I was involved with rock polishing at one time years ago. Your set up is very good and very successful . Keep up the good work ,and let us have a little better look at your beauties.
worked in the rock and mineral business years ago. enjoy your videos and your nice presentations. we would make ring mounts and neckless jewelry from the polished material. it was fun and people liked the things we made. keep doing what you are doing love it.
Yes very successful! Turned out very beautiful. The one you said looked like a tree, depending on which way it is held looks a bit different landscape. Nice new toy too.
Now, it has been outside for a few days, the tree has taken on a brassy colour, so definitely nickeline in there, but I think a little bit of silver too. A true mixed metal. Thanks for the kind words.
I like! WOW!! Your new toy works beautifully!!! You must be happy !! I got excited myself!! So pretty!! meHappy!! I see the chippings are fighting to steal one of the shinys!! Damn!! They are shiny!! Wowie!!...some look like little mirrors!! VERY! VERY SUCCESSFUL!!!
The cool thing is these were all "marginal" rocks that I had sliced previously and tossed aside. Next time, I will pick a rock that I know is good inside to see what happens.
These turned out gorgeous Greig! This is Ben by the way, we ran into you in Cobalt a few weeks ago. After cleaning up the finds I found a nearly pure 10oz nugget, a few smaller pieces of arborescent/herringbone silver, and a 30lb boulder that’s a mix of cobaltite, nickeline, and silver. I can’t wait to get that one sliced! Hopefully we’ll run into you again in Bancroft or Cobalt! I’ll be making a few more trips this summer.
I dont know why but i didn't think it would work out but it did a great job. Shows how much i know , i love looking at rocks and i live in a bad place in Harlem New York but i don't care i tell my friends about the rock, they're coming around to liking them too, great video.
Beautifully done. I'd like to waterjet cut some of the thin slices to fit together and make a panel. I work with glass but these stones are beautiful and each one's unique.
I love your videos. I'm new to rockhounding but I get more fascinated every day. If you ever want some samples from the Piedmont Georgia area, please let me know. Do you sell any of your silver dendritic rocks? They are so cool!
I was in your area a few years ago. I flew into Atlanta and worked my way up to Cleveland. You have lots of opportunity for some great rockhounding and gold prospecting. If you want a particular rock that you see on my videos, send me an email to tess99991rocks@gmail.com.
I LIKE!! And it sure beats the elbow grease and sandpaper method, time that could be spent drinking a beer instead! LOL! Very impressive and well done 1st attempt. I'll be over to do mine soon!! Haha!
success for sure, they turned out very nice, I'm going to go slice some rocks tomorrow at my club, got some lunker's to cut hope they turn out good.The dendritic stuff is killer hope I get one like that tomorrow!
An awesome result I would say. Great way to ramp up the polishing stage to production. Can't wait to get my video together to show you what I have created so far. Now how to get my hands on more Siver Ore Slabs. I would buy the whole lot if I could. Beautiful specimens. Can't wait to get to Colbalt. My Gem and Minral Club is doing trip middle of July 2018 for whole week. Can you be our guide?
meMiner you put a huge smile on my face today . Thanks for the reply.. I’m pretty sure if I were in grade school I would have posters of you on my bedroom walls lol. Your a doll keep up the good work. I love it your informative ,you describe what your looking at ...Your the best! Ps. No disrespect to the wife 🤭 just a crush😘
You are most welcome. I absolutely love your channel! Learning a lot from watching you! I recently picked up a lot of beautiful beach rocks and can't wait to get a rock tumbler to polish them up, definitely gonna use your ideas on polishing them. Love the ivory soap method!
Yes..My sister and I have been out and about since school been out..Still finding a lot of granite and basalt.BUT in a couple of weeks, we hitting the road heading to Arkansas for crystals diggin..so so excited..it's about a 10 hour drive..so we gonna stay for a bit..and I am gonna trade in my manisure for boots and clay..lol
You are correct! The manual says to add weight. I figured that these rocks are heavy by themselves, so I did not do it this time. Next time I try the machine, I think I will have rocks that are similar in size and shape. It was dumb to have some sliced on one side and others on both. I think for sure that the thin slices could have used some additional weight. It made no sense that some had to be flipped and others in the run did not.
Hello. Cool video. I want to make that vibrolap. Can You tell me what is inside this legs (tubes) ? There are springs or how it is mounted to the base ? Thanks.
