👍👍I'm diamond tool engineer since more than 30 Years. I have seen big machine to do similar job for balls up to 1meter size. The principle is exactly the same.You're awesome, doing this with home build simply technique. Final steps with Velcro pads is easy going , just take some time. The first steps are the difficult ones. You master it all.Greetings from old Germany
@@wdmcgaheeii first result for me was sphereheaven (diamond pacyfic tool corp.) they sell ready to go sphere grinding/polishing sets. You can also buy only grinding cups and make a triangle motor base yourself.
If you are careful and mindful of safety, you can spend a lifetime in a shop - any shop - and only have some scratches and very minor scars to show for it. I know, I do.
If you go to any rock store you will find dozens or even hundreds of polished rock spheres. They are not expensive at all. I assume there is some kind of automated process to manufacture them.
The stratification seen in the rock is a type of rhythmite, in this case I believe they are tidal varves. Varves are a seasonal or even daily deposition of fine sediment, commonly from seasonal glacial activity or, in this case a record of daily tides, probably in a quiet estuary where the tide is very slow and gentle. Tidal varves in many cases actually record the phases of the moon, resulting in thicker and thinner bands of sediment, recording high tides and low tides. These have been used to confirm that the moon's orbit used to be closer and faster, about 500 million years before present. I have these for sale on ebay right now, and in fact I am the only one who does.
Those are some mad toolmaking skills there. Impressive hand work on the saw too. And of course the finished product is lovely. Subscribed. Cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott
That is an awesome skill, the spheres will last for ever and how many generations will have it, you need to put the history in the base so that you will be remembered
@@IllumTheMessageBlades cut, simple as that. It's the one thing they're designed to do. If it cuts through rocks, it cuts through flesh and bone. Even if there's no teeth on it, the blade's inertia and friction concentrated on a small contact patch will make it rip through no problem.
Great find, excellent job on the initial shape, good polish. I agree that using some 8,000 to 15,000 grit would give it mirror, but it looks excellent now. I recently picked up some 8,000 grit from Kingsley North. We will use it in our rock tumbler. I'm also doing a lot of flat lap these days. Love your hillbilly sphere polisher. Very well done. I'm sure there's someone that would cut that rough piece square on an 8" saw for you. They may even have the burrs available to grind out holes in each piece so you can mount a connecting rod between the two.
I’d like to see you go to the next higher grit. Then adding another process of leather pads in place of abrasive pieces. Then add micro alumina polishing
Fantastic video. Very satisfying. For anyone out there who wants to do something similar, please remember to check your federal, local, or state laws (as applicable) for collecting minerals before taking river rocks from public land. Also consider that it's generally just a bad idea to take any stones from tourist areas where ecological damage can result from too many people rock collecting for souvenirs.
Damn I wish I could do that, I see cool rocks all the time and have a collection of rock eggs. My grandfather was a US geologist after the war (he flew bombers) working for Oil companies and he found all sorts of cool things, stone first nation arrowheads being some of the best things in my collection.
Nice work on the preform, and that's an effective home-build centerless grinder. Based on what I could see in the video, I think I might give it one more polishing pass with cerium oxide, just to see what happens. It's definitely a sedimentary rock of some sort and it might be hard enough to take a higher polish.
Richardson's Rock Shop near Madras, Oregon used to make some fabulous spheres. They might still, but haven't been there in too many years and the Tubers Arizona Rockhounds didn't see any when they visited recently.
Great! Now get someone to stick it in resin, with a tilted layer of interesting particles suspended in the resin, in ring shaped patterns! Except, maybe use a different grain, to give a more "cloudy" quality.
River stones are very hard. And will get high gliss polish. I have seen to use core drills to get the initial workpiece. Based on bigger stones then the one you used. First you get a cylinder and drill second a nearly ball like piece. Ideal for softer stones. But you need this equipement too.
Rapaz, pela forma que você cortou essa pedra, ou você é o maior profissional do mundo e totalmente isento a acidentes, ou então, um tremendo irresponsável, o que é mais provável.
