Preforming Laps

Polishing Laps

Master Laps

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Facet/Cab Rough

Ultra-Tec

Faceting Supplies: Below you will see a selection of some of the supplies and equipment used in Faceting. If you do not see what you are looking for or require more information about anything please contact us at info@worldwidegems.co.nz  If you require more information about any products we have listed please see below a list of the websites we are distributors for.  We can also order anything you require from these suppliers  although shipments of orders are subject to practicalities of having sufficient  size/quantity   to satisfy supplier minimum orders.  For Batt Laps information and technical  details from Gearloose Lapidary:  www.gearloose.com   For Crystalite products and information : www.abrasive-tech.com/crystalite.aspx    For Raytech products and information:  www.raytech-ind.com

Preforming Laps:

For fast removal/grinding away of surplus material use either 80 grit (fastest), 180, 260 or 360 laps. These course laps will have to be followed by finer grit sized laps sizes of 600 or 1200 (slowest) to prepare surface for fine smoothing and pre-polishing or polishing. In many cases you will be able to go directly from a 1200 lap to pre-polish or even polishing. Either use a solid lap or a ‘topper lap” with a master lap as a support for preforming or rough shaping. Obviously the lap grit size should be chosen relative to the amount of material that needs to be removed. Remember that a coarse grit will leave deeper grinding marks that must be totally smoothed/ removed before polishing is attempted. Crystalite: The Standard brand diamond discs (laps) are used by professional cutters worldwide and are excellent for faceting. They are designed to exceed the most rigid requirements. The aluminium backs are ground flat and parallel to exacting standards. Additionally, all the Standard brand discs are made with 100% diamond and bonded with a hard electroplated nickel. They are also available with a ¼ inch-20 thread screw back mount, allowing you to utilize the full face of the disc. Other diameters, mesh sizes and arbour hole sizes are available. Crystalite is one of the brands marketed by the worlds leading manufacturer of grinding and polishing products, Abrasive Technology. Economy Brand: These are products that are manufactured in Asia to a decent standard but not as high as the “branded” international multinational corporations. They are designed to be a less costly alternative to the top brands. The old adage applies..you get what you pay for.. and generally the economy brands will not have the same degree of precision or longevity. However, they are well priced and good value for the money but you should not expect the same level of life from these products. Nu-Bond by Raytech:  NuBond is a very effective  pre-polish facet lap. A NuBond lap requires little if any break-in to produce smooth finishes. Compared to an electrobond lap, it will scratch less and will cut more consistently over a longer service life.  Multilayer NuBond laps have a higher concentration of friable, self-sharpening diamond bonded directly to a solid aluminum backer. NuBond laps are precise and true running, lightweight and corrosion resistant.   Important: To replace an electrobond lap, select a NuBond which is one grit coarser than the electrobond. Even though coarser, NuBond will scratch and chip less.  So a 325 grit NuBond replaces a 600 Electrobond, a 600 NuBond replaces a 1200 Electrobond and a 1200 NuBond replaces a 3000 Electrobond.

Economy preforming/grinding lap. 7¾ inches in diameter (20 CM), 9mm in thickness with a 12.7mm arbour hole ( ½ inch). Solid steel diamond plated with 80 grit for quick stock removal. Must be dried after use or will rust. Economy preforming topper lap. 7¾ inches in diameter (20 CM), 1mm in thickness with a 12.7mm arbour hole ( ½ inch). Solid steel diamond plated with 80 grit for quick stock removal. Must be dried after use or will rust. FSPE80 $NZ 44.00 FSPET80 $NZ 23.00     Economy preforming/grinding lap. 7¾ inches in diameter (20 CM), 9mm in thickness with a 12.7mm arbour hole ( ½ inch). Solid steel diamond plated with 180 grit for quick stock removal. Must be dried after use or will rust. Economy preforming/grinding lap. 7¾ inches in diameter (20 CM), 9mm in thickness with a 12.7mm arbour hole ( ½ inch). Solid steel diamond plated with 260 grit for quick stock removal. Must be dried after use or will rust. FSPE180 $NZ 42.00 FSPE260 $NZ 42.00

