I cant wait to see your review of this machine. It all looks pretty good. I like the dops and how they are indexed so you just roll the dop to the next flat spot, and so on. Thats pretty interesting. It looks great and it was really nice of them to send it to you for a review of their product. They must have a lot of faith in it! But it will make an awesome addition to your museum!
It's amazing to think that after centuries of jambpeg, here we are with the same "idea" but with better material and precision. Core Design is very similiar to Ultratec (wood stuff, etc.).
The last video I saw of a professional cutter on a calibrated jambpeg was in Israel if memory serves correct. A fast hand flipping and cutting then checking every rotation. It looked like it took a lot of practice. This looks like a serious contender based on the fine adjustments and overall build quality. Between the Thailand museum and all the machines you had America waiting then collecting more on your tour, you might have the largest assortment of anyone living today. They're in the right hands, you share so much of what you've learned. Happy New Year Justin!
Yes I think so. I currently have 91 faceting machines and all of them will come together in one spot next year. Finally the museum will become a place people can visit… in Portland, Oregon if everything goes to plan.
@@JustinKPrim That will be a hot destination for faceters old and young. Such a collection of machines and literature! I was in the shop today making one of final elements of my prototype handpiece. It follows the locked angle concept of the Bunter, but the rail is above the vertical lap, so the handpiece can hang eliminating the need to balance the handpiece on the rail. Less fatigue and if it slips out of the hand the stone isn't in danger.
Waiting for review, got a quote for Som not thrilled that the delivery cost is $650. Really interested in the Som just want to make sure the mast is worth it. Vs raytec and other masts for facing
I’m hoping to have a review ready for late august or September. Currently I’m in France and the machine is in Chicago but I will get it when I go back.
KTM, the Indian company making this Jam Peg machine, copied the exact design from one made in Israel some twenty years ago. This is the most modern, up-to-date, and precise jam peg made. I have a jam peg with dops made by another Indian company. If you want to see the machine in operation you can check out Bob Lakey's RU-vid by going to RU-vid and typing Jam Peg in the search window and you will notice about a half dozen or so titles. Bob Lakey is an Australian and has made two movie shorts: Bob's Jam Peg and A New Start. Bob went to Israel to purchase two machines and stayed to learn how to become proficient some years ago. You can watch him knock out a half dozen good size faceted stones of different designs in a few hours.
When I look it up it seems like the price is $1700+shipping which isn't bad if its a good machine. I'm kind of looking at options out there for myself. You should make a buyers guide!
@@JustinKPrim From what I can tell faceting machines come in more variety's and a wider range of price points than any other lapidary machine which makes it rather hard to know where to even start with it. It would be great to hear your thoughts and top pick for machines under $1k, between $1k-$2k, and so on.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding yes this is a good idea. The hard part is getting my hands on some of these more budget machines. There are a lot of new ones from China/Vietnam/India but most manufacturers are small enough that sending me a review machine is a burden But I’m trying!! Once I’ve seen a few I’ll make a guide for sure.
I've watched your review of this machine several times and I'm unable to determine how you are controlling the depth of the facets. Is the index end of the dop banking on a hard stop? Is that how the depth of the facets is being controlled. I couldn't see a good view of that in your review video. Please get back to me on this. Thank you -
It’s all hand pressure. The Jambpeg head does go up and down but you don’t use the height control while cutting. You either cut longer to make the facet bigger or change hole I.e. change angles to adjust the shape of a facet.
@@JustinKPrimthank you for your reply, but it seems crazy to me not to have a hard stop to work to. Good luck trying not to over cut the facets. It would take a lot of experience to pickup on that. Aside from that issue I like that machine, and I can see one could cut a stone quickly with that method. I'll be watching. Thanks -
I don’t think so. They have a prototype handpiece machine on their website but it doesn’t use a plate that goes up and down so I don’t think that it would work with this space. It has a different kind of a base
Are there any dealers in the USA selling these? I've been looking at a USA-made faceter, but to afford one I would have to sell off my estate and private jet.
@@idonthaveaname42 I dont think the info is hidden. Any mechanical engineer could built one. Its a simple machine but I dont think anyone is posting schematics online or anything
@@siamakaghazeinali you have to grind it flat with a 600 or 1200 grit disk and then polish it with cerium oxide.If it's already flat then you can just go straight to cerium oxide.