How to POLISH AGATE with Flat Lap & Rock Tumbler
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2020
- How to Tutorial. This is an edit to consolidate 3 earlier videos. Start to finish of Brazil Agate plus some moss agate and jasper. Rocks cut with tile saw and polished using flat lap and rock tumbler.
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This video is an edit of three longer videos published earlier to make a tutorial.
Enjoyed this one, especially rockhounded
What a great start to the new year!! The potato made me laugh!!
Those agates are gorgeous, nice hounding!
Awesome great eye some real beautiful ones hi daisy checking to make sure all is good sweet beautiful job wow thank you
First read of the title dead ass thought you were on a trip to Warsaw for lapidary supplies. Brain ain't firing on all cylinders right now. Agate, agate, agate, potato, furry potato. ❤
Wonderful video!! Makes me want to start rock hounding again, see what nice rocks I can find :)
You should!
I'm looking forward to rock hunting north of Echo bay. Hoping the border opens. Love watching the videos.
You are going to Great Bear Lake? I am so jealous. I was hoping to go there with Amy next summer.
The lapping process was interesting to see. Nice to see how well the pendant turned out.
I will start cabbing with the flat lap soon. That is what it was really designed for.
I Send Lots of Love your way Me Miner, for you, and your Lovely family, including Daisey Dog, and your Pup too, both part of your family
You are so kind
Remember when we called you Tess... lol... anyway I saw my heart shaped rock again .. I need not say anything about your tumbling skills.. as I have said before.. you are the master!..and I have learned so very much from you.. thanks Grieg...☮️
That Tess channel was set up so I could post a video when Daisy was a pup. Tess was my other lab. Amy was helping me get a RUclips name and everything we tried was already taken so we set it up as tess99991. Got that one. It was an impossible name for people to remember. ;-)
🥔 ? Here we go, another great year with meMiner.
Hello MeMiner, I just came across your RUclips channel and I am so darn glad I did!!! First, you are very very knowledgeable in rocks, I wonder why?!!?, 😂
I am extra specialty glad bcuz like you I am Canadian, only I live 45 minutes East of Vancouver, in a City by the name of Maple Ridge! I was born and raised here on the lower mainland. I am a jewelry designer/artist. I have just received for Christmas from my husband the Raytex Tumble-Vibe Tumbler andI am so in LIVE with the whole process from Rock Hounding to cutting rocks, making cabochons. This I am just starting. My whole life I have been artistic in every sector of my career years, until I got sick almost 15 years ago.
Chronic Lyme Disease & Chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Pain Disease). For the first 8 years I was on so much medication I was not coherent then with the help of My Lyme/ Pain Dr she and I made a plan to get off the meds that I did not need, which that was March 2020 just as the Pandemic broke. Now that my mind was a lot clearer, not foggy I could then get back into my heading that I have done in my teens, I am 58 now. Then I watched a few of your videos and some of Matt’s Crazy Rock Jewelry here on RUclips. I visited my rock store which you probably know of the store. Great bunch of people MarkOnRock Lapidary Supplies in Abbotsford, BC, about 20 mins from me, which is great and a curse at the same time, lol. I was buying cabs but the. I was watching how to cut rock, supplies needed, how to shape and polish etc...
MarkOnRocks has a Band Saw which is perfect for cutting up my slabs and cutting out cabs that would be perfect for me but of course being on Disability I don’t have a lot extra to spend, but I manage.
Thank you for providing such great tips and bcuz you are Canadian I believe and trust what you say is the truth. Thank you again!! Sorry for the long post but I just wanted to let you know and thank you for all the great information and tips. Where do you buy your supplies from, if you don’t mind me asking. Take care, Please keep you & your family safe & Healthy Take Care Lynn
I have seen MarkonRock's web page. They seem to have a good selection. When you are feeling stronger, there is some good collecting in Southern BC. Keep well.
great looking specimens I could never pick just one
So enjoyed seeing the start to finish process on them all !! Amazing as always !!
Thank you so much!
Pretty neat finish on those pieces. I might have to look at getting a tumbler once I have sufficient good material to make it worthwhile.
Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
Wow they really polish up nice.
Enjoyed the episode ✌
11:03 the little guy bottom right has some great color contrast. The triangular one with 2 or 3 colors looks super neat too. Great results all around, so many gorgeous stones.
You are right!
Everything about this video was so wonderful, but somehow the way the ivory soap grated into those little curls was especially satisfying, maybe because it was so unexpected!
Beautiful!!! I really enjoy the meditative quality of you work kind sir! Started slicing ore because of your work and it has been so much fun so far! Here’s to ‘21 kind friends 🌻
Always enjoy your tumbling videos. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
Happy New Year Lanny. Hope you have a good visit with your son.
