Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Faceting

Alignment:

Faceting Machine Alignment by Paul Head

Books:

Books about Faceting

Cheating:

Get Rid of Cheater! by Glenn Klein

Competition Cutting:

Competition Cutting by Art Kavan

Cutting and Polishing Against the Stop by Glenn Klein

How to Go from Novice to World Class Facetor by Glenn Klein

Judging Competition with Microscopes by Glenn Klein

Cutting and Polishing CZ:

Faceting CZ by Carl Unruh

Dopping:

Dopping Proceedure by Glenn Klein

Dopping with 5-Minute Epoxy by Jonathan Rolfe

Dopping with Adhesives by Charles Covill

Dopping with Black Wax is not a Black Art by Bob Keller

Dopping with Superglue by Rob Meredith, Blaise Harper and Dianne

Hybrid Dopping by Jeff Ford

GemCad:

GemCad User's Manual by Robert Strickland

GemRay, GemFrame and GemFlick User's Guide by Robert Strickland

GemCad Print Utility Reference Manual by Robert Strickland

Gemstone Design:

Choosing the Best Angles for Your SRB by Bob Keller

Design Principles by Fred Van Sant

Getting Rid of Those Bow Tie Blues by Bob Keller

Idiots Guide to Gemstone Geometry by Fred Van Sant

Suggested Procedure For Executing ISO Brightness Contour Maps by Jack E. Gross

To Compute or Not to Compute by Fred Van Sant

Gemstone Properties:

Properties of Commonly Faceted Minerals and Materials

Guilds:

Faceting Guilds, Clubs and Schools

IFC History:

History of the International Challenge Cup Competition by Glenn Klein

Indicators:

Art Kavan's Facetron Installation by Art Kavan

The History of the Beale/Woolley Depth of Cut Indicator by Marcus Beale and Dave Woolley

The History of the Beale/Woolley Depth of Cut Indicator, Version #2 by Marcus Beale and Dave Woolley

Laps:

About Pitch Laps by Fred Van Sant

Charging Cutting Laps and Scoring Polish Laps by Glenn Klein

Using Copper Laps to Cut with Diamond by Sumner Olsen

Using the Ceramic Lap by Art Kavan

Orientation:

A Brilliant Experiment by C.W.F.G.

Manufacturers

Faceting Machine Manufacturers

Polishing:

A Faceting Breakthrough for Corundum, CZ and Spinel on Ceramic by Tom Gray

Polishing on Water by Glenn Klein

Thoughts on Polishing with Diamond by Fred Van Sant

Preforming:

Be a Performer, Not a Preformer by Glenn Klein

Best Index Numbers for Ovals by Fred Van Sant

C.A.M. Preform: The Cone by Fred Van Sant

Preforming: What's The Best Way ? by Fred Van Sant

Refractive Index:

Refractive Index and Critical Angle by Bob Keller

Scratches et al:

Scratches from the Master Lap by Dave Wooley

Sequencing:

A Method for Sequencing the Crown by Glenn Klein

Sequencing Facets by Fred Van Sant

Sequencing the Crown by Fred Van Sant

Tangent Ratio:

Gemstone Design Conversion Using the Tangent Ratio Method by Bob Keller

Technique:

Cutting by Ear by Bob Keller

Terminology:

Faceting Dictionary by Fred Van Sant