I've restored a dozen of these and even built a couple. Polishing or buffing wheels - usually a large, slow rotating wheel with a leather or felt cover.Sphere machines - these are pretty rare beasts but generally have 2 or 3 motors with a cup and grind preformed rocks to a spherical shape.There are many types but they usually have a trim saw, a cabochon machine, and/or a buffung wheel or polishing head. Combination machines - a cabochon machine with one or more attachments on a single shaft.They are pretty cheap used because the person selling it realized that can't use it for lapidary without building the rest of the machine around it. I could do that but it's really not cost effective. Poly) because they need a pan and water drip system to become a true lapidary machine. Please note: I don't do bare arbors (e.g. Some really popular models are the Diamond Pacific Genie/Titan/Pixie, Cabmate, Cabking, and EZ Cab. There may be a polishing or sanding disk on one or both ends. There can be anywhere from one wheel (rare) to 6 wheels (also rare). Cabochon machines - have a shaft with wheels or drums in a pan that holds water and a drip or water spray system, usually 6' or 8' wheels.Some of these can be enclosed with a drop on lid (I have actually made plexiglass lids), but technically they are trim saws becasue they don't have a hinged lid and aren't really intended to slab large rocks. Trim saws- from 4' to (usually) 12' with a table that you can push the vise, or a feed motor or weight that pulls the vise into the blade.On up to 36' if you have a moving van to bring it! This include 'drop' or 'chop' saws where the blade is mounted on an arm that lowers onto the rock. Slab saws - in an enclosed cabinet (usually), anywhere from 14'.Examples include (example machines are here I have done many more than these, but the pics have been lost to various hard drive crashes (: It needs to be a relatively common machine used in lapidary work. If you want a specific machine and are willing to PREPAY my up front cost for it (I'll get you a ballpark estimate and invoice you for the final restoration fee after it's finished) CONTACT ME HERE! (if I find that I can't restore it to my satisfaction then I'll reimburse you for the cost of the machine). If I find equipment that no one wants to prepay for, it will end up on the Equipment For Sale page. Virtually all of my equipment these days is being prepaid by customers who want a restored machine. I'm not doing this to turn a giant profit, I just really like doing it although when I'm busy it might take a while. Others require a few weeks tearing down and rebuilding from the bottom up. Some machines require a few fixes or a modification or two to get them up and running. I really prefer to do these, I will only send someone home with a 'plug and play' machine that they can plug into a receptacle and use right now.

Decide what you want to end up with: A useable machine that you will hook up to a motor? A fully functional machine with a base (if applicable) and a motor? A machine that looks like it came from the factory complete with all the original bells and whistles? A machine in great shape that will last a lifetime? Almost all the restorations I do for sale fit into this category. I can tear apart and replace most everything else with usable parts. I can't do things like make a shaft for a cabochon machine or slab saw. If it has gaping holes or is just a shell with few or no parts you should recycle it. Yeah right, if someone loved their equipment it wouldn't have been left out in the rain for a decade). (I've seen the Ebay sellers call these 'well loved'. It can be a pretty well roached machine as long as the parts are all there. If you want to ship it here that's fine, but I will charge extra to ship it back to you. These are examples only, all of it has been sold or is humming away in my shop :) I will do restorations for you if you can do the following:īring me a piece of equipment to restore, I'm in Oregon City OR. Lapidary Equipment Refurbishing & Rebuilding Services Lapidary Machine Restoration Lapidary Machine Restoration Due to popular demand I've added this page to showcase my restored/refurbished lapidary equipment.

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