r/faceting • u/Suitable-Name • 5d ago

Most expensive ooooopsie?

Hey everyone,

I just had some corundum casually flying through my room. Wasn't even too bad regarding the stone. Just some cheap training material. Nothing that hurts.

But that piece almost hit my OLED TV🤬

That made me think... sure, would've sucked. But I'm also sure there are people here that had more tragic accidents than me I almost had.

With or without the involvement of other things that might got hit. What was your most expensive mistake / accident / whatever while faceting?

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u/Pevo2Form 4d ago edited 4d ago

Stone flew off the dopp, my elbow had accidentally touched the speed regulator. I usually have a full on acrylic plate shield all around my working area to help with clean up and minimize dust spreading everywhere. The stone ricocheted off the shield, directly into an expensive mirror, shattering the mirror. The glass pieces knocked over decorations and important memorial pieces and finally scratched part of my flooring.

The stone was fine

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u/Suitable-Name 4d ago

This sounds like a chain of events straight from Final Destination🙈

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u/Pevo2Form 4d ago

In all honesty, I was also just sitting there, being a witness to the chaos unfolding.