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  • Crylos@lemmy.worldtoAutism@lemmy.worldSleeping tricks
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    8 months ago

    This is what I do… find a comfortable position, then start relaxing all of your muscles.

    Start with your toes … given them a wiggle and relax them. Slowly move up your body into your torso… then down your arms, and finally your neck and head.

    I’m usually out before I get to my arms.








  • I’ve used dental wax for years to hold the stones to the dop and it does a good job as long as you don’t use too much force when cutting. The key to using the wax is to make sure you heat both the stone and dop enough for the wax to adhere. You can tell that has done so when the wax edge no longer seems to curl under and instead seems to have a clean line with the surface.

    I’ve used super glue as well depending on the situation… but the cure time and difficulty in getting it off the dop and cleaning the stone of the residue makes it not worth it in my opinion.


  • Crylos@lemmy.worldOPMtoFaceting@lemmy.world6mm Chrome Diopside
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    1 year ago

    This is interesting… I would not have considered using some of the tools of the trade for the purposes you have outlined.

    You can see and read about some of the equipment I use in this post. I did a whole series of posts around how I cut stones.

    In terms of equipment, there is a pinned post in this community that has some links as well.

    Happy to answer any questions you might have.













  • Crylos@lemmy.worldMtoFaceting@lemmy.worldMoissanite is so sparkly!
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    1 year ago

    You can link to vendors… no issue… I just don’t want to have active solicitation for selling stones, as that adds significant overhead for validating the seller. I’ve updated the sidebar to reflect this. 😀

    Also, please post the link to the vendor, as I’m looking for a good source for synthetics.