@@meMiner I've seen some kind of weird spider think that uses rubber to separate sections - maybe that is what the inner tube is for. I lucked into a couple of these flat laps - I'll let you know if I come up with something brilliant. :'D
can you tell me , when you have polished the rocks with silver in them , do they tarnish or do you have to coat them with something to stop them from tarnishing ?
The rocks with just silver seem OK, even if left outside. All they need is a wipe every so often. Same with nickel. Cobalt seems like it needs more care
Wow! I've seen 2 videos so far and it's beyond apparent that you are living the dream!! Your property is fabulous and your hobbies are ones that pay off with a contented soul. I live in an apartment in Minneapolis where I have piles and piles of rocks just hanging out. I started cleaning and sorting an extra large load last summer and it was just easier to move the drain rack liner with everything as I wanted it, so I've been without a proper dish drainer for a year now and my dresser is occupied by this obscure arrangement. I have a wall sculpture/mosaic idea going, so my coffee table is bombarded by rocks, as is most every other surface. Any suggestions on how to adhere various sized rocks to a wall? I consider rocks and stones to be the earth's free gifts to those who can see them-and even the city has many gems to offer! Yes indeed, you are definitely living one of my dreams.
If I am picturing your crazy-good project correctly, the way to stick the rocks to a wall is using tile mortar. The way to get it cheap is from a reuse store. People do small projects and have partial bags left over which they donate.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. I did consider using mortar but that would require standing there at the wall with the rock pressed in place by hand-especially for the larger rocks. Are you familiar with the Aaaawesome website www.thistothat.com? Gluing rocks to brick or concrete isn't a drop down option in their to-the-point list, but they are an invaluable resource for adhering advice. I'm thinking that an epoxy or instant super glue type adhesion could be a first step then piping in or painting/pasting in the mortar could reinforce. It would help if you knew a bit more about my idea. It started with finding a fish shaped stone and turned into a collecting obsession. (You will now also be seeing fish-shaped stones everywhere you go, just wait!!) The premise is to group like colored and textured "fish" together in streams along the dominating perimeter of the mural, but the center would feature my most beautiful and unusual fish. This would demonstrate the beauty of diversity and free will. The fish would be swimming in a less uniform pattern that is equally as functioning as the strictly uniform streams surrounding. The title of the piece is School Of Thought. I've also considered making it an ongoing project that would involve the community. I would encourage folks to start fish hunting on their own, raising rock collecting awareness and reconnecting people with the natural aspects of life most overlook. Then once a month or every few months people could bring in their rocks for me to add to the wall. I would encourage discussion about where they felt their rocks belonged and why. This would be especially great for children in that it would open up thought and discussion about conformity vs diversity or individuality. Big dreams over here in Mpls. Winter will make it harder for all of us city dwellers but those who live around rivers and lakes may have continued access. I collected a very interesting solid black rock with a peach tip yesterday that I would love to have identified. After seeing your tumbling video I look at collecting with a different level of perspective. It's kind of a good thing that I don't have one yet because my apartment is already flooded as it is. Aside from fish, the rocks I tend to pocket are ones that nature has tumbled herself. Population control, doncha know!
If it were me, I would cut the rocks so a flat side is against the wall. I would use the best sticky epoxy based tile "mud" that I could buy and put it onto the wall and back of the rock and then push it into place. I have tiled in this manner with large 2' square (3/4 inch wide) tiles on wall and ceiling. They all stayed in place. On a wall, you will need spacers to the next rock (you can buy plastic ones). Google how to tile a ceiling and see if that would work. If they don't fall off a ceiling, they won't budge on a wall. You sure won't have to hold them. They either stick right away or fall on your toe. Sounds like an interesting and very artful project. I'd love to see a pic when you are done.
What a machine, it's funny because I found the rock hounds through your channel and found the link back to this vid on rookie rock hounds first cut video. Vibratory Polishing is interesting, it keeps the shape of the stone very well. Would you only use hard rocks, 5 or 6+? I was thinking you could use pegs from the clothes line to hold the bumper in place or bluetac (not sure what you call it over there) it's the putty used to hang posters on walls, I recon 4 or 6 bals of that and you can still remove the bumper because blue tac doesn't set or dry 😁👍🏼 awesome videos and I absolutely can look at rocks all day. Love the video, great work once again 👍🏼 nga mihi my friend 🌟
Small world when it comes to rockhounds, eh? I tried clothes line pegs and they didn't have the holding power. I have had better luck with clamps. I have not used the machine in a while and should get some rocks into it when the weather warms up. Soft rock will polish faster than harder rock, but probably needs a cushion to they don't get damaged when they bump. I will cut up some PVC circles to see if that helps.
