Extremely Unique Lapidary Shop Tour
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- Опубликовано: 30 авг 2020
- Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by to check out this shop tour video. I know it's on the longer side, but I'm confident that if you make it to the end you will learn a few things and get some ideas perhaps on how you can affordably set up a lapidary shop.
If you have any questions about this shop or the equipment, you can contact Shawn down below.
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Love that he has a Crown Lapidary tool! Picked up a second hand 8" Cabbing machine made by them. Water system was a trainwreck, but it works great otherwise.
Thanks For coming over and checking it all out man .
you're welcome any time And if anybody has any questions feel free to ask
I am deeply inspired by your setup! You use your space so well (my shop is a room in my NYC apartment, so the way you’ve fit everything together in such a smart way resonates strongly with me!) I tend to buy my equipment new, because I don’t yet have the skills to feel confident that I could fix older tools that might need some love, but clearly I need to find a mentor to teach me all about how to open things up and understand what’s happening inside...
@@stellabelikiewicz1523 thanks I wish I had more room and more power. But we have fun with what we have. Watch estate sales and yard sales. Good source of equipment. And ruff if your low.
I am curious about where to begin. There's a lot of equipment and technique. At glance this appears to be an expensive endeavor. What would you recommend as a starting point for someone trying to get into this hobby with limited space and funds.
@@lynnhollie I would put A-blast out on social media as a broad statement saying that you're looking to get into this and ask who has any old equipment laying around they're not using
@@lynnhollie But for just beginning I'd recommend a small rotating flat lap they're very small they're usually about 3:00 bucks and they work really good
the harbor freight blue parts washer makes a great work station for lapidary. nice tray and a drain. plus a lid that acts like a back splash shield lol.
I love the little rock bumper car ride going on in that vibratory lap 😁
Irv's rock shop got me addicted back in 2002 with my first faceting machine. I spent a lot of time there when I lived in Spokane.
Where did you move to? Do you still have the faceting machine?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I moved to Wenatchee and then to Utah where I was raised ( I never grew up LOL). I wore the faceting machine out and then gave it away to someone who wanted to learn. I then bought a new on. Rockhounding is my happy place. I am planning on doing Oregon sunstones, Oregon fire opal, Montana sapphires, and Spencer opal the first full week of June. I am so excited!!!!!
I inherited my dad's lapidary equipment when he passed 4 years ago and I've collect rocks since I could walk, but I never had anything more than tumblers. That said, I'm totally green over the sphere machine, hubba-hubba. This lapidary equipment and shop tour is in my saved list, just so many things to see and remember. Thanks to both you and Shawn for the tour. Totally worth the time.
I'm happy you liked it! I need to do a tour of my shop.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Yes, you do! I know that I'm probably not the only one that is interested in seeing how you're set up. Oh, and I don't remember which video of yours it was, but when you encouraged people to make their lapidary set up uniquely their own and not be like a lot of people and just copy others, it really sparked something in me. That and the "how" to find find lapidary equipment. My dad was only getting started (about 3-4 years into it), but he tended to horde equipment, so there's 3 faceting machines. One is a fairly new Facetron. I bet I could work a trade with someone for equipment I'm chomping at the bit to get. THANKS! Your channel is, by far, the best of the best.
@@nancycampbell6800 Oh I'm sure you could get something really nice with that as a trade.
I've got my "wish" list made and now added more goodies to watch for on Marketplace, Craigslist, Freight Outlet and yard sales. My son can make almost anything mechanical by combining parts. I have this epi saved. Thanks for sharing your way cool lap shop.
How cool. I just have to get back on facebook and join the channel. The guy is a master at resourcing and fixing. I will join his channel tonight. Havagudun Jared.
Everything that has stiffness has its own resonate frequency....meaningif you tap on it, it WILL produce a specific tone. It helps a LOT to hold it at its NODES....or....places where the wave has a "zero-crossover" point.
