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 Post subject: graves 5 or a Facetron?
PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:00 am 
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I have an older model graves 4 that I bought a couple of years ago off of eBay. Great machine for a state but the repeatability is terrible.
I want to but the most bang for my buck. What is most cost effective regarding accurac, reliability and repeatability? Graves 5 or a Facetron?


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 Post subject: Re: graves 5 or a Facetron?
PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:16 pm 
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Probably the Graves.

Post this question in the lapidary section, you'll be sure to get a detailed response.


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 Post subject: Re: graves 5 or a Facetron?
PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:24 pm 
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I've never used a graves but the only inaccuracies I've seen in my facetron were operator error


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