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

  • We are going to show a video of the most unusual and amazing things found in Amber. It isn’t just insects. We are also going to have a recap of how our Gem Show did last month. Show ‘n Tell: An item that has something trapped inside or a picture rock, thunder egg, or geode that looks like it has an insect, animal, or face inside.

  • Maureen will speak on the geology and the movement of the Washington coastline over millions of years. Show ‘n Tell: Favorite rock or mineral from Washington

  • Glen Ripper is a leading authority on Obsidian. He is a walking encyclopedia which should make this an interesting and educational meeting. Show ‘n Tell: Obsidian – let’s see your colors.

  •   We start the day off with a potluck holiday meal. The club provides roasted turkey and ham. Members fill in with their favorite holiday potluck dish. We follow our meal with the election of officers for the coming year. Our final activity is our club auction. It is a great time to pick up great bargains on rough rocks, polished rocks, slabs, fossils, opal, etc. Our Young Tumblers can use their Rock Bucks to purchase auction items. This meeting is also our semi-annual food drive for the Kent Food Bank. Please remember to bring something. The Food Bank has informed us that they need feminine hygiene products and grape or strawberry jelly. People donate loads of peanut butter but never jelly. They also receive very few donations of feminine hygiene products.

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