I would highly recommend this class to everyone....and I wouldn't do that if I wasn't absolutely sure that you would come away satisfied. Dave Sebaste ( a regular Ordchid contributor) recommended it to me , and even he didn't do it justice.
I also bought the set of tapes as a reminder.....there were a lot of tricks taught in that week.....and it was worth it too...learning about tension tightening of prongs was worth the course.
I would also suggest attending the class in the off season....I stayed on the beach in a $150 a night room during the summer season for $35 a night in November. Full view of the ocean and a beach right outside my door.
This is Blaine's way of teaching. Above is the camera that enlarges a 2mm diamond to fill a whole 21" TV screen. You cant make any mistakes setting a stone with 10 students watching on TV....and he didnt..... |
In the background is the TV screen showing what is locked down in the vice. |
Here is the ring in the vice. |
Here is what it looks like on a 21" inch TV. |
Here is another view of the ring in a vice and its display on the TV. Immediately after demonstrating the process, we did the same setting while all of the steps were still fresh in our minds. |
Here is his classroom and student work stations. Every tool I needed was there, plus some I had never seen before......which I bought of course....hahahahahaha. |