Large 3 jaw rock gripper opinions?
Sept 20, 2024 22:52:50 GMT -5
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Post by lapidary1234 on Sept 20, 2024 22:52:50 GMT -5
Hello friends!
I was casually browsing the highland park website and noticed they have this available now. A 3 jaw rock gripper. I wonder how well something like this works.
hplapidary.com/products/large-3-jaw-rock-gripper?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=6decd5f7b&pr_rec_pid=8915127533797&pr_ref_pid=8915125141733&pr_seq=uniform
I was so impressed with how a "slab grabber" worked that I bought a second one to have as backup along with smaller one.
If this 3 jaw grabber didn't cost over $200 I would probably buy one to checkout but at that price point I would need to either see a demonstration in person (preferably) or at least see a video but I can't find one. I'm guessing its a new product so maybe a video will pop up. The other thing is with as with any vise/clamp it needs to be Tight. This may be hard to tell from a video, so I'm not sure.
Also while this item sounds cool in theory, once I get an initial cut made I can almost always get the piece secured in the slab grabber. With this thing it seems like even with continued crossfeeding to get slabs it looks like you'd get to a point where you would have to remove the rock and put it in a slab grabber to get the remaining cuts, otherwise you'd cut the jaws off. Maybe in my case (3 slab grabbers) I should just continue using shims to get an initial flat surface for my slab grabber.
I now realize by typing all this I've effectively worked my way through my thoughts on it (for me at least). I'm still gonna post it though cuz others may want a look and im interested in folks opinions.
I was casually browsing the highland park website and noticed they have this available now. A 3 jaw rock gripper. I wonder how well something like this works.
hplapidary.com/products/large-3-jaw-rock-gripper?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=6decd5f7b&pr_rec_pid=8915127533797&pr_ref_pid=8915125141733&pr_seq=uniform
I was so impressed with how a "slab grabber" worked that I bought a second one to have as backup along with smaller one.
If this 3 jaw grabber didn't cost over $200 I would probably buy one to checkout but at that price point I would need to either see a demonstration in person (preferably) or at least see a video but I can't find one. I'm guessing its a new product so maybe a video will pop up. The other thing is with as with any vise/clamp it needs to be Tight. This may be hard to tell from a video, so I'm not sure.
Also while this item sounds cool in theory, once I get an initial cut made I can almost always get the piece secured in the slab grabber. With this thing it seems like even with continued crossfeeding to get slabs it looks like you'd get to a point where you would have to remove the rock and put it in a slab grabber to get the remaining cuts, otherwise you'd cut the jaws off. Maybe in my case (3 slab grabbers) I should just continue using shims to get an initial flat surface for my slab grabber.
I now realize by typing all this I've effectively worked my way through my thoughts on it (for me at least). I'm still gonna post it though cuz others may want a look and im interested in folks opinions.