Hi. I used to be a geologist and really appreciate your methods to reform reformed stones. How is the grit transferred to the flexible fingers of each motor? Thank you for the experience of watching your what you love to do.
you might say this in the video (listening to music so I didn't watch yet) but that stone is specifically argillite. It most often looks like that with red and bluish-green being the most common colours but specimens of exceedingly high quality do exist, with even finer grains and richer colours.
fun while tinkering - golly gee if i had a small shop space i could do stuff, smash my thumb again, snap a drill bit, convince myself i have a creative idea, drink a bunch of coffee - nothing so fine as this gentleman.
That polishing/grinding rig looks like it was put together in a cave from a box of scraps ... Tony Stark level of ingenuity.
or McGyver…
It looks like it is made with someone's teeth!
@@therealjamespickering😂
A beautiful machine made by presumably an even more beautiful person.
RIGHT!!!! he made a whole new machine for this and out of what looks like scraps. Genius!
👍👍I'm diamond tool engineer since more than 30 Years. I have seen big machine to do similar job for balls up to 1meter size. The principle is exactly the same.You're awesome, doing this with home build simply technique. Final steps with Velcro pads is easy going , just take some time. The first steps are the difficult ones. You master it all.Greetings from old Germany
Was ist ein Diamant Tool Engineer?
Which side of velcro?
Ty for your comment.
Wie so vieles, in Deutschland nicht mehr. Kannst Äcker bestellen
Thank you for your comment. Yes, it does take time, but it is a relaxing hobby.
While I'm loving the stone... As a tool designer I have to say I absolutely love your grinding machine!!!! So cool!!!
What toolshave you designed?
Right...? I immediately googled it to see if I could find one. Couldnt find it. Next... comments. Still no luck on getting one of my own.
@@wdmcgaheeii first result for me was sphereheaven (diamond pacyfic tool corp.) they sell ready to go sphere grinding/polishing sets. You can also buy only grinding cups and make a triangle motor base yourself.
Happy to see you still have all 10 fingers
This disc is not sharp.
That kind of blade won't cut off fingers unless you try hard to. It'll scrape some, but not cut.
you should not use gloves on that
Not for long 😂
If you are careful and mindful of safety, you can spend a lifetime in a shop - any shop - and only have some scratches and very minor scars to show for it. I know, I do.
Beautiful...looks like Jupiter!
Black Jupiter
I have a sudden desire to build one of those jank-master grinding machines
Jank = genius. People like this guy will rule the world someday
Yes, I too feel the same way.
They are a lot of fun.
Cool. Having hundreds of millions of years of geological history in a polished stone.
Its more that that, Do You see how similar is to a picture of a planet?
If you’re lucky and source it correctly, it could even be billions! Rocks are so cool.
It looks like a model of a dark gas giant planet. Very cool!
Wow.. I’ve always wanted a striped riverstone sphere. Thanks for the tutorial!
Your work is impressive. The spheres look spectacular. If they spoke they would be grateful for your talent. Greetings from Brazil.
Thank you for the kind comment. By the way, where did you find this video? It is by far the most viewed and commented of all my videos.
These sphere's exist?! I need one. So eye catching. So lovely.
If you go to any rock store you will find dozens or even hundreds of polished rock spheres. They are not expensive at all. I assume there is some kind of automated process to manufacture them.
It looks like a pot sized planet, beautiful!
Geidi Prime, home planet of House Harkonen
The stratification seen in the rock is a type of rhythmite, in this case I believe they are tidal varves. Varves are a seasonal or even daily deposition of fine sediment, commonly from seasonal glacial activity or, in this case a record of daily tides, probably in a quiet estuary where the tide is very slow and gentle.
Tidal varves in many cases actually record the phases of the moon, resulting in thicker and thinner bands of sediment, recording high tides and low tides. These have been used to confirm that the moon's orbit used to be closer and faster, about 500 million years before present.
I have these for sale on ebay right now, and in fact I am the only one who does.
Thanks for the info 👍
Those are some mad toolmaking skills there. Impressive hand work on the saw too. And of course the finished product is lovely.