In other words...if you hold it right (generally 1/3 the length and 2/5ths the width of a rectangularly shaped piece) the difference is night and day from if you hold it wrong.
Loved the video. Thank you SO much for doing such a great tour and intro to show people what is possible. I loved “tagging along” with you guys. Thanks. I live in between Camas WA and Washougal WA and fortunate we found a “shack on the river” 20 yrs ago do the Columbia River is our backyard. I’m always wondering what we have! I have a lot of books etc but I’m never sure. The kid’s excitement has unfortunately dwindled because I was never sure if they found anything like Jade or real gold (I suck at gold panning and still can’t tell lol)! Soooo, now I just dragging the fam along for Rock hounding adventures every now and then and they are good sports about it but I wish I knew what we were looking at! I’d love to be able to make cool stuff out of it too like rosary beads or beautiful mosaics - I’d also love to do a backlit mosaic but haven’t seen someone do one of those yet. If you ever want to check out our river here let me know, it would be fun! I love how the water and waves also forms slabs of sandstone which is pretty cool.
I'm glad you liked it.
The lapidary process is a long one, for many people it takes years and years to get the tools to make stuff like that and even longer to prefect the craft.
Nice shop, so many great machines. Love the old stuff. Cause I'm old stuff. Lol
Love the recycling of these machines.... ❤️
I have several friends who are professional mechanics. Most of them have a combination of Snap On, MAC and whatever else, including Harbor Freight. Most of them say what they buy depends on how often they use the tool, the price difference, and how much of an issue it will be if the tool fails. They will probably buy Snap On sockets, and Harbor Freight air guns. I have several Chicago Electric tools, and none have failed.
SOOOOO COOL! Much thanks to the rock dad for a look into the workshop!
AMAZING! Thanks for sharing
Wow amazing ingenuity to revamp the very cool older model items, and give them new life.
Man oh man, this was the easiest half hour of rock/lapidary watching dude. What a set up. I wish I was more mechanically minded but this is such a great example of doing what you can with what you have. Loved this Jarred. The bead mill is rad, and the monster tumbler. Just all of it. Great helpful and lapidary inspiring vid!
And man, that guy just seems like a really nice dude. Subbed to his channel.
I'm glad you liked it. I think this really shows that you can just start build this stuff. Start looking for old motors...etc. and just see what you can make. Shawn is a super nice guy.
I live in north dakota you can walk the roads in the oil feild and collect a paint bucket of agates in 100 yards
That sounds like a good time.
Interesting equipment I still enjoy wrapping my stones and crystals
I’ve never looked at a single rockhound thing ever. Heck, I had to look up the definition of lapidary…. No idea why this was recommended for me, But man, I watched this whole thing start to finish
Thank you very much. It's a great hobby to have.
Freaking awesome, I love the home made lapidary equipment, it really demonstrates just how ingenious some folks are.
You really can do a lot.
I really love the spotlight on embracing used equipment.
Thank you.
I absolutely love American ingenuity ❤️ Great rock shop.
Likewise! He has a pretty neat setup.
WOW! Impressive!
Agreed!
What a fascinating and fun space :)
Yeah it's a fun shop for sure.
Go-cart tires make for a good tumbler container. It doesn't need to be water tight either if you use the fat tires. Small business down in Mexico uses rack after rack of the tires to polish crazy lace agate.
Very informative video! Thanks!!
Thanks for watching!
Great video! Thank you.
I'm glad you liked it.
Thank you
What a crazy haul he made out with! Those 100lb tumbler barrels have my mind blown!
Yeah I can't wait to see it rolling.
I wanna see what still inside them
Great info thanks!
Absolutely!
I finally had a chance to sit and watch this video and I'm glad I did. I'm going over to Sean's channel now and subbing.
Yeah it's a longer video but its need to see a shop like this.
This is a very cool tool.
It's a cool shop for sure.
Very interesting video. Thanks
I'm glad you liked it.
Awesome stuff mate ⛏️😎👌
Thank you.
Wow!!!
