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Sounds like you have your hands full Amz

Edit to add 1] sorry Amz this should be in another thread it distracts from your thread and your art Many Apologies Psylo, Virtually everything is made in china..... black and decker is also Dewalt and most big names have a home version, all made in china, You will hopefully have more luck buying a big name but it is just a name, and you can also have luck buying the cheapies like GMC [they were good value if faulty in 12mths get replaced etc] I bought a Rhino brand angle grinder from Bunnings for $11.00 15 years ago it has worn one set of brushes out but came with a second set, My dogs chewed the lead off it but I replaced the lead, and its still running, I have also bought others and used them both exxy and cheapiesbut dearer than $11.00 and the only one i have currently is the rhino, the rest burnt out. I use angle grinders a fair bit . Point is you could buy Ozito and get 12-24-60 ++++ months out of it or you could buy and get 3mths and need to replace [ and just cause one burns out wont mean all the cheapies are shit]. Alternatively you could buy say teh dremel and it might last you teh shorter period or the longer period?? I have a dremel and it is burnt out - IT lasted under 1 year. For my money the best investment especially if you are starting off is to go cheap if you like what you do then you can start looking at dearer equipment and make an informed decision, you already know what you want from the tool. You may chose to keep going cheap and sacrificing the illusive guarantee of teh dearer products, and by that i mean that most exxy tools are not replaced but sent away for repairs and not everything is under warranty and may cost more to repair than its worth, you could buy another one for $50 more for example. I having had Dremel have also looked at the Ozito and when i have the cash spare:) I will probably get one. I like cheap tools for the value I have got from them a few have burnt me but most I feel have earnt there purchase price. The GMC product was really good although sometimes it took three tries to get the right one If you want to carve the Ozito will work for you, if you feel the tool is loading up ease back on the pressure, the diamonds work better with light pressure anyway, same with the wood burrs that you will get with the rotary tools usually. Here is similar looks a bit chunky but $20.00 lol. http://www.bunnings....ol-kit_584.aspx With Jade, Crystals, Glass etc things like Glass heat is a curse and can cause heat fracture so if you apply too much prressure you will get too much heat even under water sometimes and then the peice can crack even with out inclusions and faults in the rock etc So start cheap, get a feel for your material and your tool , and have fun..... Oh and if you dont want to risk expensive material start with soft rocks river pebbles etc, some of them polish up really nice and are beautiful just people dont value them:)

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I know I would have the better deal if that was the case,lol. I dont think you should step into a deal knowing you are gonna lose out Amz, You :mmmm woo a carving?????????? should be worth 10cent I will ask to swap for my $50.00 carving:) Me : Yeah let's do this,lol. Seriously though, You would lose, I couldnt even suggest it, and, I would get laughed at

Maybe I can save and buy something from you I am lazy like that

Argh I dont know Amz I am not good at fiddly stuff:)

Hey yeah I see the symbol too now:) EH I was told about the pounamu by a local Kiwi, he gave me the impression he beleived the stuff is all cursed and he would not even touch a peice if it were handed to him, He told me a few stories to back up his claims too [NZ urban myths I assume,lol], are you maori? I have read alot about jades online I had a tiki given to me by family friends that viisted NZ when I was a child [4-5 years old] and I loved it to death I thought wow jade, and have had such fascination with jade since, I was never bothered by it being jadeite or nephrite just jade, Jade always captured my eyes especially in Chinatown - dixon street Sydney:) well that and the food. After about a year the tiki snapped - was only plastic,lol [childhood innocence]. I have a few little peices of Jade - I wouldnt mind trying to carve some, Is it hard Amz?? It used to be used for battle armour in Asia because of its toughness, made a heavy suit of armour , I bet. Little plates of jade laced together. It speaks a lot of the warriors strength I think all the weight they carried to do battle and to actually still be able to work a sword. getting off track

LOL oh i see!!!!!!!!!

Amazonian you must be quite wealthy ? Jade is so F&*(^n expensive how can you afford to carve it up and then give it away? Isn't black the most expensive outside of NZ greenstone? and Isn't NZ greenstone illegal to transport outside of NZ if it is raw or not carved and then dearer than gold if it is carved, They have nice Jade but its no better than other nice jades from other places, right??? edit to say beautiful work and fix typos:)

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