Lapidary Shop Hours – Lapidary Classes or Work on Your Own

Classes or Shop Hours

Lapidary Shop Hours

Shop Classes or Work on Your Own

Don’t forget our Lapidary Shop is open on a regular basis now plus on weekends by appointment. If we have a few Members wanting to work regularly on weekends we will set a specific weekend day each month to be open.

Shop Hours
Tuesdays – 4 pm to 8 pm
Saturdays – Open by appointment
Call a few days a head to set time.

Call Bob Pattie. His contact info is available in our newsletter or at our general meetings.

Shop fees: If you are a Club Member and help maintain the shop and equipment you can work for FREE plus cutting on the big saws $5 per saw hour.

Members: Shop Fees – $5 per day plus cutting on the big saws $5 per saw hour.

Non-Members: Shop Fees – $10 per day. In addition cutting on the big saw $10 per hour. Non-Members have access to the Club Lapidary Shop at the discretion of the Shop Manager or the Club Board.

Updated: August 18, 2017 — 10:50 pm

Presidents Message

  • From the Top of the Rock Pile Our annual club picnic went off great. The grass and Arboretum area was not wet or muddy, plus it didn’t rain while we were there. We had the usual club members attend, plus a few new faces. I forgot to count how many people attended, but I estimate around 40. Thank you, Angie and Brian, for shopping for the food and setting everything up. Thumbler’s Tumblers donated a tumbler for our picnic auction and another one for our holiday auction in December. The new double-barreled 15# tumbler sold for $120, approximately one-third the …

Meeting Announcements

  • Many of our members may recognize Tom as a vendor from our gem show and many other shows. His booth is “A Point in Time.” His presentation will focus on regional archaeology and how it relates to geology, paleontology, astronomy, and more. He promises to be a “traveling museum of prehistoric artifacts,” many of which can be passed around! He is always so interesting to stand at his show booth and listen to him talk. This meeting will be fascinating and hands-on. Show and Tell: A fossil of any type.

  • Our wagonmaster, Roger, will go over the field trips he has planned for this year, including samples of what you can find at each location.   Show and Tell: Your Best Rock Find Of Last Year.

  • We’re still developing the 2026 calendar of events, but we know one thing for sure – our March general meeting will happen on the 12th at 7pm. We hope to see you there! Show and Tell: also coming soon!

  • Come one, come all and play ROCK BINGO! With schools out for many local school districts, we invite members, guests, and especially families and kids to come and enjoy one of our most fun nights of the year. Everyone is guaranteed to win at this FREE event! All you have to do is bring three wrapped presents – presents can be rocks, gems, minerals, crystals, fossils, cabochons, slabs, jewelry, tumbled stones – anything you think might be a nice gift for a rock enthusiast. 

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