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Economy preforming topper lap. 7¾ inches in diameter (20 CM), 1mm in thickness with a 12.7mm arbour hole ( ½ inch). Solid steel diamond plated with 260 grit for quick stock removal. Must be dried after use or will rust. Superior grade 260 grit preforming/grinding lap manufactured by Crystalite, a US supplier. 8 inches (203mm) in diameter and 11 mm thick with ½ inch arbour. Aluminium base with diamond plated cutting surface. Economy preforming/grinding lap. 7¾ inches in diameter (20 CM), 9mm in thickness with a 12.7mm arbour hole ( ½ inch). Solid steel diamond plated with 360 grit for quick stock removal. Must be dried after use or will rust. Economy preforming lap. 7¾ inches in diameter (20 CM), 9mm in thickness with a 12.7mm arbour hole (½ inch). Solid steel diamond plated with 600 grit for slow stock removal. Must be dried after use or will rust. FSPET260 $NZ 19.00 FSPS260 $NZ 158.00 FSPE360 $NZ 41.00 FSPE600 $NZ 41.00         Economy preforming topper lap. 7¾ inches in diameter (20 CM), 1mm in thickness with a 12.7mm arbour hole ( ½ inch). Solid steel diamond plated with 600 grit for slow stock removal. Must be dried after use or will rust. Superior grade 600 grit preforming lap manufactured by Crystalite, a US supplier. 8 inches (203mm) in diameter and 11 mm thick with ½ inch arbour. Aluminium base with diamond plated cutting surface. Economy preforming lap. 7¾ inches in diameter (20 CM), 9mm thick with a 12.7mm arbour hole ( ½ inch). Solid steel diamond plated with 1200 grit for very slow stock removal. Must be dried after use or will rust. Superior grade 1200 grit preforming lap manufactured by Crystalite, a US supplier. 8 inches (203mm) in diameter and 11 mm thick with ½ inch arbour. Aluminium base with diamond plated cutting surface. FSPET600 $NZ 19.00 FSPS600 $NZ 169.00 FSPE1200 $NZ 49.00 FSPS1200 $NZ 179.00         NuBond 6 inch (15 CM) lap 6mm thick 600 grit are superior grade pre-polishing laps manufactured by Raytech . Multilayered they have a higher concentration of friable, self sharpening diamonds bonded directly to an Aluminium base. NuBond 6 inch (15CM) lap 6mm thick 1200 grit are superior grade pre-polishing laps manufactured by Raytech . Multilayered they have a higher concentration of friable, self sharpening diamonds bonded directly to an Aluminium base. NuBond 8 inch (20 CM) lap 6 mm thick 600 grit are superior grade pre-polishing laps manufactured by Raytech . Multilayered they have a higher concentration of friable, self sharpening diamonds bonded directly to an Aluminium base. NuBond 8 inch (20CM) lap 6mm thick 1200 grit are superior grade pre-polishing laps manufactured by Raytech . Multilayered they have a higher concentration of friable, self sharpening diamonds bonded directly to an Aluminium base. FSPN6600 $NZ 155.00 FSPN61200 $NZ 155.00 FSPN8600 $NZ 190.00 FSPN81200 $NZ 190.00

