The machines and tools that a beginner jade carver should buy are as follows:
1. Flexible Shaft Machine, the main application is for large jade carvings that cannot be carried by a desktop machine, and it is usually used in conjunction with hand-held equipment such as an electric grinder to accomplish detailed work that cannot be carried out by an electric grinder. Since the fixed grinding head of a desktop machine is indeed not as flexible as a handle in dealing with certain types of tools, many people will also choose to apply the flexible shaft machine to some smaller or more specialized types of tools.
2, dental machine, dental machine is Takumi people borrowed from the dentist's medical equipment, its flexibility is the best of all models available, and therefore should be used mainly for detailing, and in the rough and heavy work of almost no application value.
Expanded Information
Contemporary Chinese jade carving craftsmanship, in terms of broader schools of thought, can be divided into north and south:
1. The north school is represented by Beijing, and covers the northern provinces and cities of Liaoning, Tianjin, Hebei, parts of Henan and Xinjiang.
2. The southern faction covers the Yangtze River coast and areas south of it, and is divided into several branches, including "Shanghai Workers" represented by Shanghai, "Suzhou Workers" represented by Suzhou, "Yangzhou Workers" represented by Yangzhou, and "Yangzhou Workers" represented by Yangzhou. In addition, there are the "Guangdong Workers" and "Fujian Workers". Shanghai jade carving is mainly white jade, with a small amount of jadeite.
Source:Baidu Encyclopedia - Jade Carving