Basically sir,I want to flatten some Novaculite I have bought from a business in Arkansas, what type of lap would work best to do that ? Thank you for your time.
Can you show us any meteorites or meteor wrongs . I found one I think or it’s Gold ore? Or. Something different looking . It has black like lava rock ,Yet it has gold circles of a gold powder . I was looking for a way to send you a picture But I don’t think you have a email listed anywhere 🙁
I don't know much about meteorites other than what I have read. There is some good info online that you could search. If you have one, a big congrats to you for a rare find.
I know this video is a year old but I'm new to finding you. I'm really enjoying your way of sharing your passion for rocks and minerals. I'm wondering, the shiny silver stones, are those marcasite?
Well she is in fact a meteor and a rare find indeed .. it’s too bad I crushed it up so much inspecting it😩 but still have all the pieces. But makes its value near nothing , well not like it could have been lol . 😂
Nice.... From the video I got 150/220 silicon carbide 500 straight grit silicon carbide 1200 aluminum oxide Then final polish with iron oxide I'm going to try that
I have recently changed it up a little bit. I use coarse tumbler grit (60/90 silicon carbide) until all of the wheel marks are completely gone. In fact, when they appear to be removed, I leave it running for a short while to make sure. I then use pre-polish tumbler grit (500 silicon carbide) to remove the micro scratches left from the coarse grit. The 150/220 step might be unnecessary, but would probably speed things up. The polish is aluminum oxide. I have also tried cerium oxide and/or red rouge as a final polish and think I get a slightly better result.
Cool ..... I was reading somewhere the mixed grits like 60/90 - 120/220 - 500/600 are best in tumblers & the straight grits are for the flat lap. But Yeah yours turned out real nice... I don't have any straight grit so I'm trying with mixed .
I wouldn't worry too much about mixed vs straight grit. The difference in my experience is marginal. I suspect you could probably go straight to polish if you have a good trim saw. The tile saw leaves marks. I just bought and small trim saw and have to set it up. Let me know how your project works out. We all learn from each other.
Congrads on the new tool! Thank you for showing all the steps to using a vibratory flat lap to polish slabs. Did you use red rouge polish because of the amount of silver in the slabs or is it recommended for everything?
Actually, I simply used the grit that I had on hand from rock tumbling. The manual advised cerium oxide for polish, but I could not find any locally before trying out the machine. I decided to use red rouge after the alumina, as I believe it is a finer polish and understand others use it on silver jewelry. It was just an experiment.
I know someone who did that and was very happy with the results. My saw is not large enough and I no longer buy books, so I won't be doing it. I would like to make some larger slices when I get access to a large saw but not for a specific purpose.
Put there on a chipmunk buffer with chipmunk power of a 1000. That should really put the shine on. Well,,,,,that's what Daisy told me when we last talked,,,,yyeeaahhh.
@@yvanlabonte6229 Too funny. Brent and I haven't crossed paths (that I know). It would be fun to do so. I am not from Cobalt, but I have introduced people who are to one another. I will be back up next spring. Daisy and I love it there.
In answer to your question at 5:50, yes that is why I watch your videos. :-) . I'm guessing the lap was funded by the rocks video from 4 or 5 months back before I subscribed? I knew you had to get something past your finance committee.
Yeah, I get careless with my words. Someone else got mad at me calling the small ones "nuggets". When I come home, my wife calls them "rocks" until they are cut and polished. ;-)
Hahaha, I wasn't saying it to correct ya, just at one point you say "I hope you like looking at rocks" I thought "not just rocks, but ore-grade specimens!".
Tsp is found in a lot of breakfast cereals, like the makers of cheerios is one of them. It even written in the ingredient collum, but it is abbreviated there as well so most people have no idea how dangerous it is especially to our children, and that makes me so mad! If Don't believe me, Just look it up. Just a little tid bit of information!
I remember an old study where they gave mice breakfast cereal and the control group the box. In then end, the ones who at the boxes were healthier. ;-)
I've been watching your videos for quite some time. I enjoy learning with you.