Subscribed. Cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott
Great job! Looks like a gas giant planet. Interesting setup you have there. Makes sense though. Would love to see some actual petrified wood polished
I have a video of that coming in the near future.
Saturn with extra rings.
That polishing machine is from another universe... ❤
Thank you for the kind comment. By the way, where did you find this video? It is by far the most viewed and commented of all my videos.
@@pebble-ology1845 Random chance. It got picked up by the recommendation algorithm looks like.
@pebble-ology1845 The video was recommended by the TH-cam algorithm. Please make a video of you building that machine.
@@wastedpotentiel I have a video of me building the machine already. Check out my channel and search through the videos. It is in a 2 part series
Gurgling and churning, I love it. Like the army of Sauron unleashed
That is an awesome skill, the spheres will last for ever and how many generations will have it, you need to put the history in the base so that you will be remembered
That setup is amazing. Loved this ❤
Awesome sphere grinding rig my dude! Keep it up!
Very interesting video, your skill on the saw borders on magic.
that has got to be the most dangerous thing I think I've ever seen on a table saw
its a diamond blade actually pretty safe.
I work with tablesaws on a daily basis and I've never felt felt this amount of anxiety watching a video.
Tile blade. It won't cut you.
Its only good if its not grooved like a saw, tile saws are uniformly circle
@@IllumTheMessageBlades cut, simple as that. It's the one thing they're designed to do. If it cuts through rocks, it cuts through flesh and bone. Even if there's no teeth on it, the blade's inertia and friction concentrated on a small contact patch will make it rip through no problem.
Coolest grinding machine I've ever seen. Great video
Great find, excellent job on the initial shape, good polish. I agree that using some 8,000 to 15,000 grit would give it mirror, but it looks excellent now.
I recently picked up some 8,000 grit from Kingsley North. We will use it in our rock tumbler.
I'm also doing a lot of flat lap these days. Love your hillbilly sphere polisher. Very well done.
I'm sure there's someone that would cut that rough piece square on an 8" saw for you. They may even have the burrs available to grind out holes in each piece so you can mount a connecting rod between the two.
The balance of that big pebble looks the right size and shape for a nice egg.
Looks a little bit like a dark jupiter, very nice
Jejje me encanto esa maquina para pulir , simple, sencilla y eficaz !!!
This was amazing to watch. Great job. 🖖
wow , the grinder machine so awesome.
Thank you for the kind comment. By the way, where did you find this video? It is by far the most viewed and commented of all my videos.
That’s a genius sander design
beautiful stone.,.,.,beautiful triple headed grinding monster.,.,.Tkzz for sharing.,.,.,peace
Can only imagine what marble would come out like.
like a ball
Thanks. I have a marble video. Check it out.
Lol i love your machine. Awesome work and beautiful stone.
I’d like to see you go to the next higher grit. Then adding another process of leather pads in place of abrasive pieces. Then add micro alumina polishing
I Love your work and want to build one myself now. Thank you for the inspiration and instructions.
That's good advice. I'm always learning and growing.
Fantastic video. Very satisfying. For anyone out there who wants to do something similar, please remember to check your federal, local, or state laws (as applicable) for collecting minerals before taking river rocks from public land. Also consider that it's generally just a bad idea to take any stones from tourist areas where ecological damage can result from too many people rock collecting for souvenirs.
impressed with your grinder /sander,pretty cool good job mate.
That is very cool ! Love it & your Sphere tool
Love the techno over rock carving. Jux
Beautiful work
🙋🏾♂️ Cool! Looks like a planet.
Wow nice work great it so beautiful.
Perfect work. All can I do in our kitchen...
Damn I wish I could do that, I see cool rocks all the time and have a collection of rock eggs. My grandfather was a US geologist after the war (he flew bombers) working for Oil companies and he found all sorts of cool things, stone first nation arrowheads being some of the best things in my collection.
It all started with my son bringing home rocks and nothing to do with them until now. It's a fun hobby.
Great work, watch those fingers . .
It looks beautiful- like a miniature gas planet!
