Rough Rocks, Minerals & Crystals

Bespoke Lapidary Projects

Dave — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:11:29 +0000

From a practicing Lapidaries point of view these stones are a challenge, the challenge being “what would this look like once it cut and polished”. This is exactly what we do here at Stamford lapidary. . . . → Read More: Bespoke Lapidary Projects

Zebra Stone – How I worked it

Dave — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:14:32 +0000

So the first step was to take a slab of the piece the client had sent us, I did this with a normal hacksaw, no water and just took my time and I was surprised at how easily it cut through it, didn’t take long at all. I also used the hacksaw to cut out the basic shapes of the pendants. . . . → Read More: Zebra Stone – How I worked it

Is Self Employment a hobby or a job

Dave — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:23:06 +0000

Have you ever been at a craft fair and have peoplestop at your stall and admire your work and make a comment like "nice hobby" or how long did that take to make and when you tell them they say "you obviously have a lot of spare time" . . . → Read More: Is Self Employment a hobby or a job

Rough Rock Shop Improved

Dave — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:19:47 +0000

After a long time of trying to work out why the site was running so slowly at times we realized that the shop plug-in we were using was the culprit. For some reason we just couldn’t upgrade this plug-in to the latest version as I kept messing up.

So, we decided to use a . . . → Read More: Rough Rock Shop Improved

A new Diamond Cabochon machine – conclusion

Dave — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:06:20 +0000

The finished cabochon machine

Over the last two days I completed the build of this new machine. As it’s a clean machine as explained in my last post, it won’t need drip trays to collects water or anything like that, so it was decided that the machine would be mounted direct to the . . . → Read More: A new Diamond Cabochon machine – conclusion

A new Diamond Cabochon machine part 1

Dave — Mon, 30 May 2011 08:14:02 +0000

A new addition to our stable of homemade Lapidary machines, this one will be a 4 wheel cabochon machine using for rubber expanding drums fitted with REZ belts which will be charged with diamond paste of different mesh. . . . → Read More: A new Diamond Cabochon machine part 1

Great day at the craft fair today

Dave — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:59:34 +0000

Yes today was a great day at the craft fair, it was well attended and I got a few nice comments about the hessian we bought recently to use as table covers on my stand, it went very well with the rocks and trees.

I met a very interesting chap who wanted to have . . . → Read More: Great day at the craft fair today

Stamford Artisans Guild Craft Fair 15th May 2011

Dave — Tue, 10 May 2011 07:19:24 +0000

Just wanted to let you know that we wil having a stall at the Stamford Artisans Craft Fair on 15th May 2011 which will be held at the Stamford Arts Centre between 10Am and 4PM.

We will have a range of cabochons available for jewellery makes and tumblestones of various types and of course . . . → Read More: Stamford Artisans Guild Craft Fair 15th May 2011

Rough Rock Shop is back

Dave — Tue, 10 May 2011 07:03:46 +0000

We took the rough rock shop down as we realised there was a software error that indicated items were out of stock when they weren’t. We have figured out what the problem is and will monitor it while build the new shop, this doesn’t create a problem in the transaction process or anything like . . . → Read More: Rough Rock Shop is back

Rough Rock Shop

Dave — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:03:59 +0000

The rough rock shop has been disabled for maintenance, which we expect to take a few weeks to rebuild, please check back in early June 2011.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused during this period.

If there is anything you are specifically looking for please drop us a line.