8 inch BATT laps are superior grade laps manufactured in USA by Jon Rolfe of Gearloose. These laps are solid cast Tin alloy with both sides being usable. 6 inch BATT laps are superior grade laps manufactured in USA by Jon Rolfe of Gearloose. These laps are solid cast Tin alloy with both sides being usable. 8 inch BA5T laps are superior grade laps manufactured in USA by Jon Rolfe of Gearloose. These laps are designed for high speed commercial and competition faceting. A harder finer grained lap than BATT lap. 6 inch BA5T laps are superior grade laps manufactured in USA by Jon Rolfe of Gearloose. These laps are designed for high speed commercial and competition faceting. A harder finer grained lap than BATT lap. FSPOLB8 $NZ 190.00 FSPOLB6 $NZ 120.00 FSPOLB58 $NZ 260.00 FSPOLB56 $NZ 180.00         8 inch DARKSIDE laps are superior grade laps manufactured in USA by Jon Rolfe of Gearloose. Lightweight polishing laps and can be used with either Diamond or Oxide slurries. Very effective and popular for quartzes as well. 6 inch DARKSIDE laps are superior grade laps manufactured in USA by Jon Rolfe of Gearloose. Lightweight polishing laps and can be used with either Diamond or Oxide slurries. Very effective and popular for quartzes as well. 8 inch prepolish and polish lap combined in one lap. BATTWING is a superior grade lap manufactured in USA by Jon Rolfe of Gearloose. This features a BATT on the outer and a DARKSIDE inner to save changing laps. Superior grade fine grained rolled 8 inch Tin lap is bonded to a Masterlap disc producing an excellent final polishing lap. This will not develop orange peel and does not require scoring. Used with polishing slurry. FSPOLD8 $NZ 125.00 FSPOLD6 $NZ 95.00 FSPOLBW $NZ 240.00 FSPOL $NZ 295.00         Raytech is a well priced 6 inch (15CM) Tin lap with a thickness of 8mm which can be used with oxide or Diamond polishes. It has a heavy layer of pure rolled Tin laminated to a Raytech Master Lap and turned true. Raytech is a well priced 8 inch (20CM) Tin lap with a thickness of 7.5mm which can be used with oxide or Diamond polishes. It has a heavy layer of pure rolled Tin laminated to a Raytech Master Lap and turned true. 6 inch (15 cm) copper faced with 1/16 inch (1.59 mm) of rolled copper laminated to 1/4 inch (6.35 mm) thick aluminum Master Lap turned true. Traditional lap for charging with diamond powder. Mfd by Raytech Lapidary in the USA. Phenolic lap is manufactured by Crystalite. This is 6 inch in diameter and has a 10 mm aluminum base with 3mm layer of Phenolic. Phenolics work well with all oxides for polishing. 1/2 inch arbour. FSPOLR6 $NZ 140.00 FSPOLR8 $NZ 180.00 FSPOLCOP6 $NZ 130.00 FSPOLP6 $NZ 56.00         Spectra Ultralap pack-five pieces of thin polymer film precharged with Cerium Oxide high grade(99.9%) polishing compound. 6 inch diameter and 1.5 micron (13,000) grit size. ½ inch arbour size. Use with Master lap under as base. Spectra Ultralap pack-five pieces of thin polymer film precharged with Cerium Oxide high grade(99.9%) polishing compound. 8 inch diameter and 1.5 micron (13,000) grit size. ½ inch arbour size. Use with Master lap under as base. Alumina oxide Ultralap pack-five pieces of thin polymer film precharged with Alumina Oxide polishing compound. 6 inch diameter and 0.3 micron grit size. ½ inch arbour size. Use with Master lap underneath as base. Alumina oxide Ultralap pack-five pieces of thin polymer film precharged with Alumina Oxide polishing compound. 8 inch diameter and 0.3 micron grit size. ½ inch arbour size. Use with Master lap underneath as base. FSPOLS6 $NZ 18.00 FSPOLS $NZ 19.00 FSPOLA6 $NZ 16.00 FSPOLA $NZ 19.00         Cerium Oxide Ultralap pack-five pieces of thin polymer film precharged with Cerium Oxide polishing compound. 6 inch diameter and 1.5 micron (13,000) grit size. ½ inch arbour size. Use with Master lap underneath as base. Cerium Oxide Ultralap pack-five pieces of thin polymer film precharged with Cerium Oxide polishing compound. 8 inch diameter and 1.5 micron (13,000) grit size. ½ inch arbour size. Use with Master lap underneath as base. Tin Oxide Ultralap pack-five pieces of thin polymer film precharged with Tin Oxide polishing compound. 6 inch diameter and 1.2 micron grit size (14,000 Mesh). ½ inch arbour size. Use with Master lap underneath as base. Tin Oxide Ultralap pack-five pieces of thin polymer film precharged with Tin Oxide polishing compound. 8 inch diameter and 1.2 micron grit size (14,000 Mesh). ½ inch arbour size. Use with Master lap underneath as base. FSPOLC6 $NZ 16.00 FSPOLC $NZ 19.00 FSPOLT6 $NZ 16.00 FSPOLT $NZ 19.00

Superior grade Aluminium lap used as base /support for topper laps (1 mm thick diamond plated discs) or Ultra-Laps. Manufactured by Raytech, a US supplier. 6 inches (15.2 CM) in diameter and 5.5 mm thick with ½ inch arbour. Superior grade Aluminium lap used as base /support for topper laps (1 mm thick diamond plated discs) or Ultra-Laps. Manufactured by Raytech, a US supplier. 7 ¾ inches (20 CM) in diameter and 5.5 mm thick with ½ inch arbour. Superior grade Aluminium lap used as base /support for topper laps (1 mm thick diamond plated discs) or Ultra-Laps. Mfd. by Crystalite, a US supplier. 8 inches (203mm) in diameter and 10 mm thick with ½ inch arbour. FSMLR6 $NZ 68.00 FSMLR8 $NZ 85.00 FSML $NZ 72.00