Thanks. I am still learning and having fun doing it.
I love your shots of nature. Definitely successful!!! Shiny rock babies! 💖
I was involved with rock polishing at one time years ago. Your set up is very good and very successful . Keep up the good work ,and let us have a little better look at your beauties.
You are always the best in education and deserve the title of Professor of Knowledge
I do love to play with rocks and machines...however, I am a long way yet from a learned man. But thanks for the vote of support!
No problem Greig, I can't fault you on this, mastered it like a pro.
Stay safe, keep warm.
And had fun. Thanks, Symon.
Yes I do like looking at rocks. And these are lovely! I liked the music with the 10x speed vibratory dance. 💃🏼
Yay! Thank you!
Haven’t forgot you! Been busy watching earthquakes! ( I’m saving all your videos for a binge!) thank you for posting all your projects!
beautiful work, that definetely worked for me ... the stones themselves are simply amazing …. good work
worked in the rock and mineral business years ago. enjoy your videos and your nice presentations. we would make ring mounts and neckless jewelry from the polished material. it was fun and people liked the things we made. keep doing what you are doing love it.
I have the equipment to make cabs. I will try to make some this winter. So much to do, and not enough time. ;-)
Thanks for the nice words.
Well that's just great. Now I need one of these bad boys. Thanks a lot Greig :-) Love them!!!
At times, I spend all day looking at rocks. This technique worked very well.
Thanks Leann!
Unreal... absolutely stunning results, beautiful.
Thanks!
Yes very successful! Turned out very beautiful. The one you said looked like a tree, depending on which way it is held looks a bit different landscape. Nice new toy too.
Now, it has been outside for a few days, the tree has taken on a brassy colour, so definitely nickeline in there, but I think a little bit of silver too. A true mixed metal. Thanks for the kind words.
I like! WOW!! Your new toy works beautifully!!! You must be happy !! I got excited myself!! So pretty!!
meHappy!!
I see the chippings are fighting to steal one of the shinys!!
Damn!! They are shiny!! Wowie!!...some look like little mirrors!! VERY! VERY SUCCESSFUL!!!
The cool thing is these were all "marginal" rocks that I had sliced previously and tossed aside. Next time, I will pick a rock that I know is good inside to see what happens.
meMiner ouuu that will be great! They were pretty anyways....again, love your videos!!
Very nice! Love the shiny.
Thanks much!
Really nice samples.
Never tired of looking at rocks. I have something I want to send to you for cleaning out those tough vugs
Always interested in a new way of cleaning rocks...
If you have a PO Box I'll gladly send
These turned out gorgeous Greig! This is Ben by the way, we ran into you in Cobalt a few weeks ago. After cleaning up the finds I found a nearly pure 10oz nugget, a few smaller pieces of arborescent/herringbone silver, and a 30lb boulder that’s a mix of cobaltite, nickeline, and silver. I can’t wait to get that one sliced! Hopefully we’ll run into you again in Bancroft or Cobalt! I’ll be making a few more trips this summer.
Ben - your silver finds sound excellent. For sure we will cross paths again.
Nice job! :) They look great!
Thanks. I was pleased.
Omg amazing! I need one of these in my life!
Looks like the perfect machine to do slices ... turned out beautiful
Thanks. I really like the machine and will certainly be using it more.
Stephen Schmunk
Beautiful!
I dont know why but i didn't think it would work out but it did a great job. Shows how much i know , i love looking at rocks and i live in a bad place in Harlem New York but i don't care i tell my friends about the rock, they're coming around to liking them too, great video.
Harlem is probably a difficult place to find rock and crystal of the natural sort. You are always welcome to try your luck in Canada.
Amazing results. The silver pops out. Museum quality specimens
Ii am quite happy with the machine. Now, I need a large trim saw so I can polish larger slices. ;-)
Beautifully done. I'd like to waterjet cut some of the thin slices to fit together and make a panel. I work with glass but these stones are beautiful and each one's unique.
Sounds like a cool idea
I love the one with the gold colour and the one that's like a mirror all over.Good job👍
It is a very cool rock, but I forget where I found it. I would like to get more.
meMiner sounds like u got a memory like me👍😂
The rocks turned out beautiful. Some of the thinner ones might make a nice looking belt buckle!
