Cutting Better Crazy Lace Agate
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ม.ค. 2021
- After the last crazy lace purchase, I bought some better rocks. There is some nice looking crazy lace in this batch of slabs.
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Thats last stone was breath-taking. Fantastic examples.
Crazy lace agate is my favourite. I find it amazing how beautiful the patterns are made in stone
It has always been one of my favorites too.
6:06, I love the white heart in this slab!
I missed that until a couple others pointed it out. Thanks for mentioning it.
Good eye! ♡
Oh so happy you got some better specimens of Crazy Lace Agate♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Me too!
I hope you show the finished cab. Those were gorgeous! 👍👍
It might be a while. My son has an idea for a shape, but I've been waiting for a long time for him to draw it up for me.
The rock slab at 6:06 has a heart ❤ on it. Also , i loved the colors and patterns in the rock slabs at the end. I also liked your shirt, the pudding stone on it was very pretty.
Lol, I was so interested in those rocks, I didn’t catch the shirt Michigan Rocks was wearing. Good catch Indyana. Nice results.
@@rosalindhendricks6337 Thank you
The puddingstone was traced from a real one that is on my windowsill.
@@MichiganRocks Awesome. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 you are an amazing artist 🎨 ❤ 😍🥰😇
@@Indyanas_ocean_view No, I traced a rock because I couldn't handle drawing it on my own. I'm glad I have you fooled though.
Shaun and the people at The Rock Shed literally rock!
I have only spoken to Shawn in emails and on the phone a long time ago. I don’t know anyone else there, but they sure do rock.
The banding and eyes in all of the slabs are unbelievable!🤩 Wow! Thanks for sharing such beauty.✌😎
You're welcome!
Very pretty pieces. At 605 time stamp there is a small heart in the 1 you showed. So cool.
I missed the heart. You're the second one to point it out. I guess I need to be more observant.
Now that.....is crazy lace agate! And beautiful examples. Homerun!!!
Yep, I'm happy with this stuff.
Nature is amazing! You chose well in which direction to cut. These are gorgeous.
I'm not sure that the direction mattered that much, but I like how they turned out.
Thanks for sharing this video of crazy lace agate slabbing! You just never know what’s inside! 😍
It's always fun seeing what's in there.
Oh yes indeed those were much much better!! You are so right that last one is so beautiful!! Thank you for sharing👍😊👍
Happy camper here.
Look at the 💙 at 6:05.... that would be a beautiful cab!
I think everyone saw that but me. A couple others pointed it out too. Thanks for showing me.
The last rock, Wow! Of course i love them all. What's really amazing is a flip of a slab reveals a whole different look. Awesome!
Sometimes that whole different look is a nice surprise and other times it's disappointing. I always hope to see the worst side first, so then it's good news when I turn it over.
The crazy lace is beautiful, so fascinating how they are formed. Rocks are just amazing. I was hoping to make another camping trip to Harrisville State Park and would have liked to meet you and your wife. I have had a set back with my disease and cannot get far from my respiratory Dr now. I am thankful for all the wonderful times we have had in Northern Michigan. It is the best. Have a blessed day. Thanks for the videos. Looking forward to tomorrow’s.😃
I'm really sorry that you can't travel. I just said a prayer for you.
@@MichiganRocks Thank you so much. I really appreciate all of them. It is so weird that I have IPF. I never smoked, didn’t work around chemicals, nothing that might indicate why I have this. It is called Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Idiopathic meaning they do not know how I got this. It happens in most patients.
@@patriciawilliams4314 It's bad enough when you bring something upon yourself, but when you feel like you've done the right thing and still get sick, it doesn't seem fair.
@@MichiganRocks It is very confusing. I had two brothers and two sisters, all older than me, they all died from smoking related diseases. I have a wonderful life, the best caregiver, my hubby is a doll. We have four great kids, grandkids and great-grandchildren, we’ve traveled. It has been a wonderful ride.
Thank you, I enjoyed learning about the beautiful Crazy Lace Agate.
