Aquamarine progress

The ring is starting to take shape! I have been using files and grey wheels to get to this point and I like it so far.

I wrap emery paper around a slit mandrel and use that to smooth out the file marks and get the ring ready to polish. We go through three levels of grit 240 - 400 - 600 getting ready for tripoli 2500 grit and then the rouge or high polish is actually about a 5000 grit, scratches so small they look polished.

Finally I use my buffing machine to put on the final polish