in this issue
-- Our Product Line.
-- TUCSON -- Joe Rubin Reports...
-- TUCSON
-- KIDS DAY AT THE TGMS -- SPECTRA ULTRA LAPS -- CONCAVE FACET an article by Dalan Hargrave -- We're on FACEBOOK!
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Our Product Line. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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TUCSON -- Joe Rubin Reports... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
![]() Robert Mendoza and I worked the show Robert demonstrated the mounting of the DAD thats what he was doing in the photo (hes with professional cutter Pat Kelley in the picture Robert on the left. Pats an old time Ultra Tec faceter, and now a new DAD owner).
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KIDS DAY AT THE TGMS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
![]() We always set up a faceting machine where we can invite the kids to cut a facet or two. Seeing their faces light up is wonderful. Its nice when some kid sneaks back from his group and says Hey, that was great. Can I do another one? Of course the answer is yes and I let that student know that she (this years most persistant young faceter was a girl) is gooood! When I offer them a steady job at faceting -- skip all that school stuff -- they generally retreat (not always).
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SPECTRA ULTRA LAPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
![]() Spectra is a special milling of Cerium Oxide, and is specially good for Quartz materials and Beryls. Now, its hard to take an exciting picture of a lap but Spectras distinctive blue color identifies it so heres a pic. We supply Spectra in packages of 10 typically an Ultra Lap will do a number of stones (I used to get rid of them if some of the polish material skived down to the plastic film carrier, but Ive learned that they can be continued in usethe skived edge being quite effective in polishing. The 10 piece SPECTRA package is item number M8101 and is $25. While youre at it you may want to consider the Ultra Lap lineup these are all packages of 10 all $19/pkg. Aluminum Oxide item no. M.8111 Tin Oxide item no. M.8104 Chrome Oxide item no. M.8105
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CONCAVE FACET an article by Dalan Hargrave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
![]() Dalan Hargrave combines exceptional imagination with innate good taste the results speak for themselves. A goldsmith for 25 years, he says that he became fascinated in watching someone working on an Ultra Tec it was 12 years ago -- and it turned his attention to faceting. A friend gave him an old faceting machine, and, as they say, the rest is history. He now reports dividing his time about 50-50 between goldsmithing and lapidary.
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We're on FACEBOOK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
![]() We welcome all our Ultra Tec cousins as FANS -- your, pictures, experineces, comments and suggestions are welcome. |
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We'll be in touch again soon with the next Sometimes Bulletin. Bye for now
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