Gem Creator Gem Faceting Machine

My mom and dad were in a rock club in Dallas, TX and they would facet gemstones on a lapidary device by hand. One day I mentioned that this could all be done with a machine and they were like, yeah, right, OK. So, I'm not sure what made me go ahead and make one either because they were dismissive or just to see if I could do it. I don't think I did it out of spite but more just to see if I could and this is what I came up with.

So I made it, got it working and then showed them (the blue one pictured). They were sort of flabbergasted. My mom said she wanted one almost instantly! So, since she's German, I made her a Black, Red, and Yellow one to match the colors of the German flag. he he. I'm not sure she ever messed with it much, tho, as she was a bit scared of learning how to use it. Oh well.

So anyway, my dad setup a "show and tell" time to take it to their rock club to show it off. So I gave a demonstration of how it worked and showed a few diamond shaped stones I