Hi, absolutely fantastic. We'll done thanks for sharing
Thank you! Cheers!
Meminer, you have given tons of great advice and I have learned so much from you. You make it easy to understand how to work with rocks and I give much credit to your tutorials specifically for when I get great results.
I appreciate that!
You do such great work. Loved the potato
Thanks so much 😊
Really awesome looking rocks......Thumbs Up
Thanks 👍
Great video. Nice job editing showing the various tools and techniques. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Just got a new tumbler for Christmas Miner..Will be using this Tutorial for sure...Thanks Buddy
Have fun!
Simply beautiful! Thank you!
Hello meMiner, those slabs are neat even before polishing! Very nice lines. Love the video. Nice rocks in the tumbler, super nicer after polish. Great! THANK YOU for sharing the video.
Thank you! Cheers!
Again, they turned out really nice!
Once I can get back to work, (hopefully soon and this pandemic subsides as well) I need to save up some funds and do some of this myself. 😀
Happy New Year! A very informative vlog. Thanks. You were the first I watched several years ago and although I have tried other methods I still do it your way. It still works best for me. To the commenters in here; Please help support the Shiners Hospitals for Children. Havagudun my friend.
Love it. Thank you I am really enjoying your clip and the background music. Happy New Year
Happy new year!
Those turned out great! Happy/Safe New Year.
Happy new year!
Awesome video MeMiner! Also love the hat man!
Really great. Fantastic
Hiya Greg, I hope this year is going to be the best year ever ❤. The first stone you were holding, when you were sitting by Daisy, was glowing from the sun light. Very beautiful, the one's you polished on the flat lap came out beautifully. But the one's you tumbled in the tumbler were very beautiful. I really enjoyed watching this video.
So stay safe and healthy, and have a awesome blessed day. Cya!
Happy New Year my friend. All the best.
Awesome process. Cool to see the change happen so quickly. Thanks meMiner, happy new years 🍻🤠🇨🇦
Happy new year!
Beautiful stuff! Wow... agates 🤩
I love agates. Too bad there aren't any where I live to collect. Next year, 17 hour drive, I will find some...
@@meMiner ya shucks! *kicks the can*
They turned out super nice! I think it's time for me to get a large tumbler like that one, my 3 pounders are about worn out. Keep the videos coming!
I also have a 12 lb number, but it takes quite a bit of rock to fill it. If I was to buy again, I would get a dual 6 lb (runs one or two 6 lb barrels) and also buy an extra 12 lb barrel which will fit. That gives options. ;-)
Absolutely breathtaking n amazing
Super NICE!!!! I love it.
Thank you! Cheers!
Hello the video is amazing!! I'm glad to be watching you, keep it up!! Happy New Year with health and happiness I wish you with many discoveries and always with care!!
Greetings from Greece!!
Happy New Year.
Those agates took an awesome polish!! I've got a couple batches of some self collected agates that are ready to come out of polish tomorrow, hopefully they'll turn out well. Great video by the way, it was nice and informative. Hope you have an awesome year and may 2021 hold some amazing treasures!!
I have my fingers crossed for you. Hope the rocks are shinny!
I like the butterscotch colours, but I agree with your wife on the pendant you made for her. Lovely.
My dog used to love potatoes, for Daisy maybe? lol
My previous lab loved raw potatoes or potatoes skins too. Daisy won't touch them unless cooked and covered with butter. She has never missed a meal, so can be picky. Spoiled.
@@meMiner I like that Daisy is spoiled, that's the way it should be. Definitely with butter! Have a great day :)
Oh my! Those turned out beautiful! I wonder the first person was that said....hey let's put some shaved soap in and see what happens... scratches for Daisy. Happy New Year and thanks for sharing!
Happy New Year. Yeah, I wonder too about the first guy to use soap for burnish and how bad was the ribbing he got from his buddies?
Beautiful.
Nice !!!!!!! Happy New Year
Happy new year!!
I like your Sam Raimi/Edgar Wright style editing :)
I am a huge fan of Edgar Wright. ;-)
Those rocks have a shine on them as good as my 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500K.
Well, if I HAD a Mercedes-Benz..... And if it was shiny..😁
Anyway, they look great as always!
It looked like you had a few Montana Agates in there, maybe?
Thanks for the video, hope you have a happy New Year.👍
I think I had one Montana in there. I have a shopping bag of them to tumble soon. I am just hoping for some somewhat decent weather so I can cut outside.
We have had many discussions on tumbling over the years and regardless of method it is an amazing idea someone had, reproducing the method used by nature, transforming Rocks into pebbles, gravel, chips and finally sand, but changing it slightly so it would enhance the beauty and retain that look of a stone you find on the seashores.
