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Opal Cutting Made Easy (Jewelry Crafts)

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Paul Downing does a wonderful job of explaining everything you need to know about OPALS. From the simplest "which bulb to use for orientation" to "How to Fix Cracks". The title says it all. Anyone that owns this book can cut a fabulous opal. Information for identifying which way to cut, how to treat and maintain the best fire. Comprehensive charts for sanding grits and polishes. Guidelines for thickness of opals of various sizes. He scoffs at the horror stories and makes identifing and cutting opals so simple. Easy step by step in detail description and graphs to make a masterpiece. Anyone could master the art of opal cutting with this book. Keeps the best fire to be awed instead of in the drain pan. This is a wonderful, must have for anyone interested in opal crafting. "Better to be OPAL LOVER rather than HAIRY LEDTHUMB'S"

if the title interests you. Though it's a short book and could be read in an evening, it is jam-packed with all the information a newbie would want. I certainly did. And, am re-reading it. I can hardly wait to get the advanced opal cutting book.

hi. I find this book of great help in the industry I'm in its a great teacher. A great book by Paul B. Downing and thank you for signing the book Paul. I will recomend it to everyone who likes cutting opal.

Well written book with many good pointers for the beginning opal cutter.
Highly recommended for the newbie in opal cutting!

I think this is an excellent book. Just like the name says, this book really does make opal cutting a lot easier. It's full of straight-forward, easy-to-grasp, well-written information. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in learning opal cutting, or anyone who wants to fine-tune what they already know about it.

I'm new to working with precious opals and this book helped me immensely. It has great step-by-step "how to's" for the novis opal cutter. Great addition to your "how to" books!

Book is very good, I have gotten a lot of very good tips and information.

It was way to expensive from the one I purchased it form. Found it in a catalog (in stock) for 8.95 shortely after purchasing it. Contacted seller, This is what I have heard . . . . . . . I asked about the 8.95 price tag in front cover. This is the reply . . . .

Book is very infromative, Not worth 30 + dollars.