amazing video! I definitely enjoyed this equipment video, thanks for making and sharing it i have two questions 1- is there any need to use water drip during polishing? 2- is tin lap made of pure "Sn" element (like the zinc lap in the video) or its an alloy of some kind?
Thank you 🙂 with pleasure👍 1. No need to use Water, the tiny amount of oil is enough. 2. Most Tin Laps are Tin Alloy but for example UltraTec has a pure tin lap (A pure Tin "old reliable" Fine grained rolled tin laminated to a master lap producing an excellent final polishing lap)
Thanks 🙂 I dont know if it is a solution for ditches, i didnt have the problem up to date but i would try a method, i have seen in a Video by Steve Moriarty. If the ditches are not to big i would try it. Mr Moriarty shows how he cleans a BATT Lap with Lava Soap. It is like a total refresh of the surface. If you try it please let us know if it is successful. Here is a link to Mr Moriartys Video. Check his Video here th-cam.com/video/nnX8ate7778/w-d-xo.html The process starts at about Minute 54
Hello. Thank you for your video.. Tell me please, do you moisten the lap during the pre-polishing with BATT lap? If yes, how much water do you use? Thank you very much!
Thanks for watching, Evgeny. I don't moist the lap with water, I just use a tiny amount of the snake oil (Put a small drop of oil on a paper towel and wipe it over the disc, then wipe with a dry towel once or twice before apply the diamond.) WD40 works well too. Btw: After some time, you can wipe off the slurry (works several times) with a clean, dry paper towel and continue polishing.
@@GermanGemcutter Ok. Thank you for your answer. I tried to work it this way with WD40... But swarf is disturbing... And it occurs very quickly. I use a hardly dropping warer instead... As a result - very clean lap and nice polishing. I wanted to get how do you do. Maybe you are doing your individual secret way))) Ok.. thank you very much! Take care
I need to ask, what is the minimum ammount of disks i can use to do lapidary work? i cant afford 500$ in disks, so im wondering if i neeed to start buying them one by one till i have enough to get the machine. if you had to chose the fewest disks needed, what would they be?
Minimum you will need a 240 (preforming) and 600 grit(in well used condition, to produce a smooth surface ready for pre polishing. otherwise an 1200grit also) Minimum one Metal Lap for prepolishing e.g. Bat Lap or Copper for 8k (Polycristaline Diamond) prepolishing and a polishing lap e.g. Darkside for polishing with Oxides.
How many time do u take to mirror polish a facet ? I don't know if its my lap or my technique but it can take me 15 minutes more to polish a litle facet and i don't know if its normal ( i have a copper lap and path through 320 - 600 - 3000 - diamond paste polish ) on a aqua marine
hello, you put only this tiny line with the diamond stick and it is enough to charge? i tried to charge a zinc + with 8k stick from gearloose, i put way more diamond and had to put more and more to get it working not too slow but had a lot of scratching so my question is for 8k prepolish you only put as much diamond as on the video here? thank you very much for your videos!
Hi, for the first charge i used about this amount and the same for prepolishing my Stones, yes. What material you tried to prepolish on your Zinc+ Lap? Does the scratches have a metallic shine?
@@GermanGemcutter do you ship to venezuela? how do i contact you and talk directly with the team to give you the address? i also need to ask for the address of the team.
Thank you for the video. 🙏 You could use a charging roll to charge the diamond. I'll upload a video this week on my channel. Please check it out and let me know what you think. 🙂
I sometimes use a piece of MM sapphire to "embed" the charge after a deep clean. Great instructional video.
Thanks Tony, also for your good Tips👍
Thank you for this video, I also looked for copper lap charging video and could find it.
You can also load a copper lap using the same method.
I'm just starting out and this very detailed video is exactly what I was looking for, thanks.
Thank you for watching and your Feedback
Just received my starter polishing kit from Gearloose. Thank you for the how-to.
Excellent instructions, thank you!
Thank you
How do you clean the lap after a polishing session?
thank you for the beautiful video and thank you for the information.can you polish diamond with zinc lap?
Thank you for watching, i dont have the right equipment to polish Diamonds. Usually the zinc Lap is for polishing facet grade soft Stones.
amazing video! I definitely enjoyed this equipment video, thanks for making and sharing it
i have two questions
1- is there any need to use water drip during polishing?
2- is tin lap made of pure "Sn" element (like the zinc lap in the video) or its an alloy of some kind?
Thank you 🙂 with pleasure👍
1. No need to use Water, the tiny amount of oil is enough.
2. Most Tin Laps are Tin Alloy but for example UltraTec has a pure tin lap (A pure Tin "old reliable" Fine grained rolled tin laminated to a master lap producing an excellent final polishing lap)
Wow nice it is very interesting.
