show of the beauty of the stone and also will hopefully be able to contrast finishes as well with the sides being satin and soft and the centre having a more highly polished finish , tho I understand finishing is an art in its self i am ordering a dvd from deb Wilson which i am really looking forward too , as for aussies carving jade well , it has surprised me as there is no end of talented people around i have seen some beautiful work done in opal and agate as well as some gorgeous netsuke lol some of which is here on this site . there is alot of interest in what i am doing at the local club and i have been asked if i would consider a class Hahahaha but how do you teach something when you continuously feel like your flying by the seat of ya pants hard care really there was a maori that carved jade here apparently a couple of years ago and he tried to teach a class on occasion but due to his size , tattoos and lol intimidating appearance no one showed up sad really but not surprising as at 48 i am one of the younger members , anyway mate thanks for the advice again and i hope the Christmas holidays finds you and your family happy healthy and full of laughter and good times cheers mace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael B Posted December 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 Here is a link to the manufactures website, shows the separating blade, and there is a video showing the operation, a merry Christmas to all. Cheers michael B http://www.gryphoncorp.com/index.php?p=ringsawparts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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