Was thinking the same! A nice belt buckle would be cool...👍🏼
It never occurred to me, but that is a great idea! The stuff is heavy, so might result in "pants on the ground". LOL
Thanks for this it was very helpful.
Wow. Fantastic results I'd say. Take my money!!
I love that lap. I should get it vibrating again soon.
Very cool video
You are so privileged to have time to indulge your theories.
Definitely going to have to look into getting this tool. I think I like the natural slabs better that the tumbled polished ones❤️❤️
You might be better off getting a flat lap first. They are generally a bit more useful.
I love your videos. I'm new to rockhounding but I get more fascinated every day. If you ever want some samples from the Piedmont Georgia area, please let me know. Do you sell any of your silver dendritic rocks? They are so cool!
I was in your area a few years ago. I flew into Atlanta and worked my way up to Cleveland. You have lots of opportunity for some great rockhounding and gold prospecting. If you want a particular rock that you see on my videos, send me an email to tess99991rocks@gmail.com.
I LIKE!! And it sure beats the elbow grease and sandpaper method, time that could be spent drinking a beer instead! LOL! Very impressive and well done 1st attempt. I'll be over to do mine soon!! Haha!
Bring the beer and your rocks...
Beer on the rocks?! Hahaha
Good one! I guess I should have suggested whisky. But then we would be polished before the silver.
They look realy cool
success for sure, they turned out very nice, I'm going to go slice some rocks tomorrow at my club, got some lunker's to cut hope they turn out good.The dendritic stuff is killer hope I get one like that tomorrow!
chris brooks show us when youre done!
chris brooks awesome!
An awesome result I would say. Great way to ramp up the polishing stage to production. Can't wait to get my video together to show you what I have created so far. Now how to get my hands on more Siver Ore Slabs. I would buy the whole lot if I could. Beautiful specimens. Can't wait to get to Colbalt. My Gem and Minral Club is doing trip middle of July 2018 for whole week. Can you be our guide?
Hopefully, you will have more than you know what to do with after your trip. My email is tess99991rocks@gmail.com
Luv the vids. Great Job.....
Thanks!
that machine is like a merry-go-round / rock Parade
Very creative and fun to watch.
Thanks for dropping by.
I would love to be on your side every day . But guess I will settle for watching your videos . Your The best!!! 🙂
Wow. That made my day!
meMiner you put a huge smile on my face today . Thanks for the reply.. I’m pretty sure if I were in grade school I would have posters of you on my bedroom walls lol. Your a doll keep up the good work. I love it your informative ,you describe what your looking at ...Your the best! Ps. No disrespect to the wife 🤭 just a crush😘
I am lost for words. I'd figure my pic would be more appropriate on a wanted poster in the post office than a girls wall. LOL
The dandelion puffs over the septic tank in my backyard grow to the size of softballs.
Thats really cool stuff
thanks
BEUT ! , Turned out Awesome !
should do that with a bunch of them man !
So much to do, so little time. LOL
meMiner Theres always time until there isnt ! lmao
keep on giviner man
They are gorgeous!!!
Thanks!
You are most welcome. I absolutely love your channel! Learning a lot from watching you! I recently picked up a lot of beautiful beach rocks and can't wait to get a rock tumbler to polish them up, definitely gonna use your ideas on polishing them. Love the ivory soap method!
Total success..wow they are beautiful!
Thanks my friend. Have you gotten out rockhounding this year?
Yes..My sister and I have been out and about since school been out..Still finding a lot of granite and basalt.BUT in a couple of weeks, we hitting the road heading to Arkansas for crystals diggin..so so excited..it's about a 10 hour drive..so we gonna stay for a bit..and I am gonna trade in my manisure for boots and clay..lol
manicure..typo*
I don't like leaving simple, one word replies. Because of this, I wrote this little preamble just to say, "Gorgeous!"
I appreciate the (long) coment. ;-)
love your videos, just wondering if you make jewelry or what you do with finished pieces.
What is that material. thats is cool the metallic part in what quartz or something?
Yes i love it. Working at a mine i love just as much
You are now working at a mine?
Wow thats pretty cool. I wonder if a lite sand bag on top would shorten the time by adding pressure.
You are correct! The manual says to add weight. I figured that these rocks are heavy by themselves, so I did not do it this time. Next time I try the machine, I think I will have rocks that are similar in size and shape. It was dumb to have some sliced on one side and others on both. I think for sure that the thin slices could have used some additional weight. It made no sense that some had to be flipped and others in the run did not.