Glad I found this video, I'm currently acquiring tools to take my hounding to the next level.
It is a fun hobby for sure and there's so many ways to do be into it. My shop is very different than his.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I look forward to seeing your setup, I think it will really help me design a setup of my own. The rockhound community is great and always willing to teach and share tips.
Maybe once my state isnt on fire, I can share some of my finds and projects with you.
Cheers and thanks for the uploads!
@@TheRogueRockhound Awesome man, you can always email me.
What a fantastic shop he has put together I have to go subscribe to his channel. It would be really fun to see the two of you work together to show what he gets done with that huge Tumblr and some of his mechanical projects to see them work
Oh yeah we will be doing an update on it.
I thought geyser setups in multiwheel machines are a definite way for cross polish contamination
Hi very nice video. The blue rock you showed. The one you say the kids love finding . Love to take my gramd kids. Where are they found?
Badass shop
Yeah its pretty awesome.
That's a pretty good time frame to get all that just recently.
It took me years to get what I have!
Yeah I'm still missing some key equipment myself, I need to start building or looking for deals.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding if seen some arbors on Craigslist but sometimes they ask way too much for them.
You have a beautiful lapidary workshop! I wish I had the room. I have a saw, grinder and my dream is to have a cabochon machine. I currently use a dremmel & tile saw outside.
Question- I see that your saw, grinding and polishing is done inside, so - I would be very interested in knowing what type of air filtering system or vacuum system as in wood shops you have , if any. I know these systems can be pricey but maybe, I’m thinking, with your creativity, you may have managed to rig up something efficient.
I always wear a carbon filtered canister “monster” mask when I work with my rocks - even outside with enough water to prevent as much dust as possible because of the various poisonous minerals they contain.
Thanks in advance for your response
great vid! do you have a video on stabilizing equipment?
I do not but I hope to change that in the future.
What do you use to attach the cabochon to a mount or stone in a ring with no prongs?
witch oil field is the jasper from?
I burned that same harbor freight drill up
Love the video. This is off the subject.......but is Spokane Rock Roller still or
Oops! Is Spokane Rock Rollers still a club? I tried to go to the lapidary tonight. Either l couldn't find it or it wasn't opened. I was thinking of joining but l am a little concerned. Also the address on the internet states that it "Suspended". Could you let me know if you have any information"
It is still a club, I believe they have been or just got done moving to a new location.
Wait, is it not good to tumble stones in the winter? I never heard that before.
The is in reference to having an unheated shop in the winter and the barrels freeze.
I'm curious about both of you mentioning not being able to tumble in the winter time. I was under the impression that moving water doesn't freeze. Have you both experienced a tumbler freezing while in operation? I enjoyed the video very much, thanks!
I have for sure when I ran mine in an unheated shop and it was 1-5 degrees. You get like a layer of ice going on this inside and it gets bigger and then it locks up some of the grit in the ice. Also you really shouldn't run them in a shop in summer that gets super hot as well.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thank you for the info. Ive dealt with heating issues on my tumblers and added computer fans on to resolve that problem. Thank you also for all of the in-depth videos, quite excellent!!!!👍👍👍
At 7:44 right next to the cab machine...what rock is that? I have one and have no clue what it is
That's a good question. I'm not really sure but if you want to you can email me a photo of your rock and I can try to help you out some with it.
I love everything he's built here but I side with the neighbors if he's got any to complain. That agitating machine at the open could break any peace treaty!!
That bead watchaca itl machine it would make a great flat lap. Great vid.
Thank you.
You mentioned Lone Lake is that in California
Loon Lake is in Washington.
Latghan, tell me where to buy these shiny pads, I couldn't find them at all
What?
How do I contact you to talk to you about lapidary equipment
You can always leave a comment or email me at currentlyrockhounding@gmail.com
I always wonder what goof puts the thumbs down?
You can't make everyone happy. Personally if I don't like content I just don't watch.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding exactly.
1 year ago comments ????
What are you trying to say here?