I'm so glad you demonstrated the use of an angle grinder and how to control the speed of rotation. I got one for Christmas of 2019, but then I moved and now I'm recovering from hip surgery. But I kept wondering just how I would use it effectively. When I'm fully healed it will be autumn and maybe there'll be some good days for trying out my angle grinder. Thank you for answering all my questions about using it!
Glad I could help and I hope all went well with your surgery. The key to using a angle grinder for stonework is go slow. If you have any other questions just ask me and I hope I have the answer
You want to step down those rpms or you will burn rubber across the stone. This is my first choice anytime I want to see what a stone will look like when polished.
I have a shop near Tum Tum with a whole cad/cam/cnc setup. The fun of rockhounding for me is going to be making the lapidary tools required to follow my heart. I have an idea to travel a number of times to the Yellowstone river when the water is down. Try to find enough colorful agate to incorporate into an art project I'm working on. Essentially, I can mate wood, metal, and now rock together with very tight fits. The rock prep is murder without the right tools....but making those tools is the fun of doing this. After all is done it's a mood/light art piece with a lot of providence. If I picked the rocks out the river....used metal from my great grandfather's Edsel...cut wood from Liberace's piano...that adds story and people dig it.
Having your own shop with all those tools you should be able to makes some good lapidary tools. Its much better to find a way to make your own tools since most lapidary tools cost quite a bit
This is so helpful! I appreciate your detailed descriptions of equipment use and methods. I am somewhat new to the hobby, and your video is going to save me a lot of head scratching. Thanks!
Thank you for the shout out, Old Guy Adventures! Much appreciated. As you have found out, that glue can be quite tenacious! For problematic materials I'll stabilize slabs, then rough shape my cabochons to the 220 grit hard wheel. Further stabilize and fill as necessary. After the glue has dried, I usually file the excess glue from the cab by hand. Then back to the 220 hard wheel to remove any remaining glue and final shaping. Only when all glue is gone except for what is in the cracks, will I move on to the soft wheels.
I knew it might be a mess. I have worked those fake Chinese countertops so many times that I know the glue in those and using the wet/dry pads will heat up the glue if your not careful. This was a learning experience for me, next time I will trim with a razor blade it will take all glue off and just leave it in the cracks. Your welcome for the shout out
Thank you I bought pad kit about a month ago and was thinking about a variable speed grinder but your trick with the lamp switch is great going to order one. Thank you again
I'm thinking about grinding and polishing with a grinder. Cand you flip the grinder over and put it in a vice and grind and polish that way. I'm thinking smaller stones.
pretty rocks man , i dig the blue (punnery) where i live it is all blood stone (red jasper) with other crypto crystalines like flint and obsidian but largely the blood stone . they say it isnt native here but i come back with a backpack full every time i head out to my spot , would be very cool if there were a rock exchange for people like us . someone gave me a box of cup grinders and insisted they were for rock carving/polishing i havent tried em yet was wondering if you had any experience with them . take care .
On facebook they have a group for swapping rocks. I have used the cup grinders, they are nice when you want to make arcs or circles. You can freehand much better with them. Thanks for watching and I love hunting red jasper
Thank you! I was always wondering the best way to do that. Thank you for sharing the knowledge, and the reference to the other youtube. I wonder if that light/uv cured resin would be useful? I’m not sure how hard it gets but might be less likely to smear? Take care!
It may work just fine, I wanted to use the super glue because its very cheap. I could have taken a razor blade and cleaned off all the extra glue before starting to polish.
I definitely enjoyed this and I definitely learned something. Thanks for sharing! I have a couple questions... What kind of super glue did you use? How long did you let it cure? And do you change the water in your tub after each pad? I tried this before and had issues... I had to apply a few layers to fill the cracks... I think I may have applied too much glue and may not have let it cure long enough... It got super cloudy and dried weird. Been meaning to retry but haven't yet
Good now you don't have to learn anything else for the rest of the day. I used some super glue I got from Harbor Freight. I let it set over night. If you put to much glue on you can always use a razor to trim off the extra before you start to polish, just make sure you don't dig it out of any cracks. I do change my water after each pad once I am above 800 grit. If you continue to have problems with the super glue switch to epoxy and it will harden better. Epoxy is what I used when working on stone counter tops.
@@OldGuyAdventures And you just imagined we are all psychics who knew that? Your video really needed to cover the gluing process. Maybe obvious to you....not obvious to me!