Hello. Cool video. I want to make that vibrolap. Can You tell me what is inside this legs (tubes) ? There are springs or how it is mounted to the base ? Thanks.
It is packed away. Remind me in a couple of weeks when the snow is gone.
Hey, Greig - how did the rubber bands work as bumpers? They seemed to disappear by the end...
Not very good. I also tried circles cut from PVC and that didn't work well either. Someone suggested old bicycle inner tubes but I haven't tried that
@@meMiner I've seen some kind of weird spider think that uses rubber to separate sections - maybe that is what the inner tube is for. I lucked into a couple of these flat laps - I'll let you know if I come up with something brilliant. :'D
can you tell me , when you have polished the rocks with silver in them , do they tarnish or do you have to coat them with something to stop them from tarnishing ?
The rocks with just silver seem OK, even if left outside. All they need is a wipe every so often. Same with nickel. Cobalt seems like it needs more care
Wow! I've seen 2 videos so far and it's beyond apparent that you are living the dream!! Your property is fabulous and your hobbies are ones that pay off with a contented soul. I live in an apartment in Minneapolis where I have piles and piles of rocks just hanging out. I started cleaning and sorting an extra large load last summer and it was just easier to move the drain rack liner with everything as I wanted it, so I've been without a proper dish drainer for a year now and my dresser is occupied by this obscure arrangement. I have a wall sculpture/mosaic idea going, so my coffee table is bombarded by rocks, as is most every other surface. Any suggestions on how to adhere various sized rocks to a wall? I consider rocks and stones to be the earth's free gifts to those who can see them-and even the city has many gems to offer! Yes indeed, you are definitely living one of my dreams.
If I am picturing your crazy-good project correctly, the way to stick the rocks to a wall is using tile mortar. The way to get it cheap is from a reuse store. People do small projects and have partial bags left over which they donate.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. I did consider using mortar but that would require standing there at the wall with the rock pressed in place by hand-especially for the larger rocks. Are you familiar with the Aaaawesome website www.thistothat.com? Gluing rocks to brick or concrete isn't a drop down option in their to-the-point list, but they are an invaluable resource for adhering advice. I'm thinking that an epoxy or instant super glue type adhesion could be a first step then piping in or painting/pasting in the mortar could reinforce. It would help if you knew a bit more about my idea. It started with finding a fish shaped stone and turned into a collecting obsession. (You will now also be seeing fish-shaped stones everywhere you go, just wait!!) The premise is to group like colored and textured "fish" together in streams along the dominating perimeter of the mural, but the center would feature my most beautiful and unusual fish. This would demonstrate the beauty of diversity and free will. The fish would be swimming in a less uniform pattern that is equally as functioning as the strictly uniform streams surrounding. The title of the piece is School Of Thought. I've also considered making it an ongoing project that would involve the community. I would encourage folks to start fish hunting on their own, raising rock collecting awareness and reconnecting people with the natural aspects of life most overlook. Then once a month or every few months people could bring in their rocks for me to add to the wall. I would encourage discussion about where they felt their rocks belonged and why. This would be especially great for children in that it would open up thought and discussion about conformity vs diversity or individuality. Big dreams over here in Mpls. Winter will make it harder for all of us city dwellers but those who live around rivers and lakes may have continued access. I collected a very interesting solid black rock with a peach tip yesterday that I would love to have identified. After seeing your tumbling video I look at collecting with a different level of perspective. It's kind of a good thing that I don't have one yet because my apartment is already flooded as it is. Aside from fish, the rocks I tend to pocket are ones that nature has tumbled herself. Population control, doncha know!
If it were me, I would cut the rocks so a flat side is against the wall. I would use the best sticky epoxy based tile "mud" that I could buy and put it onto the wall and back of the rock and then push it into place. I have tiled in this manner with large 2' square (3/4 inch wide) tiles on wall and ceiling. They all stayed in place. On a wall, you will need spacers to the next rock (you can buy plastic ones). Google how to tile a ceiling and see if that would work. If they don't fall off a ceiling, they won't budge on a wall. You sure won't have to hold them. They either stick right away or fall on your toe. Sounds like an interesting and very artful project. I'd love to see a pic when you are done.
Great suggestions! Thank you very much for your expert advice!