Thank you
Thanks for the great video! what to do if ditches appear on such a disc?
Thanks 🙂 I dont know if it is a solution for ditches, i didnt have the problem up to date but i would try a method, i have seen in a Video by Steve Moriarty. If the ditches are not to big i would try it. Mr Moriarty shows how he cleans a BATT Lap with Lava Soap. It is like a total refresh of the surface. If you try it please let us know if it is successful. Here is a link to Mr Moriartys Video. Check his Video here th-cam.com/video/nnX8ate7778/w-d-xo.html
The process starts at about Minute 54
Can you use an aluminum lap instead of zinc ?
Hello.
Thank you for your video..
Tell me please, do you moisten the lap during the pre-polishing with BATT lap? If yes, how much water do you use?
Thank you very much!
Thanks for watching, Evgeny. I don't moist the lap with water, I just use a tiny amount of the snake oil (Put a small drop of oil on a paper towel and wipe it over the disc, then wipe with a dry towel once or twice before apply the diamond.) WD40 works well too. Btw: After some time, you can wipe off the slurry (works several times) with a clean, dry paper towel and continue polishing.
@@GermanGemcutter
Ok. Thank you for your answer.
I tried to work it this way with WD40...
But swarf is disturbing...
And it occurs very quickly.
I use a hardly dropping warer instead...
As a result - very clean lap and nice polishing.
I wanted to get how do you do. Maybe you are doing your individual secret way)))
Ok.. thank you very much!
Take care
Thanks for video, very nice disc .
Thanks for watching🙂
Thanks this really helps 😊 👍
Thanks
Ever tried using a piece of lab-made Corundum to embed your diamond ?
No, but it also works well, according to other Gemcutters. I think the method with a card like this, is easier and faster👍
I need to ask, what is the minimum ammount of disks i can use to do lapidary work? i cant afford 500$ in disks, so im wondering if i neeed to start buying them one by one till i have enough to get the machine. if you had to chose the fewest disks needed, what would they be?
Minimum you will need a 240 (preforming) and 600 grit(in well used condition, to produce a smooth surface ready for pre polishing. otherwise an 1200grit also)
Minimum one Metal Lap for prepolishing e.g. Bat Lap or Copper for 8k (Polycristaline Diamond) prepolishing and a polishing lap e.g. Darkside for polishing with Oxides.
do you use dripping water when using it afterwards? or this does not require water?
No water required
my batt lap is brand new, I did that 3 times and I still get metal on my facet, how many time did you do this with a new batt lap?
Okay Ty!
How many time do u take to mirror polish a facet ?
I don't know if its my lap or my technique but it can take me 15 minutes more to polish a litle facet and i don't know if its normal ( i have a copper lap and path through 320 - 600 - 3000 - diamond paste polish ) on a aqua marine
hello, you put only this tiny line with the diamond stick and it is enough to charge? i tried to charge a zinc + with 8k stick from gearloose, i put way more diamond and had to put more and more to get it working not too slow but had a lot of scratching
so my question is for 8k prepolish you only put as much diamond as on the video here?
thank you very much for your videos!
Hi, for the first charge i used about this amount and the same for prepolishing my Stones, yes.
What material you tried to prepolish on your Zinc+ Lap? Does the scratches have a metallic shine?
It is that the same process you would use to put cerium oxide on a darkside lap
Thanks for watching🙂 No, check my Video here, there i show how to polish with oxide on a Darkside lap. th-cam.com/video/olof6tZ64Bo/w-d-xo.html
Just wondering, how long do you have to wait for your shipment? If you don’t mind to ask.
A few months for the complete Machine with all Accessories.
How to charge coper lap please
What micron size poly diamond are you using? Thanks
Usually 8k and 16k for prepolishing and up to 100k for polishing, Thanks for watching
Creat video thank you
Thank you
Where do I buy that record? please
It is made by Gearloose Lapidary, here is a Link to the Shop gearloose.co/shop/darkside/
@@GermanGemcutter do you ship to venezuela? how do i contact you and talk directly with the team to give you the address? i also need to ask for the address of the team.
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Thank you for the video. 🙏
You could use a charging roll to charge the diamond.
I'll upload a video this week on my channel. Please check it out and let me know what you think. 🙂
Thanks for watching and the Informations. I will check your Video👍
What material dis
Polycrystallin Diamond on BATT (tin alloy) lap
@@GermanGemcutter it makes ston shiny
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