Thank you for the kind comment. By the way, where did you find this video? It is by far the most viewed and commented of all my videos.
So beautiful! Amazing!
That is one ballin’ setup. Dohohoho!!
This is the most ghetto contraption I've ever seen, and I love it.
So cool, I want a river rock croquet set
Thanks for this video. Love your work. Liked and subscribed.
Nice work on the preform, and that's an effective home-build centerless grinder. Based on what I could see in the video, I think I might give it one more polishing pass with cerium oxide, just to see what happens. It's definitely a sedimentary rock of some sort and it might be hard enough to take a higher polish.
Richardson's Rock Shop near Madras, Oregon used to make some fabulous spheres. They might still, but haven't been there in too many years and the Tubers Arizona Rockhounds didn't see any when they visited recently.
It looks like a planet! 🌏
"...And this is what you would call a baby Palantir, my dear friend Fëanor."
Awesome grinding machine, I want one
That is so cool, thanks for posting.
i like this work,cheers from Italy :) .
Yes!
Use the unfinished half as a stand.
Great! Now get someone to stick it in resin, with a tilted layer of interesting particles suspended in the resin, in ring shaped patterns!
Except, maybe use a different grain, to give a more "cloudy" quality.
Good job
River stones are very hard. And will get high gliss polish. I have seen to use core drills to get the initial workpiece. Based on bigger stones then the one you used. First you get a cylinder and drill second a nearly ball like piece. Ideal for softer stones. But you need this equipement too.
Very nice vid and sphere.
Thank you for the kind comment. By the way, where did you find this video? It is by far the most viewed and commented of all my videos.
@@pebble-ology1845 TH-cam home page.
Thanks for the reply.
Great job
Great video 👍
Very impressive
SPLENDID WORK KINDLY LOOK OUT THE CUTTING WHEEL IS DANGEROUS! THANKS
Beautiful work! Wish i knew how long each step of grinding/polishing takes, but i guess it probably vary's a lot by type of stone.
That is correct. Each is different
Looks like a little planet like jupiter
Dude..soo cool!
How'd you make that little grinding set-up? That's kind of amazing.
Check out my playlist. I have instructions
Rapaz, pela forma que você cortou essa pedra, ou você é o maior profissional do mundo e totalmente isento a acidentes, ou então, um tremendo irresponsável, o que é mais provável.
great video
Hi. I used to be a geologist and really appreciate your methods to reform reformed stones. How is the grit transferred to the flexible fingers of each motor? Thank you for the experience of watching your what you love to do.
A great an awesome job!!!!!!!🔴🫢🤫
Fantastic
I am guessing that if you cut your hand off on that cutting blade you wouldn’t notice until you saw the blood spurting. Impressively sharp.
you might say this in the video (listening to music so I didn't watch yet) but that stone is specifically argillite. It most often looks like that with red and bluish-green being the most common colours but specimens of exceedingly high quality do exist, with even finer grains and richer colours.
Thank you
Archeologists someday wondering what all these where for 😅
It looks like the striations on Jupiter.
gorgeous
fun while tinkering - golly gee if i had a small shop space i could do stuff, smash my thumb again, snap a drill bit, convince myself i have a creative idea, drink a bunch of coffee - nothing so fine as this gentleman.
i love this video. may i ask how can we make it to a mirror surface? should be keep polish it or add wax?
Both will work. A higher polish grit will last longer
turn the saw around and pull the rock towards you to cut, 99% less spray on yourself.
That’s great advice. I now have a different saw
That’s awesome!
Обожаю каменные шары!
It looks like jupiter
nice technique
Very cool!
This is awesome!
Все гениальное-просто))
Wow so awesome !
Brilliant
I would like to see how you change the grit size.
Go to my youtube channel and I have other videos that show that.
Way cool hobby 👍👍
ok I need 3 motor and those grinding stuff :o
Definitely thumbs up.
Good Job.
It looks like a miniature gas giant in some far off galaxy.
Well done
What size spheres are you making? And what size pipe are you attaching to the motor? I think im going to build one. Very ingenious design.
I'm making 2.5" - 3". the cup size is 2".