What a machine, it's funny because I found the rock hounds through your channel and found the link back to this vid on rookie rock hounds first cut video. Vibratory Polishing is interesting, it keeps the shape of the stone very well. Would you only use hard rocks, 5 or 6+?
I was thinking you could use pegs from the clothes line to hold the bumper in place or bluetac (not sure what you call it over there) it's the putty used to hang posters on walls, I recon 4 or 6 bals of that and you can still remove the bumper because blue tac doesn't set or dry 😁👍🏼 awesome videos and I absolutely can look at rocks all day. Love the video, great work once again 👍🏼 nga mihi my friend 🌟
Small world when it comes to rockhounds, eh? I tried clothes line pegs and they didn't have the holding power. I have had better luck with clamps. I have not used the machine in a while and should get some rocks into it when the weather warms up. Soft rock will polish faster than harder rock, but probably needs a cushion to they don't get damaged when they bump. I will cut up some PVC circles to see if that helps.
Very Nice
I've been contemplating getting a flat lap. I'm convinced now, Thanks.
Do you have a referral link for the flat lap ?
I bought mine used. I hope you enjoy it when you get one. I am not sponsored, so I have no links. Thanks for asking.
HaHa... as you were putting the bumper in I thought it was going to be a water supply.
Many people add a drip water supply, so your thoughts were not abstract.
And I may start saving up for one of these 🤓
Hey there sir,does this lap actually flatten the rocks at all? If so,how flat can it make a rock end to end,side to side?
Basically sir,I want to flatten some Novaculite I have bought from a business in Arkansas, what type of lap would work best to do that ? Thank you for your time.
I don't think this will work for your purpose. It would take forever. Maybe a flat lap would be better for you.
@@meMiner thank you sir,I appreciate the answer and help. Cheers ! -CAM-
Can you show us any meteorites or meteor wrongs . I found one I think or it’s Gold ore? Or. Something different looking . It has black like lava rock ,Yet it has gold circles of a gold powder . I was looking for a way to send you a picture
But I don’t think you have a email listed anywhere 🙁
I don't know much about meteorites other than what I have read. There is some good info online that you could search. If you have one, a big congrats to you for a rare find.
Beautiful
Thanks. I am finishing another batch now and really like the results. Video should be posted tonight.
super
Awesome
I took 3 guesses and was right on the 3rd one hahaha even said it would be the best of the 3 lol looks almost too easy!
It would be good for some of your rocks for sure.
I know this video is a year old but I'm new to finding you. I'm really enjoying your way of sharing your passion for rocks and minerals.
I'm wondering, the shiny silver stones, are those marcasite?
Silver Ore. ;-)
I have some marcasite that I collected in Ontario, but it is not very good. I have seen pictures of better from sites in the USA.
@@meMiner, thank you. 🙂 Yes, I have a couple of pieces of marcasite. It's a new stone for me.
Good marcasite polishes really well. Enjoy!
Why did you use the red rouge for a final polish?
Red rouge is a good silver polish. I had it on hand so used it.
What was the powder you poured in the water when the were done?
It was rock tumbler polish.
This is amazing sir, please where can I get this vibratory lap. Love from South Africa
The one I use was made in the US by Covington. Not sure if they ship to the US. Warm wishes to my South African friend.
I haven't watched this video yet, all I did was see the title, and now I need 5 grand for their 36" rociprolap.
LOL I need the same for a big trim saw.
Well she is in fact a meteor and a rare find indeed .. it’s too bad I crushed it up so much inspecting it😩 but still have all the pieces. But makes its value near nothing , well not like it could have been lol . 😂
Nice....
From the video I got
150/220 silicon carbide
500 straight grit silicon carbide
1200 aluminum oxide
Then final polish with iron oxide
I'm going to try that
I have recently changed it up a little bit. I use coarse tumbler grit (60/90 silicon carbide) until all of the wheel marks are completely gone. In fact, when they appear to be removed, I leave it running for a short while to make sure. I then use pre-polish tumbler grit (500 silicon carbide) to remove the micro scratches left from the coarse grit. The 150/220 step might be unnecessary, but would probably speed things up. The polish is aluminum oxide. I have also tried cerium oxide and/or red rouge as a final polish and think I get a slightly better result.
Cool .....
I was reading somewhere the mixed grits like 60/90 - 120/220 - 500/600 are best in tumblers & the straight grits are for the flat lap.
