COINage Magazine
Innovate, Innovate, Innovate, The U.S. Mint Celebrates Innovation
Americans have always considered our country a nation of boundless innovations and innovators.
5 min |
June - July 2025
COINage Magazine
Q. David Bowers Award of 2025 Given at Central States Convention
One of the country’s most prominent numismatists received another prestigious honor.
1 min |
June - July 2025
COINage Magazine
Mentoring Talent Timothy Chen Receives 2025 Summer Seminar Scholarship
An honors college graduate who served internship positions at two major coin companies under the Professional Numismatist Guild’s (www.PNGdealers. org) nexGen Mentorship Program is the recipient of the PNG’s 2025 scholarship and is attending a week-long session of the American Numismatic Association (www.money.org) Summer Seminar in Colorado.
1 min |
June - July 2025
Popular Woodworking
Blue Spruce Micro Squares
Having one or two really nice squares is essential in the shop. Being able to check parts for square, and set up machines are some of the most frequent uses of mine.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Silky-Smooth Polyurethane
Every woodworker I know uses water-borne polyurethane.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Auxiliary Compressor Tank
My small air compressor cycled so often during use that the noise almost drove me crazy.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Charging Cabinet
Build the perfect place to store and charge your growing collection of batteries and cordless tools.
8 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Winding Sticks
These simple tools are essential for dimensioning lumber by hand or machine.
4 min |
July - August 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Making a SMOKEY QUARTZ INTAGLIO
Carving With a Master
5 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Fashionable Mega-Bolos
Nature’s Wonders Turned into Bolo Ties
6 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Is Earth Changing Shape Beneath Our Feet?
Beneath our feet, down deep, Earth seems to be chang-ing shape! Once believed to be a solid ball of iron and nickel surrounded by a super-hot liquid outer core, that inner core is proving more malleable than thought.
1 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
BIRTHSTONES: TRADITION AND TRANSITION
Gem-marketing strategies focus heavi-ly on personal dates and events in the lives of potential buyers—weddings, engagements, anniversaries, graduations and birthdays. Regarding the latter, birthstones—gemstones symbolically related to one’s birth month—are a major marketing tool.
3 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
SPELLBOUND
Jeff Rhonemus learned faceting in a 6-week course taught by the late Jerry Call in 2007. As he progressed, he wanted to make his own designs or simplify existing ones.
2 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Camcorder Catches a Porch Pirate of a Different Sort
Meteorite caught red-handed making a splat!
1 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
A Brazen Theft of Cultural Heritage
The great Dutch gold heist!
1 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
How to Get THE BEST CAB FROM A SLAB
The best part of carving cabochons is finding the perfect part of the stone slab to use for your cabochon.
4 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
MARRA MAMBA
Marra mamba is a type of tiger's eye found exclusively in western Australia along the Hammersley range of the Pilbara region.
2 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Collecting & Investing in Fine Minerals
Fine minerals are specimens of naturally crys-tallized beauty that mesmerize those of us who collect them. They are regarded for every reason that a fine Rodin sculpture might be: provenance, condition, context and rarity. These are beyond mere 'scientific objects' to be put on a shelf and they are millions of years old.
3 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Turn Your Rock Collection into Cash
Transform Your Hobby Into a Thriving Business
6 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
A Club Through Time: 75 Years of AGMS
The Austin Gem and Mineral Society or AGMS, began as an idea in Texas back in 1948. The State Mineral Society of Texas held a show in Austin and local enthusiasts were struck by the beautiful displays. Musings ensued about establishing a local club. On March 14, 1950 a group of 45 members gathered to launch the first official meeting.
2 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Asteroid Bennu Holds Building Blocks of Life
Scientists held their breath in 2023 as a capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx 7-year mission parachuted to the Utah desert bearing samples scooped from asteroid Bennu, samples that were sealed and protected in lab spaces containing inert gases.
1 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
GEMSTONE BEADS
Popular & Affordable Jewelry
8 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
"AMERICA'S VOLCANO"
Remembering Mount St. Helens
7 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
How to Set Up Your Jewelry Bench
A Step-by-Step Guide
6 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
GETTING STARTED WITH ROCK CUTTING?
Stay Safe with These Tips
3 min |
May 2025
Popular Woodworking
Rabbeting by Hand
Cutting rabbets by hand can quickly and easily be done with vintage and modern planes alike. Both just take a little know-how.
5 min |
May - June 2025
Popular Woodworking
Workbench Sidekick
Workbench clutter is real. In the flurry of a project build, I need a place to set something down and there just isn't an open space. That's the issue that inspired this project.
8 min |
May - June 2025
Popular Woodworking
Moxon Vise
On most workbenches, you have various options to hold your material.
10 min |
May - June 2025
Popular Woodworking
Harvey's Spider M-1500 Pro Mobile Base
Having the ability to move stuff around in a shop is key. This is especially true when it comes to a small shop.
1 min |
May - June 2025
Popular Woodworking
Carbon Method Carbon Coat
Over the years, I've watched the company Carbon Method with interest.
1 min |