10/14/2019
With the holidays nearly upon us, I am attempting to get done with the prototype of the MDR 'Khyaam' and swiftly into production of it... This will be a true Jamb Peg type machine with all the modern features of good faceting units..The original Jamb Peg units were in use 450 years ago and underwent many design changes.
This new design is taken from a little know tool called the 'Willams Faceting Device' a tool that never got into common use after WW2.
This device was different than the previous Jamb Pegs in that it had a calibrated row of 32 divisions around the dop / peg and an adjustment ring on this tool, allowed the cutter to reset the redopped stone's alignment, to match top to bottom..
A really good idea, but the device didn't use dops, the stone was attached directly onto the handpiece.
The new design utilizes the Willams design of a fishtail on the handpiece to prevent misaligned cutting problems with the inexperienced operator on the Jamb Peg.
The new design uses an Index gear on the handpiece and is set for cutting by index, using the action of a spring loaded dop / peg.
The new design is rugged, accurate and will be coming into the marketplace well under $400.00.
All the newbie, novice and wannabe cutters who can't afford a new machine, keep watching here... I will post the new design in a few days.
Don't buy the Asian crap out there, BUY AMERICAN, BUY QUALITY.