Ethiopian, but as i said, the pixy stayed in the closet, and i was just working with tiny cheap hand files that work better than a dremel/fordham
they are even small enough so that you could do cabbing like wittling on the bench waiting for a bus...
mine are cheap knockoffs... but if all your doing is shaping an opal, which is basically glass powder noteven solid glass
they work fine [in fact, i can shape a stone faster than the pixy however, its more free form than forced to take broader curves]
next i have to knock off a few polishing heads with diamond dust and so on
but first i am going to try some dental diamond wheels... basically impregnated silicon
do NOT use the diamond files or sharpeners to polish....
your much better doing so with, drumroll, sandpaper... cheap, auto sand paper..
you can get it all the way up to 1500...
so as soon as i get enough light, i will take the next images for you all to see
oh, funky... if your using diamond files and sharperners for shaping, you dont need water or cooling
[and i would suggest using dental picks to remove all the potch you can.. all of it... makes it a lot easier to see what you can or cant do]
given i get home after dark, it may have to wait till next weekend or after till the sun comes out