Glad you liked it, Charlotte.
These are beautiful! Each one unique. Thank you
Loved the first one for it's patterns, but the last one was gobsmackingly delicious.
Crazy lace is one of my favorites.
Those are really good looking agates this time, and so much better than the last batch Rob. They will make lovely pendants in different shapes. Well done
Yep, these are winners.
The designs are mesmerizing!
All agates are cool, and these certainly are. I like blue lace agate too. Just bought a nice one off eBay with lots of banding. Thanks, again, Rob, for another great video. I know your son will love his pendant!
I agree, that blue lace agate is cool.
That batch was the real deal. Beautiful!
Yep, good stuff!
Oh my gosh! So beautiful! I love crazy lace agates! 😊
The Rock She'd is the best source for Mexican Crazy Lace Agate. I have found out that slabs and slices polish up quicker in a rotary because of the 2 flat smooth cut surfaces. You did a great job.
I didn't realize they had slabbing sized rocks or I would have ordered from there in the first place.
Also love that last one last side last slice... especially the yellow part. 😍
That's why I saved that one for last.
@@MichiganRockswould you be interested in trading some crazy lace stones for some cabs of them?
@@donaspaulding7108 No. I have a fair amount of rough now, but not enough time to make cabs. Thanks for the offer, though.
The last one was just awesome
That's my kind of crazy lace.
We got a bonus video. We don’t usually get Sunday videos. I think the last slab was my favorite, followed by rocks 2 and 4. I can’t wait to see the pendant. Crazy lace agate is beautiful.
You noticed the extra one! I have another slabbing video that will be finished up soon and I didn't want to overdo it with slabbing videos for my main Friday video. So I threw in an extra one.
Thanks.
These are so beautiful I had to watch it again
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Thanks for the sales pitch, Dayd.
@@MichiganRocks yup no prob just got to pin it so every one can see what to do!
These are amazing..i loved the first one. Not as much color but wonderful patterns. Your son will have a wonderful cab from any of these.
Gray rocks can be really pretty. Petoskeys, for example are brown/gray and I love them. But put color with a good pattern and it's even better.
Now that's some crazy lace! I can imagine all kinds of shapes and sizes of cabs coming from those slabs. Beautiful stuff. I'm glad you got the real deal this time. Thanks for showing us a happy ending.
No disappointment with this batch.
The saw tooth pattern on #2 ♥️ The amount of pattern in #4 ♥️♥️♥️. Love that you got some new rocks and Yeah I agree on the bacon 🥓🤣🤣🤣♥️ That last stone😳♥️ You and your son will definitely get some awesome out of that!
I think we'll find something we can work with.
The rock shed is the place for everything
That's not true. I tried to order my groceries there a couple weeks ago and all I got were Tootsie Rolls.
@@MichiganRocks oh no
Outstanding! Those are great looking crazy lace slabs. I hope you are going to post video of making the pendent. Can’t wait.
I don't think I'll be making it for a while. I can't get my son to send me a pattern for the shape he wants. When he does, I'll make a video.
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WOW 😮, those have great patterns. I would love a cab from any of them.
I think I made one from one of these in my video on how to make a cab. Nancy snatched that one up right away. th-cam.com/video/U_9ASoyvaM0/w-d-xo.html
Gorgeous stones! Well-done! I agree: pattern is more important than color. Best Regards
Yep, a gray rocks with a pattern beats a colorful rock with no pattern just about every time.
Beautiful rocks! Nice slabs. Thanks for sharing...
Better than the last stuff for sure.
That is fascinating! I hope you will post your finished work. Beautiful patterns and no two alike. Kind of like fingerprints.
My son said he wanted me to make a pendant out of it, but he wanted to choose the shape so it didn't look girly. I'm still waiting for him to send the pattern.
I never would have thought it looked like food until you said bacon. Haha! Classic!
@PrometheusSec I have seen some seam agates that looked almost exactly like bacon. Take a look at the video at the top of this page. www.etgms.org/rock_table.html. @Mark Reetz you should have a look too.