Battstick Alumina A Oxide polish charging stick. A water soluble oxide polishing compound designed to reduce mess and waste associated with oxide slurries. Economical to use since a little goes a long way. Battstick Cerium Oxide polish charging stick. A water soluble oxide polishing compound designed to reduce mess and waste associated with oxide slurries. Economical to use since a little goes a long way Battstick Chrome Oxide polish charging stick. A water soluble oxide polishing compound designed to reduce mess and waste associated with oxide slurries. Economical to use since a little goes a long way The Battstick trio for all situations. Alumina A, Cerium and Chrome oxide polishing compounds designed to reduce mess and waste associated with oxide slurries. Buy as a set and save a few dollars. FSMIA $NZ 22.00 FSMICE $NZ 22.00 FSMICM $NZ 28.00 FSMI3OX $NZ 70.00         Diastick polishing compound stick charged with 3000 Diamond in a self dispensing tube. Contains potent boundary layer lubricants and is cool cutting and economical to use since polishing requires little compound. Diastick polishing compound stick charged with 14000 Diamond in a self dispensing tube. Contains potent boundary layer lubricants and is cool cutting and economical to use since polishing requires little compound. Diastick polishing compound stick charged with 60000 Diamond in a self dispensing tube. Contains potent boundary layer lubricants and is cool cutting and economical to use since polishing requires little compound. Set of all three Diastick polishing compounds. 3000, 14000 and 60000 Diamond in self dispensing tubes. Contains potent boundary layer lubricants and are cool cutting and economical to use. Save $7 when you buy the set. FSMID3 $NZ 39.00 FSMID14 $NZ 39.00 FSMID60 $NZ 39.00 FSMI3D $NZ 110.00         2 ounce bottle of Crystalube. This is a silicone oil extender fluid to be used with diamond compound and as a cutting lubricant. Made by Crystalite. Raycool ¼ litre concentrate is manufactured by Raytech and is used as an additive to water coolant when grinding with Diamond laps and wheels. Contains wetting agents and corrosion inhibitors. Dilute 30:1 6 cts of 14,000 grit first quality Crystalite diamond compound suspended in a pump spray bottle of deionized water. No fluorocarbons. 6 cts of 8,000 grit first quality Crystalite diamond compound suspended in a pump spray bottle of deionized water. No fluorocarbons. FSMILUBE $NZ 21.00 FSMIR $NZ 15.00 FSMISD14 $NZ 40.00 FSMISD8 $NZ 40.00         6 cts of 3,000 grit first quality Crystalite diamond compound suspended in a pump spray bottle of deionized water. No fluorocarbons. 5 grams syringe of 50,000 grit Crystalite silicon based Diamond compound. These are temperature resistant and will not separate. Use with Crystalube to charge polishing pads. 5 grams syringe of 14,000 grit Crystalite silicon based Diamond compound. These are temperature resistant and will not separate. Use with Crystalube to charge polishing pads. 5 grams syringe of 8,000 grit Crystalite silicon based Diamond compound. These are temperature resistant and will not separate. Use with Crystalube to charge polishing pads. FSMISD3 $NZ 40.00 FSMIDC50 $NZ 30.00 FSMIDC14 $NZ 30.00 FSMIDC8 $NZ 30.00         5 grams syringe of 1200 grit Crystalite silicon based Diamond compound. These are temperature resistant and will not separate. Use with Crystalube to charge polishing pads. A high performance tenacious wax used by Diamond cutters. Resists flow under pressure. Will often hold stones for preforming when any other wax will fail. Softens at 175 degrees F. Stick is 10.5 CM long by 11 mm in diameter. Electronic digital calipers with 6 inch or 152 mm capacity. Accurate to .001 of an inch. LCD dispay manufactured from stainless steel. Push button zero and inch/mm selection. Alcohol lamp with wick for melting dopping wax. Can be used with meths or alcohol. Always take care with flammables. FSMIDC1.2 $NZ 30.00 FSMIDDW $NZ 20.00 FSMIGUAGE $NZ 58.00 FSMILAMP $NZ 17.00