A Mechanized System of FLAT LAPPING A Summary of a Speedier Process

摘要

I have developed a system of flat lapping items such as thunder eggs, geodes, bookends and slabs that lets me lap multiple items simultaneously, using semiautomated electromechanical methods. The system is designed to remove as much of the manual labor as possible and speed up -the flat lapping process, thus increasing the ease and efficiency of flat lapping. I have been using this system for 15 years to process my thunder eggs, geodes, slabs and bookends, which I and my wife sell at the Quartzsite Improvement Association Pow-Wow in Quartzsite, Arizona. This article is intended to provide a summary of said system. The complete system is described in detail in my book Gemstone Flat Lapping, Mechanized (Xlibris Corp., 2007).