How do they match: Gem and Diamond Workers

  • Hold stones, gems, dies, or styluses against rotating plates, wheels, saws, or slitters to cut, shape, slit, grind, or polish them.
  • Place stones in clamps on polishing machines and polish facets of stones, using felt-covered or canvas-covered polishing wheels and polishing compounds such as tripoli and rouge.
  • Select shaping wheels for tasks, and mix and apply abrasives, bort, or polishing compounds.