One idea I didn't run past you was using less water which would created a slurry or paste much faster and adding a little water every few days, this was just another theory for speeding up the process, although tumbling takes about thirty days, in reality it takes nature millions of years.
I wish you and your family a Happy new year.
It is a pain in the butt to open a tumbler barrel and try to clean it to run again. I would not want to open it to add water. To speed things up, the pros use a vibe tumbler for stage 3 & 4. Much faster. I have it on my wish list.
@@meMiner
So in your opinion it is quicker if you tumble stages 1 & 2 for smooth round edges and finish in the vibraory tumbler.
There are varied opinions on vibraory tumbling, from don't buy one to get one they are the dogs.
I made a vibrating table for large flat pieces, that was easy enough once I had located an outlet for vibrating motors, the design changed several times and I found the best method was suspending under a flame using rubber bungee, for the final polish I used round baking tins lined with thick felt, three fitted perfectly once I had made two small flats on each rim where they touched.
Only used it once, if I don't have enough room when I relocate it will be scrapped, shame really.
@@symonrocks9847 Maybe if my channel grows then one of the companies might send me one just to have it in my videos? I actually have one but broke it trying to polish silver which I am guessing was too heavy. It is on my work bench and I hit a snag trying to take it apart. I set it aside and should take another look sometime soon.
@@meMiner
Well get off yer butt and undo that nut.
I'm guessing you put twenty pounds in a ten pound machine or whatever, what brand name was it.
I've never owned or used one so I can't comment on what it might be, perhaps some messages to the makers might get you a new one.
Symon, red rag, bull, you never know.
@@symonrocks9847 It wasn't a good one. I broke the centre bolt and have no idea how much silver was in it at the time, but yeah probably way too much. What I would like to run is a Lot-O.
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
Another quality production! You even pulled in some class participation.....I said potato before you🤪! You can't call them rocks anymore. They're so polished i could see my reflection in them through my screen and your camera. I see you started with green and ended with snow.....a close up of the caterpillar in his cocoon at the end would have been an epic way to show the polishing time line🤔.....I'm just going to pretend you did🍻
I like the way you think.
Awesome! Mine never turn out that good, gonna copy your method exactly next time I tumble!!
Quality rock helps. Otherwise, pay really good attention in the polish stage to ensure your barrel and rocks are clean. I am liking 2+ weeks for polish and longer with smaller tumblers.
ElGatoLoco698 sent me. I would have passed by all three of those experience pays off.
Last night, I was looking at a ring he sent me last year. Heck of a nice guy.
Rocks turned out great! You should try the Aluminum Oxide 8,000 grit polish from the Rock Shed.
nice
great video
Beautiful
Thank you
Happy New Year 🥳
Happy new year!!
Awesome!
Thanks! I just did my first two batches of agates to use as gifts. I found that burnishing in borax didn’t work. Refurnish in soap did work. Unexpected. Happy new year!
Wonderful!
Awesome work as usual me...even Daisy lent a hand or a snoot.....! =)
Oh yes!
I tried.. potatoes are super tuff to get a good sheen.. 😂
Thanks buddy
✌️PT
Should have let my wife cook 'em first. hehe
Woohoo I’m first 😊. .They are gorgeous!
Quick like a bunny. LOL
Happy New Year guys! 🤗 🥳 Those are gorgeous! Just think what you could make with those! Tosia got a new flat lap from Santa this year!Hmmmmm 😜
Tosia will make some great things. If she wants some basic instruction, I'd be happy to show her what I have learned.
@@meMiner yer a doll thank you 🙏
@@diggahrockhounder6428 I recall Chucky was a doll. LOL
@@meMiner hehe 😏
Awesome flatlap👍👍👍 and Happy New Year youMiner😁🤠 and family🙏
I had to repost Your Larvikitt because of to heavy package. Max load 2kg ...Sorry🙃
I`ll do more next time💪 just tell me what You want🍻
Happy new year! It just snowed onto my silver, but I will return the favour when we have a thaw.
Beautiful what type of adhesive did you use to make the pendant
Jeweler's glue
Nice
Happy new year to you was curious to know how old Daisy is now? Been following your channel for a number of years now
Happy new year! Daisy is still a happy dog. ;-)
I have 2 questions if you dont mind? When I cut a brazilian and it has a pocket I wonder if it could have been an enhydro? I wonder if theres a test or light? Where do you get your findings? I like drilling mine as well? thanks and love the vids!
I have read that agate from Rio Grande can have microscopic water in the agate and sometimes other debris. I haven't noticed it. One test when the inside hollow is large is to shake it. With most of the agate I have seen, the vug is somewhat open to the outside, so no water.
It's me! I'm the potato.
Wao
I love potatoes!
