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Competition Cutting

Judging Competition with Microscopes
How To Go From Novice To World Class Facetor
Get Rid of Cheater!
Cutting and Polishing Against the Stop
Competition Cutting

Dopping

Dopping with Wax and CA adhesives
Dopping with Superglue
Dopping with Black Wax is not a Black Art
Dopping with Adhesives
Dopping with 5-Minute Epoxy
Dopping Procedure

Faceting 101

Refractive Index and Critical Angle
Cutting by Ear

Gemstone Design

To Compute or Not to Compute
Suggested Procedure For Executing ISO Brightness Contour Maps
Idiots Guide to Gemstone Geometry
Getting Rid of Those Bow Tie Blues – Part I
Gemstone Design Conversion Using the Tangent Ratio Method
Design Principles
Choosing the Best Angles for Your SRB

History

History of the International Challenge Cup Competition

Laps

Using the Ceramic Lap
Using Copper Laps to Cut with Diamond
Thoughts on Polishing With Diamond
Scratches from the Master Lap
Charging Cutting Laps and Scoring Polish Laps
About Pitch Laps

Machines

The History of the Beale/Woolley Depth of Cut Indicator (Version #2, March 4, 2002)
The History of the Beale/Woolley Depth of Cut Indicator
Faceting Machines
Faceting Machine Alignment
Art Kavan’s Facetron Installation

News and Events

Welcome to the New USFG Web Site!
Web Site Updates – Real Names, Usernames, Public Names
Web Site Update – Private Messaging Members
USFG Tucson Faceters’ Frolic 2016
Tucson Faceters Frolic Schedule Changes
Tucson Faceters Frolic 2018
Time for Nominations
Still room in the GemCad classes!
Start cutting for the 2020 Single Stone Competition!
September 2019 Newsletter Published

Polishing

Thoughts on Polishing With Diamond
Polishing on Water
Faceting CZ
A Method for Sequencing the Crown
A Faceting Breakthrough FOR Corundum, CZ and Spinel on Ceramic in Conjunction with a New Acid Solution

Preforming

Preforming: What’s The Best Way?
C.A.M. Preform: The Cone
Best Index Numbers for Ovals
Be a Performer, Not a Preformer

Reference

USFG Faceting Dictionary

Resources

USFG Faceting Dictionary
United States Faceting Guilds, Clubs and Schools
Properties of Commonly Faceted Minerals and Materials
Free Gemology Resources
Faceting Machines
Faceting Machine Manufacturers
Books About Faceting

Rough Stones

Brilliant Experiment

Sequencing

Sequencing the Crown
Sequencing Facets
A Method for Sequencing the Crown

Tributes to Great Faceting Contributors

Norman W. Steele, Jr.
Cliff Jackson
Carl Unruh
Autobiography of Robert H. Long
An Intimate Look At The Man We Knew As Fred Van Sant

Uncategorized

Tucson Faceters Frolic Schedule Changes
Judges Needed!
Franklin Faceter’s Frolic 10
Certified Faceters Database Updated

Recent Posts

RMFMS/AFMS Membership
January 12, 2020
Certified Faceters Database Updated
January 10, 2020
December Newsletter
January 8, 2020
Start cutting for the 2020 Single Stone Competition!
January 6, 2020
More spaces available for the Gem Tour
January 5, 2020
Schedule for Tucson Faceting Symposium
December 5, 2019
Judges Needed!
December 4, 2019
Time for Nominations
December 4, 2019
September 2019 Newsletter Published
October 4, 2019
New Faceting Book Descriptions
July 7, 2019
June 2019 Newsletter
June 18, 2019
March 2019 Newsletter
April 3, 2019
Come to Franklin Faceters Frolic 12!
March 26, 2019
Material Update for 2019 Grand Master Competition
February 26, 2019
Tucson Faceters Frolic Schedule Changes
February 2, 2019

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