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Similar to what you and Dihusky have said. It is important to have the ladder a sufficent distance off the wall to enable your feet to be securely placed on the rungs. As the ladder is already fabricated and in place, following is an option used on the Central Queensland Gemfields. Use 10 or...

I have noticed over the past year that the advertised prices for good quality faceted Central Queensland sapphires has been increasing. I consider this is good. A lot of work goes in to mining a sapphire and getting it faceted. Our best quality sapphires, well faceted are not readily available.

Nah Badge, it has nothing to do with skepticism, fear, embarrassment, whatever. Whether you use wires or not, many generations of fossickers have learnt (either fast or slooowly) that the way to good stone is to understand what you are after, the places to dig, and what the experienced are...

They look a bit more like what you are after, Badge. Keep at it mate.

The caravans are on the move! Great to see more people about with the weather finally starting to cool. Keep at it Badge, the more you dig, the more you will find. Unfortunately, none of those stones in the photo are either corundum, sapphires or zircons. But they are about!

Based on a FB post this morning by VJ Faceting Machines, it appears Horst may be retiring. The good news is that Matt from VJ is taking over manufacture of these quills.

All of the above, and make sure after prepolish there are no visible scratches.

I have similar experience and can support Dihusky's comment regarding the VJ. It is a very good machine, but certain versions seem to have a sensitivity to lap weight. I sold my first purchased VJ (new) because of the issue. But, I now have an older model VJ that is less sensitive to lap weight...