About 2 hours of hands-on learning to cut, shape, and polish a stone.  Someday I’ll setup a scheduler, but we’ll get in contact and arrange a time.  Most likely an evening or weekend.

Primarily this class is for making cabochons.  I’ll talk you through the process, show you how I do it, then you’ll pick out a rough stone slab and work it yourself.  And you’ll definitely leave with some beautiful finished cabs.

I’ll also spread out my garage full of rock tools and we can discuss their use and try some out.  Many of the tools are a few minutes of setup and long time waiting for the machine to do its thing.  They don’t really work for a full class, but I can show you how they work and things I learned while using them.

Tool list:

12″ slab saw, gravity feed, mineral oil
10″ trim saw, hand feed, mineral oil
4.5″ tile/trim saw, hand feed, water
CabKing 6″ cabbing machine with DP Nova wheels
Inland Craft diamond band saw, water
12lb rotary tumbler
Lortone 2x 3lb rotary tumbler
Raytech vibratory tumbler 5lb and 10lb barrels
Flex shaft tools with assorted diamond bits, wet box, and mini drill press
3 gal Vacuum pot

ps. And I’ll probably beg you to come inside and see my display cases of mineral specimens.