But Yeah yours turned out real nice...
I don't have any straight grit so I'm trying with mixed .
I wouldn't worry too much about mixed vs straight grit. The difference in my experience is marginal. I suspect you could probably go straight to polish if you have a good trim saw. The tile saw leaves marks. I just bought and small trim saw and have to set it up. Let me know how your project works out. We all learn from each other.
That chipmunk is just tryin to learn everything lol
Also the rocks turned out amazing!!
I hope it does not try to collect rocks that I leave outside. LOL
Congrads on the new tool! Thank you for showing all the steps to using a vibratory flat lap to polish slabs. Did you use red rouge polish because of the amount of silver in the slabs or is it recommended for everything?
Actually, I simply used the grit that I had on hand from rock tumbling. The manual advised cerium oxide for polish, but I could not find any locally before trying out the machine. I decided to use red rouge after the alumina, as I believe it is a finer polish and understand others use it on silver jewelry. It was just an experiment.
Thanks for reply. I had never heard of it used in a polisher for stones....Results from your experiment were excellent!
Cool video bud very successful bro
Thanks man!
Reminds me of those Pangea days 3:20
The only thing I would add is little football players stuck on top of the individual rocks for a real mash up.
That is a fun idea...
I heard of a guy putting hockey players on his.
Ever think of turning any of your finds into bookends?
I know someone who did that and was very happy with the results. My saw is not large enough and I no longer buy books, so I won't be doing it. I would like to make some larger slices when I get access to a large saw but not for a specific purpose.
I’m amazed with your content, thanks! If your selling any samples/specimens I’d be interested.
Thanks for the nice comment! Seeking?
Somehow got auto corrected from “selling”*
I guess it could have been worse...LOL
Indeed, lol
Maybe mix the bumpered rocks with the non bumpered rocks to avoid getting little chips of rocks in the pan that can score the flat rock faces.
Put there on a chipmunk buffer with chipmunk power of a 1000. That should really put the shine on. Well,,,,,that's what Daisy told me when we last talked,,,,yyeeaahhh.
Those are nice. And it didn’t take long to do it either
Way easier than using sandpaper like I was doing before...
You must be related to Brent McKay. Nice video
You got me. Who is Brent McKay?
Brent is from cobalt he works for ontario north land railway, you look just like him sorry about that, great video keep it up
@@yvanlabonte6229 Too funny. Brent and I haven't crossed paths (that I know). It would be fun to do so.
I am not from Cobalt, but I have introduced people who are to one another.
I will be back up next spring. Daisy and I love it there.
I really want one of your silver ore stones. Preferably raw for study.
My email is tess99991rocks@gmail.com
Daaaaang!
In answer to your question at 5:50, yes that is why I watch your videos. :-) . I'm guessing the lap was funded by the rocks video from 4 or 5 months back before I subscribed? I knew you had to get something past your finance committee.
Nice job! To her even more level, use some shims before you screw her down...
Yep.
Wow!
Thanks!
Wow what kinda rock is that?
silver ore
@@meMiner OK cool i need to get me some of that thank you!
Just my opinion, but mabey don't change anything. Those stones turned out BEAUTIFUL.
Thanks for the feedback.
I'd want the edge ground in the process.
Youry samael is bayouteful
Do you know are you cute rocks from spaces
Never heard that one before. ;-)
Your silver is impressive. Thems ain't rocks, they's ore. Gotta say, I'm a little jeally...
Yeah, I get careless with my words. Someone else got mad at me calling the small ones "nuggets". When I come home, my wife calls them "rocks" until they are cut and polished. ;-)
Hahaha, I wasn't saying it to correct ya, just at one point you say "I hope you like looking at rocks" I thought "not just rocks, but ore-grade specimens!".
Tsp is found in a lot of breakfast cereals, like the makers of cheerios is one of them. It even written in the ingredient collum, but it is abbreviated there as well so most people have no idea how dangerous it is especially to our children, and that makes me so mad! If Don't believe me, Just look it up. Just a little tid bit of information!
I remember an old study where they gave mice breakfast cereal and the control group the box. In then end, the ones who at the boxes were healthier. ;-)
What was that ? :D
Huh? What was what? :D
meMiner , at the 2:53 mark you were talking while the rocks were being polished I could barely understand you :D 🕊️
Beautiful!