That rock looks awesome. I just started sanding with a wet stone polisher. I had the rpm’s at 2.5 then I switched it to 3 in the middle of stages. I have some little lines in the finished rock that show the direction of the orbital sander. I had the polisher laying down and I was sanding the rock on top of it (it’s not a big rock and the polisher is heavy). It would have otherwise polished very nicely. Do you have any thoughts on where I went wrong? I don’t don’t if I pushed to hard, had to much speed, not enough, etc.
Sometimes it can be a flaw in one of the polish pads. I was just talking to a friend and he just bought a set of pads and one of the final stage pads caused the same problem. If the company that makes the pad fails to keep quality control then larger grit can get in the final polish pads. I would try to find out which pad is causing the problem and see if they stamped the wrong grit size on the pad or its just bad.
i bought a few sets of them pads and they all feel the same, smooth and rubbery,plastic with no courseness to any of them....i run them on a hand drill and a angle grinder and dont see anything happening to the rocks......the 50 grit is smooth and dont see nothing grinding away off the rocks as its subposed to be the courses pad of them all......again i bought cheap pads and expensive pads and they all the same..........am i doing something wrong??
All the pads will be smooth to the touch, but when using them you should be able to tell that they are different grits. I have heard of people getting mislabled pads where the grit was not correct for the pad. But since you have two different sets of pads I don't think this is the case. The drill may not have enough RPM's to make the pads function properly. They should work with the angle grinder as long as you can kick back the RPM's. My only answer is that you have to get the right RPM's for the pads to function correctly. I don't know if this helps you
I'm so glad you demonstrated the use of an angle grinder and how to control the speed of rotation. I got one for Christmas of 2019, but then I moved and now I'm recovering from hip surgery. But I kept wondering just how I would use it effectively. When I'm fully healed it will be autumn and maybe there'll be some good days for trying out my angle grinder. Thank you for answering all my questions about using it!
Glad I could help and I hope all went well with your surgery. The key to using a angle grinder for stonework is go slow. If you have any other questions just ask me and I hope I have the answer
Just started using this method, works pretty well! Much better than my drill! Good tip on the dimmer switch! Thank you!
You want to step down those rpms or you will burn rubber across the stone. This is my first choice anytime I want to see what a stone will look like when polished.
@@OldGuyAdventures I have been keeping it pretty wet and haven't had a problem with that yet
I have a shop near Tum Tum with a whole cad/cam/cnc setup. The fun of rockhounding for me is going to be making the lapidary tools required to follow my heart.
I have an idea to travel a number of times to the Yellowstone river when the water is down. Try to find enough colorful agate to incorporate into an art project I'm working on. Essentially, I can mate wood, metal, and now rock together with very tight fits. The rock prep is murder without the right tools....but making those tools is the fun of doing this.
After all is done it's a mood/light art piece with a lot of providence. If I picked the rocks out the river....used metal from my great grandfather's Edsel...cut wood from Liberace's piano...that adds story and people dig it.
Having your own shop with all those tools you should be able to makes some good lapidary tools. Its much better to find a way to make your own tools since most lapidary tools cost quite a bit
This is so helpful! I appreciate your detailed descriptions of equipment use and methods. I am somewhat new to the hobby, and your video is going to save me a lot of head scratching. Thanks!
Thank you for the shout out, Old Guy Adventures! Much appreciated. As you have found out, that glue can be quite tenacious! For problematic materials I'll stabilize slabs, then rough shape my cabochons to the 220 grit hard wheel. Further stabilize and fill as necessary. After the glue has dried, I usually file the excess glue from the cab by hand. Then back to the 220 hard wheel to remove any remaining glue and final shaping. Only when all glue is gone except for what is in the cracks, will I move on to the soft wheels.
I knew it might be a mess. I have worked those fake Chinese countertops so many times that I know the glue in those and using the wet/dry pads will heat up the glue if your not careful. This was a learning experience for me, next time I will trim with a razor blade it will take all glue off and just leave it in the cracks. Your welcome for the shout out
Good tips! I need to lower my RPM and add water to the process.
Glad it helped and hopefully you will get a better result when polishing
Thank you for what you do and for your great tips, your tips will save a newbi like me.
Glad they help
Thank you I bought pad kit about a month ago and was thinking about a variable speed grinder but your trick with the lamp switch is great going to order one. Thank you again
Glad I could help
Turned out beautiful!
That stone will take a nice polish, just needs a bit of help
Very interesting, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I'm thinking about grinding and polishing with a grinder.
Cand you flip the grinder over and put it in a vice and grind and polish that way. I'm thinking smaller stones.