5:30 is my fav!
6:07 🤍 litle heart!
Gorgeous patterns!
I have to agree, your favorite is my favorite. Your son is lucky to have you to create a personal pendant from these natural works of art. Thank you for the video!
Now I just need to get him to send me the shape he's thinking about.
Stunning
Those last slabs were absolutely stunning, of course all of them were amazing. Makes me feel like I should start cutting mine before tumbling.
It's a tough call whether to cut before tumbling or not. I guess it depends on if you like a more natural shape or prefer the slab look.
Well, that's what I call Crazy Lace. Last time they cheated you, this time you got good material! That will make some beautiful pendants!
Yep, I'm very happy with this material.
Spectacular. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome!
That last one fantastic and I liked the one around 5.20. I use the real agates to paint faux ones in mixed media, but the real ones are so beautiful. I would love a table top using the ones you bought.
That would be a pretty busy tabletop!
Totally awesome the botryoidals are so on point Amazing!
Yep, this is good stuff.
I love the patterns on most of them , but the last one is my favourite ! I love both the the gorgeous patterns and the colours wow ! 🤩🥰
That's a good combination for sure.
Those rocks remind me of Indian scripts and colors...very pretty...❣
In love with crazy lace! 🥰😍 those are all gorgeous. I called that red one 🔥 fire and 🧊 ice. That last one is so pretty.
What a surprise on Sunday night !!! My personal favorites were the slices starting at 5:04. Please show us the finished product ! They’re a lot prettier on the inside than the outside. Thanks for sharing !
Bonus video this week. I'm making them too fast. I'll show the finished product, but it probably won't be for awhile.
Oh! That nice and unique!
Wow so beautiful. The second slice of the last one has a goofy smiley face😂
I had to go back and look. I found it on the back of the second piece. Funny!
Oh mgoodness The raw stones are stunning!!
Then you show us the slices..just Beautiful..
I'm glad you're so happy!
Gorgeous slabs !
Very cool rocks indeed!
Gorgeous. Love every one of them.
Those are really neat.
This is the name of the rock I'm looking for, Rob
I think I liked the gray ones from the first batch the best. Thank you for sharing. Always fun to see what appears.
I liked the gray ones too, but I really like the bright colors.
Спасибо!
Absolutely gorgeous !
Эта калейдоскоп который невозможно повторить и благодаря вам мы это можем увидеть , глядя на эти узоры мы как дети мысленно побывали на другой планете в другой галактике, спасибо вам.
На эти агаты действительно можно потеряться. Я люблю это
Got to love that crazy lace ❤ I have to get more of that! I hope to get some with not too much fractures but you never know until you get them!
Sometimes you don't know until you cut or tumble them. I recently tumbled a really big one, but it's full of fractures. It was impossible to tell if they were there until it tumbled for a couple weeks.
@@MichiganRocks May I ask you what is your very favorite rock to tumble? I like Botswana agate.
@@greatnorthernviews3052 Bots are one of my favorites too. I also really like crazy lace agate. I don't really have a favorite, I like trying different things.
Beautiful,Wow!
Beautiful stuff!
Love the still pictures.
Very nice
I can tell that I'm going to end up buying a slabbing saw. I'm fighting it, but you aren't helping, showing me lovely slabs like that. You'll get some really nice cabs from that lot.
Sorry for my bad influence.
He really is a terrible influence with all that beautiful stuff he makes. I ended up buying a vibratory tumbler. It's all Rob's fault.
@@gwynnfarrell1856 Maybe my channel should come with a warning label.
@@MichiganRocks 🤣 Warning: Viewers may experience uncontrolled expenditures in lapidary equipment!
@@MichiganRocks Even worse, almost every tumbler, at every dealer is SOLD OUT. Hopefully this surge in sales will make it back to your channel in subscriptions/likes.
Beautiful!
I Like,the 1,4 and last one
Wow these are great!