They are so beautiful.... Do you ever sell some of your polished stones? Hope everyone in your neck of the woods is doing well. Take care😉🙃😷
Thanks Nancy. I do this for fun and don't have a store. Currently, these tumbled rocks are in a candy dish in the kitchen. They are rapidly disappearing as friends/family find one they like
How long do those 1lb containers of grit on average last you?
It depends on what machine(s) I am running. The 3 lb barrel uses about 6 tablespoon of each grit for stages 1-3 and half that for stage 4 (polish). I am cheap, so try to get away with less, especially on softer rock. My 6 and 12 lb barrels eat the grit up quickly, as the suggested quantities don't change - 2 tbsp for each pound of rock for coarse, med. and fine stages. 1 tbsp/lb rock for polish. You can reuse polish if you clean it, but I don't bother.
Where do u get your Brazilian rocks at? They're beautiful!
The store closed up
@@meMiner bummer
Curious, do you reuse the filler medium? Or do you put a new lot in after each stage? They turned out fantastically! Love the triangle shaped tumbled agate, beautiful!
I reuse. But I never move media from stage 3 to 4. I don't want any prior grits in my polish
@@meMiner thanks for getting back to me! I always thought it'd be so wasteful using new media in every single stage
Im from Philippines i have lots of quartz and i do not know what im gonna do
👏🤩
Wow
So what does the ivory soap.
It generally improves the luster of the polished rock
Do you have a link where I can buy that heavy duty tumbler? I've gone thru two or three so far because they are not made well.
Mine is made by Lortone. Are you in Canada or the USA?
@@meMiner US
@@froggleggers1805 check out a place called Kingsley North.
They are in Upper Michigan, and usually offer free shipping.
They sell any kind of equip. you need, and have a great selection of rocks too.
@@froggleggers1805 I have heard good things about The Rock Shed. I am in Canada.
can you link to pad you use for the alum pwder
Aluminum Oxide 1200+ grit
What brand of rock tumbler?
lortone
Were you using cutting oil? If so, were you wearing a mask to preventing the mist of the oil from being breathed in.
Great polishing tutorial and music.
I was using the oil that came in a saw I bought used. I need to drain it and add my own. I am suspicious that it might have been olive oil, which is better than nothing but not right
@@meMiner probably mineral oil. There is a lot of types of mineral oil though. I use water because I have no cover when I cut and do not want to inhale the oil mist. I drain the reservoir every use. Looking to upgrade with auto feed and/or cover as well. Blade increase would be preferred as well. Thanks again for the video.
If I have a small tumbler do I still stumble for two weeks
Size of the tumbler doesn't matter. That just affects the quantity of rock processed. The beginner advice is one week for each stage and then burnish. But time in each tumble really relies on the hardness and shape of the rocks going in. Softer rocks take less time. Rocks that are already rounded take less time. Longer in earlier stages tend to mean somewhat less time in the next stage. At the end of the day, the rocks will tell you when they are ready
@@meMiner thank you very much . I appreciate the advice . 😊
How long are you using each one of the discs approximately?
I haven't replaced any yet.
@@meMiner sorry I mean when you are using them on the rock, how many minutes/hours are you doing each disc?
@@alexw0121 All of the disks on my flat lap are original. I don't use the lap often. I have extra disks but haven't had to change them up yet
@@alexw0121 Probably 5 minutes or so. The coarse girts, I do until I have the shape I want. The later disks to remove the small scratches for the polish.
Wow me miner man you art to sell them on eBay they look real cool and some of your silver rocks to wow good job and how is the heart doing good I hope will take care bud
I don't sell and do this for fun. I have an eBay account, but it has been a long while since I posted anything.
That first raw small agate i found its sister on the shore of lk mi, no kidding how did it get there ? Light all the way through same exterior, so hard too 😁
Oh wow!
@@meMinerlooked into getting it cut way to expensive in this area.
@@angelawesel4654 Someone will have a saw and help you out
I Love you for vídeos...super beautfil my dear...
My dream is to cut my stones and polish...😘
Thank you so much 😀
Happy New Year
Still in class...just Learning
I am still learning too. ;-)
How much soap?
It depends. I like about 2 table spoons in a 6 lb tumbler but can always go more but at some point it is a waste
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I offered up my silver mine to you in one of your other videos. Its the Dutch park mine in Montana. That's an open invite. You'll only be able to reach it in the summer. You'll be at around 9000 ft. The Elkhorn mine is right next door. I'll put you right on the silver. That's 100% you'll take home a LOT of ore. Just text me MP name is on the ownership.
Very cool invite. Canada border is closed right now and not sure when they will open it. I was planning to drive out west (from Ontario) next summer and Montana would be a great side trip. It as been a while since I was in your state and enjoyed myself. That is were I first tried real Coors (ours isn't from Colorado).
WOW!
🇧🇷Liked It of vidio🧑🏾
Beautiful