My "apprentice" was coming over this morning.  He is a friend that talked me into making a sphere for him (his Material).  When he comes, he grinds corners off of preforms for me.  It is such a huge help.  The artritis in my hands make it difficult at times to do this.

His arrival had me motivated me to increase the number of preforms I had sitting on the bench.  By 8 AM I got the drop saw set up and ready to go. I was able to take the corners off of 2 Spirit Stones, 2 Charoites, a Red and Green Blanket, 3 Hematite with chrysocolla, a serpentine.  Paul was able to get all but 2 hand ground before it got too hot!  This is amazing in that the rest of my month is set!

Always appreciative of any help.  Thanks for reading.......