The Ultra Tec Faceting Library

The LIBRARY

Fancy some light bed-time reading or viewing ? Click on the links below for a selection of recent articles on and about Ultra Tec faceting.

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Lapidary Notes & Articles

.	Author	Title	Description
Article	Brad Amos	Digital Angle Dial (DAD)	The best engineering solution to the problem of determining the right point to stop cutting.
Article	Clive Washington, UKFCG	Nomogram: A simple method for the transposition of faceting angles	A simple yet powerful technique for transposing angles.
Article	Ivan Solotaroff / Modern Jeweller Magazine	Diamond Mavericks - Counterfeiter - John Nels Hatleburg	The well-known diamond replicator and Ultra Tec Faceter talks of the great stones he's held in his pocket and his quest to bring to life the original Koh-i-Noor
Article	Ultra Tec, with thanks to Grover Sparkman	Computer Generated Cutting Diagrams	Getting the most out of your rough, on computer generated designs
Article	Ultra Tec	The Setable Key	How to retain the keying after rotating the dop
Article	Ultra Tec	Controlling a Particular Stone Size	Using the Ultra Tec V2's calibrated mast to help you fit your stone to the size required
Article	Ultra Tec, with thanks to Warren Morrison	Transposing Angles	Transposing a design to fit a material with a different refractive index
Gem Design	Reg Thompson	ULTRABRIL Design	Another great design from Reg Thompson Gem Studio
Gem Design	Reg Thompson	OCTABRIL Design	A great design from Reg Thompson Gem Studio
Article	Allen B Smith	Photography of Faceted Gemstones (pdf)	A no-nonsense guide to getting the best images of your faceted stones
Article	Glenn Klein	Get Rid of Cheater! - Article Pt 1 (pdf)	Making the case for new faceting nomenclature
Article	Glenn Klein	There are Better Names for "Cheaters" - Article Pt 2 (pdf)	Setting the standards of what to call faceting accessories
Article	Professional Jeweler Magazine - Nov 2004	Earthly Perfection - Gems cut by John Dyer are worn by women with confident personalities	A special interview with a multiple award winner who loves his Ultra Tec
Article	Professional Jeweler Magazine - Oct 2002	Sweet Harmony	David Clay Zava, a talented musician and deep thinker facets some of America's prettiest gemstones
Article	Barabara Smigel	About ACS	A faceting success story and some history
Article	Contraste Magazine	April 2004 Column (pdf)	In Spanish - Discussion of the new Faculty of Gemology at the University of Barcelona, and their Ultra Tec faceting area
Article	Contraste Magazine	June 2004 Column (pdf)	In Spanish - Discussion of faceting machine accessories
Article	Contraste Magazine	July/August Column (pdf)	In Spanish - Description of the main parts of a faceting machine
Article	Ultra Tec	Selection Guide For Faceting Machines (pdf)	Some important things to think about before you buy a faceting machine
Article	Joe Rubin	Why you should NOT buy a used faceting machine (pdf)	Self-explanatory - you know the term "you get what you pay for" - this article explains why
Article	Ultra Tec	Questions you may have had about faceting (but were ashamed to ask) (pdf)	Answers to
Article	Joe Rubin	The Economics of Amateur Faceting (pdf)	Looks at how faceting can provide several types of reward
Article	The New Yorker - Dec 2003	The Noises - What was going on in the apartment upstairs? (pdf)	A whodunnit from the hallowed pages of the New Yorker magazine.
Article	Jeff Graham - of www.faceters.com	Take a Tour of the Ultra Tec Factory	A warts and all visit around our 'home'
Brochure	Ultra Tec	The Ultra Tec V2 Faceting Machine (pdf)	Sales brochure for our premium product

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Latest updates to this page : January 28, 2009