An efficient hand piece is one of the three main tools required to carve jade.
From rudimentary, home made inventions, to sophisticated, electronic machines that abrade by ultrasonic application.
Illustrated below is a brushless micro-motor which has proved to be very efficient and extremely reliable carving both nephrite and jadeite.
50,000 RPM. MICRO MOTOR HAND PIECE
A replacement of the old micro motor hand piece from the early ’80′s
With sintered diamond burrs on hard jade …… just a dream!
Water adjusted by the needle valve from a jet as show here to a slow drop as required.
Below here is an updated version with low pressure air to spray the water as a misting, cleaning, coolant, lubricator.
Further information specific to these NSK micro-motor hand pieces and availability
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