u/Vin_Drawin

I’ve started my first gem (we don’t talk about my actual first gem, they’re all cheap gems from Amazon so I won’t waste money while learning), but now that I’ve done the p1 facets, I’m having trouble with the p2 girdle cuts. I can’t lower my faceting head low enough while the height adjuster is on (even when divided in half), but having no height adjuster makes it too low as well as has the index wheel collide with the screw on the manipulator (seen in the last photo.)

I’m definitely doing something wrong, but I cannot figure out how to solve this issue. It’s a cheaper machine— the classic vevor one— so I knew I’d run into issues, but one that bothers me right now is just how sparse the user manual is. I do have the “Amateur Gemstone Faceting Volume1: the Essentials” by Tom Herbst which has been really helpful, but its advice can’t cover every machine. Mine certainly has some exceptions that it doesn’t help with.

Any advice with lowering the height to cut the girdle correctly would be super appreciated, thanks!

(Still alive in photos, I found on top of fridge where we keep our cereal (in a closed bag in the box)—yes I did eat the cereal before noticing the roach unfortunately) Apartment in city, we’re generally good about food waste (dishes done every evening) but a little slow with garbage. Plus I’m in Maryland so it’s hot and very humid these last two weeks.

We’ve been living here for a year and never found any issues but looks like we’re not as lucky this year. Our door is like right on the street too and the street always has roaches so I’m not optimistic about being able to get rid of the issue permanently but I want to try my best. Our old apartment already had mice when we moved in; guessing similar procedure for that?

Trying some new stuff so I ponified some dnd characters I haven’t played in a while to diversify what I have on Artfight (VinDrawin there too btw if anyone wants to check it out!)

A dnd server I’m in always tries to do something for mermay so this is my character as a mermaid (banana eel)

Done in clip studio paint EX

Made in clip studio, trying some more colorful shading for Riyo, and vector animation for Rudo