Descarga del libro electrónico Opal Bloke
The idea for The Opal Bloke eBook download started in what looked like a farmers paddock with a few holes in a place called “Tasas de interés” al oeste de la ciudad de Cunnamulla en el oeste de Queensland.
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Koroit is a field that produces boulder opal similar to what is found in the famous town of “Yowah” where the boulders come in small pieces roughly similar to nuts. hence the term “Yowah nut” a collector’s item.
Rough opal to work on
Descarga del libro electrónico Opal Bloke, an eBook in which Peter will guide you through the different types of rough opal available and the best kind to learn to cut. you also get a bunch of practice opal for free and sometimes this material produces some surprises.
The beginnings of the Opal Bloke eBook download
Peters opal cutting experience was a mixture of ideas found in opal cutting books and in talking to the old guys in the industry who, with quite primitive machinery, were able to produce some amazing gems.
those years with a wife and young family and very little money, Peter had to fabricate machines from very inexpensive components so a lot of his early opal cutting was done very successfully on these machines. Replacing them with more modern diamond impregnated wheels didn’t make much difference to the finish except to make the process quicker.
The results of all this experience has been written in the Opal Bloke eBook download under the title “The ordinary Bloke’s guide to opal” which Peter sold as a CD for many years and is now making it available to all visitors to opalmine.com
Along with this book, you can watch the opal adventure movie available online here
Opal cutting can be quite a lucrative occupation and it is not unusual to be able to work on some rough opal and turn the purchase price into double the outlay. And the good thing about it is that you can do it in a small space in your home garage or shed.
Opal information manual
I sure would like to get a copy of this book. I teach lapidary arts in Colorado USA and opals are one of the areas I want to get better at.
Bonnie Nelson, owner
Cottonwood Silver and Lapidary Supplies
Bonnie email pete@opalmine.com and i’ll get in touch. peter opalmine.com
Hola Pedro,
Fantastic, informative Books. Thanks also for the Skype call and e-mails. Your time is much appreciated.
sara.
No problems Sarah. Hope you can figure it all out. Will let you know when the new opal cutting video is complete. Cutting boulder opal is pretty tricky but like everything else, when you get the hang of it, you will be fine. Its good that you are a jewelry creator as well because boulder opal is one of those stones that really inspires you. Maybe you can post some of your work on this forum when its completed. Very best wishes to you in the U.K. I guess its coming on winter over there now. just entering into our muggy summer weather here on the Gold Coast. Stinking hot out at the opal mines but my mad made is going out to do some digging anyway. he’s obsessed! haa.
I wish that one could save these, it would be nice.