zaza32
off to a rocking start
Member since January 2018
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Jool tool
Jan 15, 2018 11:53:32 GMT -5
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Post by zaza32 on Jan 15, 2018 11:53:32 GMT -5
I'm brand new to the hobby Home Depot sells the Jool tool and I can use my Home Depot card to purchase it. It has pads to take stones from rough to full polish which is why it's attractive to me.
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minerken
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Post by minerken on Jan 15, 2018 13:39:55 GMT -5
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QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since May 2008
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Post by QuailRiver on Jan 15, 2018 18:01:28 GMT -5
I agree with minerken. IMO the Jooltool is better suited for cleaning up and working on jewelry settings than it is for lapidary work. Those 3M brand replacement discs the Jooltool uses are not cheap and with their small surface area, if trying to cab harder materials like jaspers and agates, you'll be having to buy a LOT of them. For the same ball park price of the cost of a Jooltool there are a few flat lap alternatives that would be much better for lapidary work than the Jooltool. www.kingsleynorth.com/skshop/products.php?catID=1068Or even better yet for that same price range, with patience, one can sometimes find good used cabbing arbors on craigslist or at a local Rock & Mineral club auction or swap meet. Larry C.
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