Yes, I'm very happy with this.
That is a much much better batch than the last batch you showed us
I thought so too.
Those are some lovely agates Rob and you did a great job with the cuts. It's easy to fall in love with those latter slabs but I'm kind of a sucker for those druzy vugs at 5:45. They may be lower quality in terms of the banding and colours but still beautiful rocks with a glint in their eye.
I should try to get one of those vugs in a cab. I have never done a cab like that, but it would be fun to try.
Michigan Rocks Definitely worth a shot! I think it would look nice 👍
Nature’s jawbreakers
I suppose they would break your jaw. Ouch.
Wow, your right the last one is gorgeous . Do we get to see the finished pendant?
It depends if my son ever tells me what shape he wants. He didn't want something girly, so I asked him to sketch something for me. I just reminded him the other day, so maybe.
The one at 840 is my favorite
Nice! Will you show us the completed project?
Sure, but I don't know how long it will take. My son wants to design the shape himself, but hasn't done it yet.
I bought some crazy lace tumbling rough and can’t wait to see how it turns out!
The change from rough to polished is amazing with this stuff.
Talk about A Blast From The Past.
Those are fabulous. You’ll have to let us know which one your son chooses for his cabochon. We want to it once it’s finished.
I'm having trouble getting him to draw out the shape he's thinking of, so it might be awhile.
Love that crazy lace!
Yep, me too.
Amazing!
Those are beautiful 😍
Wow! I wonder how they formed.
I’m not sure enough to tell you.
Stunning beauty’s
Can you recommend the best machine for cutting these stones please. Love your videos
Not really. I have several saws, but they're all old and no longer being produced. I bought all of my saws used and I'm pretty sure some are older than I am. I have two slab saws now, a Lortone LS-10 and an older Lortone ST-10. Both are ten inch saws that I like a lot.
Awesome slabs. Hope you show the cabs.
I will, but it won't be for a while.
Beautiful
Nice to see this. So do you now make a cab-shaped template/window that you overlay on each slab to find the best pattern or side?
Yes, that's the next step. I have several cab templates that I have bought and then some of my own shapes (crosses, Christmas ornament, etc.) that I have made. My son asked me to make something for him, but doesn't want something that looks like it was made for a woman. He had an idea for a shape, so I asked him to draw it out for me in his CAD program. He's in college to be an engineer. So far I haven't gotten a pattern from him, so I don't know when I'll be making a pendant.
Suas AGATAS são lindas. Great vídeo my dear.
Super agatas
Thanks Alé!
Very nice!!!
some really nice pieces! if you think of it, post what you make with them.
I will, but it will probably be quite a while until I do.
beautiful x
Beautiful slabs!
I'm looking at getting a tile saw to cut some slabs and break up larger rocks. In your experience what's the benefits of this kind of saw over the tile saws you can get. Is it mostly that it does a lot of the work for you, or is it also good for other reasons too? I'm not looking to get anything of this caliber anytime soon since it's so expensive, so don't feel as if you're influencing my decisions. I've just always been curious. Thanks!
I bought this saw used for $400. It's probably from the 70's. I can put a rock in the vice and come back a half hour later (depending on rock size) and the saw has cut through one time. I then turn a little crank to move the vice over and cut the next slab. The cuts are perfectly parallel, which I can't do as well by hand. I have never had a tile saw, but from what I hear, they get you very wet when you use them. I was cutting rocks in my garage today, which I wouldn't have been able to do with a saw that soaks me. I think tile saws come with thicker blades too, which wastes more rock. I believe the blade can be replaced with a lapidary blade, so that may not be a big issue.
@@MichiganRocks You make a good point about getting everything wet, and also about the blade size. Thank you for this! I've got a better idea on what things to look into before I make any decisions.
WOW....That last one is Beautiful. Where did you order from? I'd like to get some. Thanks Vivian.
I got these from The Rock Shed. rockshed.com
Wow!
Wow very beautiful Sir..
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Thanks Dela.