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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Lapidary Made Easy for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Cutting, Polishing, Faceting, and Tumbling Rough Stones into Finished Gems

Lapidary Made Easy for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Cutting, Polishing, Faceting, and Tumbling Rough Stones into Finished Gems

Veum, Ollie

Paperback

JewelryEnvironmental StudiesGeology

ISBN13: 9798189633607
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 28 2026
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.29 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Three techniques. Fifteen chapters. One rough, unremarkable stone from a windowsill or a junk drawer is genuinely enough to begin.

Tumbling, cabbing, and faceting are taught in that exact order, each one deliberately handing the next technique the hand skills and material judgment it depends on. Nothing here is assumed going in. Every tool, material, and grit stage is explained from first principles.

What Fifteen Chapters Build

  • Judge a piece of rough material by hardness and structure before it ever meets a saw blade
  • Run a complete four-stage tumble from a coarse grit all the way through a mirror-bright finish
  • Cut, dome, and hand-sand a cabochon on a trim saw and a combination grinding and sanding unit
  • Dop a stone correctly and know exactly when wax gives way to a stronger dop adhesive
  • Set precise faceting angles facet by facet, working from the table down to the pavilion
  • Drill, finish, and present a stone so the finished result reads as intentional craftsmanship
  • Build a home workspace around water management and safety before buying a single tool

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