I am new to this mailing list as I am fairly new to fairly new to Tinkering
(skill 45). I had this idea after reading the passage about the gemcutter
from the latest journal. Feel free to point out any misinformation that I
have.

The book said the machine was designed by his friend a jeweler who wanted to
cut anaglyphs in gems, specifically pearls. This leads me to believe that
the gemcutter is used by the jeweler, possible in much the same way as a
planing tool, or carving knife is used by a Fletcher to improve the stats on
their bows. In the case of the Fletcher the tool is consumed if you get the
message about components not combining in these quantities, however, it is
not absorbed if you have the right component quantities and simply fail,
but, is consumed if you succeed. What I'm getting at, is that maybe the
gemcutter is used by a jeweler during production to improve the stats on
jewelry. The definition of Anaglyph talks about the 3D image, but it also
says that an anaglyph (in so many words), is a decorative carving on some
piece of jewelry. The book states that the machine can make fine cuts on
even the smallest gems using only a small bit of grease to reduce friction.
At first I assumed the grease was used in the crafting of the machine, which
is the case, but I then began to think, when engraving in RL, oil is often
used to lubricate the cutting bit to reduce friction so as to not "burn" the
bit, and/or the engraved object. So maybe grease needs to be used when
using the gemcutter.

Currently I am still too low lvl and too poor to try these ideas, but wanted
to present them to the tinkering community for appraisal. Here is my idea
of what might work.

A jeweler combines in his bag.

1 pearl or black pearl (this might be used on other gems, but this seems the
best place to start considering it is stated in the journal)
+ all other components need to create any given jewelry piece. (might start
off with a ring, as that seems a good place for an anaglyph)
1 gemcutter
1 grease

This is my base test idea, I have other thoughts for components, for example
runes, spells, etc. for a pattern for the anaglyph. If anyone has any other
ideas, please post them, as I am interested in reading all thoughts on the
subject. And if anyone who is rich enough and brave enough to try my idea,
please let me know.

Felburne
Gnome of the 18th season.