I have seen people use a vice to hold their grinder
pretty rocks man , i dig the blue (punnery) where i live it is all blood stone (red jasper) with other crypto crystalines like flint and obsidian but largely the blood stone . they say it isnt native here but i come back with a backpack full every time i head out to my spot , would be very cool if there were a rock exchange for people like us .
someone gave me a box of cup grinders and insisted they were for rock carving/polishing i havent tried em yet was wondering if you had any experience with them . take care .
On facebook they have a group for swapping rocks. I have used the cup grinders, they are nice when you want to make arcs or circles. You can freehand much better with them. Thanks for watching and I love hunting red jasper
U should try clear auto paint to hold it together. Polishing it it easier than supper glue
I would like to see this process on a smaller stone or cab. Seems like it would hit your fingers.
You have to be careful when trying to polish a small stone. I have a flat lap for doing that
I been Trying get hang of it polishing with Angle Grinder
Hope this helps you
Thank you
Thank you! I was always wondering the best way to do that. Thank you for sharing the knowledge, and the reference to the other youtube.
I wonder if that light/uv cured resin would be useful? I’m not sure how hard it gets but might be less likely to smear?
Take care!
It may work just fine, I wanted to use the super glue because its very cheap. I could have taken a razor blade and cleaned off all the extra glue before starting to polish.
@@OldGuyAdventures it came out looking great!
I definitely enjoyed this and I definitely learned something. Thanks for sharing! I have a couple questions... What kind of super glue did you use? How long did you let it cure? And do you change the water in your tub after each pad?
I tried this before and had issues... I had to apply a few layers to fill the cracks... I think I may have applied too much glue and may not have let it cure long enough... It got super cloudy and dried weird. Been meaning to retry but haven't yet
Good now you don't have to learn anything else for the rest of the day. I used some super glue I got from Harbor Freight. I let it set over night. If you put to much glue on you can always use a razor to trim off the extra before you start to polish, just make sure you don't dig it out of any cracks. I do change my water after each pad once I am above 800 grit. If you continue to have problems with the super glue switch to epoxy and it will harden better. Epoxy is what I used when working on stone counter tops.
@@OldGuyAdventures And you just imagined we are all psychics who knew that? Your video really needed to cover the gluing process. Maybe obvious to you....not obvious to me!
What kind of stone was that?
That is a picture jasper from Red Top mountain
My son was using an angle grinder last week to cut some metal. It blew up and he had 11 staples in his head.
Angle grinders can get kick back if they bind up and if your using a big angle grinder it can be difficult to control. Sorry to hear that happened.
Make sure you wear safety glasses
That rock looks awesome.
I just started sanding with a wet stone polisher. I had the rpm’s at 2.5 then I switched it to 3 in the middle of stages. I have some little lines in the finished rock that show the direction of the orbital sander. I had the polisher laying down and I was sanding the rock on top of it (it’s not a big rock and the polisher is heavy). It would have otherwise polished very nicely. Do you have any thoughts on where I went wrong? I don’t don’t if I pushed to hard, had to much speed, not enough, etc.
Sometimes it can be a flaw in one of the polish pads. I was just talking to a friend and he just bought a set of pads and one of the final stage pads caused the same problem. If the company that makes the pad fails to keep quality control then larger grit can get in the final polish pads. I would try to find out which pad is causing the problem and see if they stamped the wrong grit size on the pad or its just bad.
Okay, that does make sense with part of the issue, thanks!
great video...
does it the voltage matter on the dimmer switch?
is there anything specific to look for?
or will any dimmer switch work?
Thx Again!
I just use a regular dimmer switch that you can get from most hardware stores
@@OldGuyAdventures ok thx
i bought a few sets of them pads and they all feel the same, smooth and rubbery,plastic with no courseness to any of them....i run them on a hand drill and a angle grinder and dont see anything happening to the rocks......the 50 grit is smooth and dont see nothing grinding away off the rocks as its subposed to be the courses pad of them all......again i bought cheap pads and expensive pads and they all the same..........am i doing something wrong??
All the pads will be smooth to the touch, but when using them you should be able to tell that they are different grits. I have heard of people getting mislabled pads where the grit was not correct for the pad. But since you have two different sets of pads I don't think this is the case. The drill may not have enough RPM's to make the pads function properly. They should work with the angle grinder as long as you can kick back the RPM's. My only answer is that you have to get the right RPM's for the pads to function correctly. I don't know if this helps you
yeh that makes sense... i was using a cheap ryobi drill.....thanks alot@@OldGuyAdventures
Worked excellent until the dimmer switch prong broke
My dimmer switches do ok if I don't step on them. They usually last about 5 years and then I have to replace
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