in this issue
-- The V2 Faceting Machine
-- A Visit from Dae Lee
-- NEW LOCATION -- Andy Gulij, Ultra Tec's Rep in San Diego
-- A "Mineral Calendar" with a "Plus"
Greetings! Welcome to the October 2009 copy of the Some Times Newsletter. We hope you enjoy catching up with the updates from the Wrold of Ultra Tec each month! |
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The V2 Faceting Machine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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A Visit from Dae Lee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We hadn't seen Dae Lee for a number of years-and
then, one day last month he came by the factory-
toting two old Ultra Tec machines. For many years, he
operated a custom cutting operation in Cerritos
California. He explained to Joe that he and his wife
had moved to a new home in Southern California, to
be near his grandkids--they had retired from their
business.
They did the typical California thing-they had a "moving sale" in their front yard -everything was sold, but, when someone offered to buy the faceting equipment, he said that he "just couldn't let it go -- to a stranger". So, he brought them "home" to Ultra Tec. Dae Lee and Joe enjoyed reminiscing about the days when Dae Lee and his wife Jae Lee, would go to the "Faceters Fairs", back in the '70's and '80's, where Jai Lee would demonstrate faceting on the Ultra Tec. She was a super fast high quality faceter-she could take a piece of rough, not yet dopped, and 45 minutes later, hand back a completed gem. Watching her was a pleasure-every motion precise-not a wasted second-super yield. When Joe introduced Dae Lee to some of the younger people in the company, Joe pointed to the machines and said they had cut many hundreds of stones-Dai Lee corrected him, saying "many thousands - many many thousands".
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NEW LOCATION -- Andy Gulij, Ultra Tec's Rep in San Diego ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andy Gulij is not a new name among Ultra Tec
representatives, but he is in a new location. For years,
Andy was located in Big Bear, a mountain top town in
Southern California-and now he's returned to
"civilization"-San Diego, where he's located in the
Jewelry Building, downtown (check our Representative
Listing for contact information).
Always a creative guy, Andy has developed unique fantasy designs, and has placed first in AGTA gem cutting competition. |
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Tak a look at Andy's website : www.gemfix.com
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A "Mineral Calendar" with a "Plus" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You've seen Mineral Calendars before-they always
display natural-uncut-minerals (Now, "mineral people"
don't always look kindly at faceting. They are concerned
that faceters are about to break up some mineral
specimen into facetable sizes).
This beautiful calendar, from France, is no exception- that is, its illustrations are all mineral specimens-- EXCEPT for the page shown - the September Aquamarine page. Is that a faceted stone you see! |
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The man who puts this calendar together visited Josè
Guiu, Ultra Tec's representative in Barcelona, and looked
at his cut stones. He was "swept away" by the
Aquamarine - and with a little urging from Josè he
arranged to have it shown on the calendar page you see.
JOSE GUIU
Needless to say-this reduced size version doesn't do it justice-but we wanted to show it to you. It might be a first. |
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Quick Links... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email:
web@ultratec-facet.com
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