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Omni Quill Disassembly
So after all this time, why would I suddenly decide to take my Omni Faceting Machine’s most delicate components apart? If you’ve been following my Blog entries you’ll remember the Another Frustration – Quill Runout post. To be to the … Continue reading
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Tagged disassembly, Omni Faceting Head, poor manufacturing, quill, runout
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Quill Runout Update
It’s been a while since I have had some time to work on the site. During the past few weeks I’ve taken apart my Omni faceting head and photographed it. I will be posting photos of the process hopefully in … Continue reading
Another Frustration – Quill Runout
As many of you who’ve managed to wade through all the text on this site know, my main frustration with the Omni faceting machine is that I can’t cut rectangular stones or step cuts without extreme aggravation. Meet points just … Continue reading
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Tagged disassembly, Omni Faceting Head, poor manufacturing, quill, runout
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New Spindle Has Arrived!
As I wrote about in my New Spindle Design post, I have designed what I think is a better Spindle and Platen for my Omni faceting machine. And it’s just arrived today! I’ll write more later, but here are a … Continue reading
Omni-E Alignment Problems – Many Different Issues
In my quest to adjust the alignment of my Omni, I discovered that there were a few different issues at hand. The Mast is not perpendicular to the Base Plate The Base Plate is not flat The Platen is not … Continue reading
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Tagged alignment, omni faceting machine, poor manufacturing, poor quality, runout
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