40% OFF CLASSES WHEN YOU BUY YOUR FACETRON FROM US.

Faceters around the world enjoy reading articles, columns and cutting gem diagrams by author and Lapidary Artist, Jim Perkins. Now you can learn to cut faceted gems from Jim in his Medina, Ohio lapidary studio.

OUR FIVE DAY (40 HOURS PLUS) COMPREHENSIVE FACETING CLASSES INCLUDE:

• LIMITED TO TWO STUDENTS  PER SESSION FOR PERSONAL ATTENTION
• LEARNING TO FACET IN THE 21^st CENTURY USING THE FACETRON (THE BOOK WE WROTE)
• A PARCEL OF FIVE NATURAL AND ONE MAN-MADE STONE
• CUT TWO MANDATORY STONE AND ONE DESIGN OF YOUR CHOICE
• WE SUPPLY ALL MATERIALS AND MACHINES YOU’LL NEED DURING CLASS
• SELECTING ROUGH, ORIENTING ROUGH FOR COLOR, CLEAVAGE PLANE IDENTIFICATION AND ORIENTATION
• LEARN TO UNDERSTAND COMPUTER FACETING DIAGRAMS
• LEARN THE BASICS OF GEM CAD SOFTWARE
• LEARN TO TANGENT RATIO DESIGNS TO SUITE THE MATERIAL YOU WANT TO CUT
• LEARN WHERE TO PURCHASE ROUGH AND SUPPLIES FROM REPUTABLE DEALERS
• LEARN TO POLISH WITH OXIDES AND DIAMOND
• LEARN TO SET YOUR OWN STONES
• LEARN ABOUT COMPETITIONS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COMPETING
• LEARN HOW TO PRICE YOUR WORK AND IDEAS WHERE YOU CAN SELL YOUR GEMS & JEWELRY
• A CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING SUITABLE FOR FRAMING
• A LIGHT LUNCH IS INCLUDED

We have experience cutting and teaching on GRAVES MARK I and MARK IV, FACETRON, ULTRA-TEC and Fac-Ette Manufacturing Gem Master II. Feel free to bring your own machine or use one of ours.