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Price MLS $1.00 Minnesota Lapidary Supply “YOUR LAPIDARY SUPPLY GENERAL STORE” America’s Supplier of Quality Lapidary Products FOR OVER 50 YEARS!!!! 2019 – 2020 CATALOG SOME OF THE MANY MANUFACTURES WE STOCK AND REPRESENT: DIAMOND AMERITOOL WHEELS BARRANCA TUMBLERS LAPS DISKS CABKING COMPOUND CALWAY DRILL BITS LOT-O-TUMBLER COVINGTON SAW BLADES DIAMOND PACIFIC DONEGAN OPTICAL The M.L.S. The ROCK STORE WAREHOUSE EASTWIND ESTWING FACETRON FOREDOM GRYPHON HI-TECH DIAMOND ARBORS JOBE KEYSTONE ABRASIVES LAPCRAFT LORTONE MK DIAMOND M. L. S. HOURS Sun. & Mon. ------- Closed MLS Tue. thru Fri. ----- 9:00 am to 5:30 pm (CST) REENTEL Sat. ------------------ 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (CST) ABRASIVES & TRU-SQUARE POLISHES OPEN ALL YEAR LONG!!!! ALL PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE ANY PRINTING ERRORS ARE SUBJECT TO CORRECTION MLS MLS Trademark Registered - Minnesota Lapidary Supply Minnesota Lapidary Supply 201 N. Rum River Drive Princeton, MN 55371 Ph/Fax: (763) 631-0405 email: [email protected] TOLL FREE ORDER PHONE: (888) 612-3444 WEB SITE: www.lapidarysupplies.com “YOUR LAPIDARY MLS Order Toll Free: (888) 612-3444 GENERAL STORE” Minnesota Lapidary Supply Web Site: www.lapidarysupplies.com To Our Customers: June 08, 2019 As a general overview of the new catalog you will note a much expanded selection of abrasives, carriers and polishes. Also, Lortone has quit making the slab saws they made for many years. [This is truly a great loss – I loved the Panther saw!] This size slabbing saw will be replaced by an equal brand, that being the American made Covington Engineering slab saw. New equipment we are stocking this year include: - A new 18" Dual Deck VIBRATING FLAT LAP by Diamond Pacific. - We are now stocking an 18" SLAB SAW from Covington. - A new COMBINATION MACHINE from Covington. - 2 types of HEAVY DUTY/INDUSTRIAL quality BELT SANDERS from Covington. - Anew line of DIAMOND SANDING BELTS. Concerning prices. You will note that a great many of them are up. Please remember the prices in the last catalog, that being the 2016 – 2017 edition, were based on late 2015 pricing as we published that catalog in early 2016. It is now early 2019. The current pricing is based on 2019 numbers. YES, INFLATION IS ALIVE AND WELL CONTRARY TO WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS!!!! AS FOR SHIPPING COSTS, Since I published the last catalog dated 2016-2017, U.P.S. shipping costs have risen by almost 15%!! In fact, in an e-mail communication I received from a U.P.S. Vice President of Operations in December of 2018, he bragged about how great of a job U.P.S. (United Parcel Smashers) was doing, how they had the best paid drivers in the industry and oh, by the way expect a 5.4% increase in ground shipping charges for 2019!!!!! In fact the shipping industry has come up with a new GIMMICK!! It is call DIMENSIONAL WEIGHT. What this means, say you have a baseball and for some reason put it in a 1 cubic foot box to ship. The box and ball weigh 1 pound. Instead of paying to ship 1 pound they charge you for an optimal weight for this size box which is 17 POUNDS. You pay for shipping 17 pounds instead of the actual 1 pound of weight!!!! Simply put, M.L.S. tries to charge our exact cost of shipping back to the customer. No markup, no service charge, and in fact we try as accurately as possible to rebate to you the customer any discounts we receive from our shipping providers. We will always try and ship by the least costly means we have at our disposal!! Sincerely, Val B. Carver Val B. Carver, Owner 02 “YOUR LAPIDARY MLS Order Toll Free: (888) 612-3444 GENERAL STORE” Minnesota Lapidary Supply Web Site: www.lapidarysupplies.com TABLE OF CONTENTS TYPES OF ITEMS PAGES 1. TUMBLERS and TUMBLER PARTS ---------------------------------------------------- 04 thru 06 2. ABRASIVES / POLISHES / CARRIERS / GRIT KITS ------------------------------ 06 thru 10 3. LARGE EQUIPMENT: A. BUFFERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 B. ARBORS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 C. ARBOR PACKAGES -------------------------------------------------------------- 12 thru 15 D. ROCK DRILLING SYSTEMS ---------------------------------------------------- 16 E. (OTHER) LARGE EQUIPMENT------------------------------------------------- 17 thru 21 F. SAWS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 thru 25 G. PUMPS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 H. DIAMOND ROUTER TABLE----------------------------------------------------- 24 and 25 I. SPHERE CUTTERS -------------------------------------------------------------- 26 J. U.V. LIGHTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 K. FACETING EQUIPMENT -------------------------------------------------------- 27 and 28 L. COMBINATION MACHINE ------------------------------------------------------- 28 M. BELT SANDERS ------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 and 28 4. SAW BLADES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 thru 31 5. LUBRICANTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 6. GRINDING WHEELS (Including Diamond Sanding Drums) ---------------------- 32 thru 34 7. SANDING / POLISH BELTS -------------------------------------------------------------- 35 thru 36 8. POLISHING DRUMS / FELT WHEELS / BUFFS ------------------------------------ 36 thru 37 9. DISCS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37 thru 40 10. FACEPLATES (Polishing Discs) -------------------------------------------------------- 40 thru 41 11. DIAMOND DRILL AND CARVING BITS ---------------------------------------------- 41 thru 43 12. DIAMOND CARVING BITS AND BURS ---------------------------------------------- 43 13. DIAMOND POWDER, PASTE AND SPRAY ----------------------------------------- 44 14. MISC. TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES ------------------------------------- 45 thru 47 15. ROCKHOUND TOOLS -------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 16. BOOKS: A. The “AGATE” Books -------------------------------------------------------------- 49 thru 50 B. COLLECTING ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 C. GEOLOGY---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 D. GOLD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 E. JEWELRY MAKING ---------------------------------------------------------------- 51 thru 52 F. LAPIDARY ARTS ------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 F. METAL WORKING ----------------------------------------------------------------- 52 thru 53 G. ROCKS, MINERALS, GEMS and FOSSIL I.D. ----------------------------- 53 thru 54 H. TUMBLING --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 18. ORDER FORM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55 03 TUMBLERS AND TUMBLER PARTS “YOUR LAPIDARY MLS Order Toll Free: (888) 612-3444 GENERAL STORE” Minnesota Lapidary Supply Web Site: www.lapidarysupplies.com LORTONE ROTARY ROCK TUMBLERS (POLISHERS): COMMERCIAL LARGE CAPACITY TUMBLERS These rock polishers are quiet, sturdy, economical and simple to MLS PART EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION PRICE operate and deliver excellent results. All units feature rubber barrels NUMBER with quick-seal closure and a continuous duty fan cooled motor. 20 Lb. Cap., Lortone Model C20, 1/3 Instruction book included with all Lortone rock tumblers. 100016* Hp., 115 VAC., motor included $735.00 100018* 2 - 20 Lb. Cap., Lortone Model C20-2, $930.00 3A 3-1.5B 1/3 Hp., 115 VAC., motor included 40 Lb. Cap., Lortone Model C40, 100022 1/3 Hp., 115 VAC., motor included $795.00 LORTONE SMALL CAPACITY TUMBLERS LORTONE TUMBLER BARRELS - Additional tumbler barrels. MLS PART MLS PART EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION PRICE EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION PRICE NUMBER NUMBER 1 ½ Lb. Capacity, Lortone Model 1.5NR 100002 3 Lb. Cap., Lortone Model 3A $98.00 100102 $30.00 3 Lb. Capacity, Lortone Model 3NR 100004 3 - 1 ½ Lb. Cap. Barrels, Model 3-1.5B $144.50 100104 $33.00 4 Lb. Capacity, Lortone Model 4NR 100006 2 - 3 Lb. Cap., Lortone Model 33B $144.50 100106 $47.00 6 Lb. Capacity, Lortone Model 6NR 100008 4 ½ Lb. Cap. Barrel, Lortone Model 45C $144.50 100108 $64.00 100110 12 Lb. Capacity, Lortone Model 12NR $79.50 100112 20 Lb. Capacity, Lortone Model 20SR $290.00 45C LORTONE 100114 40 Lb. Capacity, Lortone Model 40SR $360.00 LORTONE TUMBLER MOTORS - Replacement tumbler motors. MLS PART EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION PRICE NUMBER QT12 100202 Motor for Old Lortone 1.5 Tumbler $22.00 QT6 Motor for Lortone Models 3 - 1.5B, 3A, 100204 33B or 45C $34.00 QT66 Motor for Lortone Models QT6, QT66 or 100206 QT12 $79.00 33B 100208 Motor for Lortone Models C-20 or C-40 $229.50 MEDIUM CAPACITY TUMBLERS REPLACEMENT BELTS FOR LORTONE TUMBLERS MLS PART EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION PRICE MLS PART NUMBER EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION PRICE NUMBER 6 Lb. Cap., Lortone Model QT6 100010 $215.00 100302 Lortone Models 1.5B and 3A Tumblers $2.05 100012 2 - 6 Lb. Cap. Barrels, Model QT66 $249.50 100304 Lortone Models 3-1.5B, 33B or 45C $2.65 100014 12 Lb. Cap., Lortone Model QT12 $235.00 Tumblers 100306 All Lortone Model QT Tumblers $6.75 TUMBLER KITS: Everything you need to tumble polish a batch of rocks including tumbler, abrasives, polish, plastic pellets and ROCKS. LORTONE TUMBLER PARTS MLS PART MLS PART EQUIPMENT
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