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Basic Faceting Equipment Requirements
All images and prices are from His Glassworks and used by permission. Updated 2022-03-31.

Flat Lap Wheel
8" Wheel with drip cup $657
8" Wheel with Lock Line Water
Requires a pump or a tubing kit to feed the Lock Line
$708
12" CrystalMaster $2,285
Other wheel options: His Glassworks Flat Grinders
Pads
Steel Pad recommendations 8" - $72-$58
12" - $286-$126
500 Grit - great for shaping small and medium pieces (Necessary)
270 Grit - Gobbles up glass (Optional)
Resin Pad recommendations 8" - $29 each
12" - $80 each
325 Grit - shapes small pieces; cleans up after a steel pad (Necessary)
600 Grit - great final pre-polish pad; good for making accent facets (Optional)

Polishing
LP66 - .050 8" - $18
12" - $48
Charge it with cerium, then use cerium in suspension for an incredible finish.
Note:
Make sure to order the 8" .050 pad for use with the LapDancer.
This pad matches the thickness of the steel and resin pads.
Cerium Oxide 70%, Particle: 2.4 - used to charge the LP66 and in solution while polising $19.25

LapDancer Faceting Arm
Free-standing faceting arm that will mount next to any wheel
Comes with both the AS30° and AS45° Angle Selectors,
which create patterns using multiples of 6 and 4 facets, respecitvely
$669
$739 - TopGrinder combo
TopGrinder for flattening ("tabling") the tops of pieces $99
PipeGrinder chuck dop made for the LapDancer faceting arm $89
Centering and Transfer Jig, made to help centering a piece on the dop
or keep the axis while transferring the dop
$99
36° Angle Selector - Create patterns using multiples of 5 facets $89
40° Angle Selector - Create patterns using multiples of 3/6/9 facets $89

Sample Cost of entry (as of March, 2022)
8" Grinder with drip cup$657.00
8" Steel - 500 grit$58.75
8" Resin - 325 grit$29.00
8" Resin - 600 grit$29.00
8" LP66$18.00
One pound cerium oxide$19.25
LapDancer Combo$739.00
Transfer Jig$99.00
PipeGrinder$89.00
Total$1,738.00