Close ups of the carnelians from this video are here: th-cam.com/video/dGIGfMEwHbY/w-d-xo.html Bahia agate close ups are here: th-cam.com/video/9wJL_gtQoZE/w-d-xo.html
Question- if you took the dull ones, and tumbled them in the “shiny stuff”, would they then turn shiny? Or is it too late, they’ll always be dull now? Lol
Imagine my surprise when my former Algebra teacher showed up in my recommended feed with a new video about tumbling rocks with 1.6m views (and a cameo from my former Science teacher too!). Awesome stuff Mr. Abram, very cool to see your passion and the community you've built here. Shared with a few other Wildcats!
Hey, crowelag, I can't say I remember anyone with your name. It seems like a name like that would stick in my head. I seem to be doing a bit better with rocks than with math. I don't think I'd have 1.6 million views on a video about how to factor a trinomial.
@@MichiganRocks Yep! You lost me at the simple thought of how to factor a trinomial! I’ll take geology any day! Great video! You now have a new subscriber. 😁
@@MichiganRocks you might be surprised, I watched a video the other day that explained the history of how we figured out factoring cubics and why it took so long to figure out and it's a pretty popular video. Although there are at least 4 really popular math channels that I know of so it might be hard to find topics you're able to make a popular video with. I prefer quality over popularity myself though, and I know a lot of others that are the same way.
@@AngelNearDestruction I'm sure there are lots of math videos out there. I know Kahn Academy is super popular. I did that for long enough, though, now I'm teaching other things.
Absolutely love how TH-cam can take something that I NEVER would have even thought about watching and have me spending 11 minutes waiting to see what happens to rocks after a year in a tumbler…glad I stumbled across it! Great video!
Thanks, James. This one got pushed way outside my usual viewers and a lot of people seemed to enjoy it. Thanks for taking the time to leave such a nice comment.
That’s what I said! Haha! I make people laugh and review games. He’s polishing rocks and getting more views than I could dream of! Haha! He has nice editing too.
The rock reveal was great but I was really happy to see your year montage. It was such a cute add-in and brought a smile to my face. Thank you for your video~ I’m interested to see what comes next!
Lots of kids have rock tumblers. That's how I got started in this, by giving my son a rock tumbler for Christmas. We hunted rocks and tumbled them together for a couple years, then he out grew it but I didn't.
@@MichiganRocks Fellow Michigander here, I remember getting my first tumbler at either COSI in Ohio or the Detroit Science Center on a school field trip. I wore the motor out of mine and then just kinda fell out of interest. ~15 years later as an adult, I didn't think I'd find myself watching someone tumble rocks but I always loved seeing the end result, and this video wasn't any different!
I can remember having teachers who were just as passionate about their craft as you are. The lessons and enthusiasm you impart stay with your pupils. Hope the next generation of teachers have as much passion to teach as you do. I definitely learned something new. Loved the video!
I started this video and was kinda unsure id stick through the whole thing I'm very glad i did, it was way more interesting than I thought, and there's some simple charm to the production, and it's always a treat to see genuine enjoyment of a hobby :3
My father bought me a rock tumbler as a kid, we spent time together finding rocks, selecting which ones to use, and tumbling several batches with great results. I'm not sure what ever happened to that rock tumbler, perhaps it's still in his basement somewhere. I wish we had used it more. Fortunately he's still alive and doing well so I can ask him about it. I've often thought about that time we spent together tumbling rocks, wonderful memories. As an adult I've thought about buying a new rock tumbler (maybe I'll finally do it after having stumbled upon this video). When I have children I'll definitely be sharing that experience with them. Watching this video I realized that I still remember what the slurry smells like when you open the lid.
@@markfryer9880 Ever had a memory from looking at something? What about feeling something without looking at it. Of course and that’s because you have 4 differ light sensors and about the same amount for sense of touch. Once you add the 1000+ smell receptors … you’ll have plenty more unique memories to flash back on
My recs seem so random, but I think TH-cam's algorithm must have figured out that I just like videos where people do whatever it is that they love to do. Random wood carving, lobster rearing, garden-growing, foreign language learning, or tumbling rocks - its all interesting when the person is stoked to be sharing :) Thanks for the the random but entertaining rock-tumbling video. I didn't even know that was a thing, lol!
I like watching some of those things too, especially wood carving and gardening. I don't carve myself, but it's fun to watch someone else do it. Woodworking videos are fun too.
You are definitely all in on what you are doing. And it shows in your results. I love doing that too not to that extreme, keep doing what you do it’s educational and fun to watch. Thanks Rob!
It appeared in my recommended and I thought it was going to be boring. And yep, was really boring. There are probably some good ideas for those meme videos "I did THIS for a year, you won't believe WHAT happened!" but this is not one of them.
What an interesting video. The experiment kept my attention. Your month by month snippets of daily life as the year passed were very creative. Your efforts to be entertaining and unique are very much appreciated.
That was an neat experiment. Interesting how only half of them shined up. I was thinking you would either have a bunch of dust or one giant solidified rock at first. Then I thought maybe they would just stop once the grit ran out. You can always polish up the non shiny ones. I loved the monthly updates. The ice sliding when you were shovelling looked fun. We don’t get snow here. You have a beautiful yard and home.
Thanks, Christie. I wasn't sliding while shoveling. I was just not picking my feet up much, sort of shuffling along. It just looked funny when I sped it up. Shoveling really isn't all that much fun. Snowplowing is a little more fun though.
@@MichiganRocks I didn’t know that you could ride a unicycle. I knew that you could juggle. I guess if everything goes wrong, you could join the circus. You are multi talented. The unicycle looks hard. How do you steer and stop?
@@sparband To stop, just stop pedaling and put your feet down. The nice thing about learning to ride a unicycle is that when you fall, you almost always land on your feet. You don't get tangled up like you do with a bike. Steering is easy, just sort of twist. it's hard to explain, but just sort of natural to do. You might like this video of my son and me: th-cam.com/video/78k7ZL05Fao/w-d-xo.html
8:55 🤣 This was amazing 😆 The dad joke and then ending with a Midwestern accented “anywho” had me in tears. This is such a wholesome video. Teachers just doing rock experiments and geeking out. I don’t know why this video was recommended to me but I have subscribed for more Michigan rock experiments.
Never have I been interested in rock tumbling. TH-cam reccomended this and it didn't disappoint. Pretty rocks and I felt like I learned something new. 👍🏽
This is with out out a doubt, the most humble and genuine video/channel I have ever come across. Can't say I've ever given rocks much of a thought but this video came across my feed and the title itself had me intrigued enough that I had to click on it. I was not disappointed.
I didn't even know rock tumbling was a thing. I'm generally not interested in rocks at all. But this was a nice experiment and a nice video. Pretty rocks too!
Rocks are tumbled to smooth off all the rough edges , so punters pay more in jewelry shops for cabershon stones , like star Sapphires & star Ruby's , massive Amythest , Rose Quartz , and more
I just started rock tumbling rocks a few months ago. I have always been fascinated by different types of rocks and having a two year old granddaughter that loves “wocks”. This year received my rock tumbler for my 59th birthday and love it! Your TH-cam channel has shown a lot of good useable information and advice. Thank you for sharing your passion and experience with all of us!
Thinking about the indent of the bottom of the container: do you think the friction generated enough heat to expand? Maybe additional pressure from expanded air was able to leak out, but as the slurry got thicker and there was less friction, it cooled and the air shrank, but the "pulling" force just pulled the lid tighter and didn't allow any more air in.
Several people have pointed out that water vapor can actually go through rubber. That seems like the most likely explanation to me, but I'm not 100% sure.
I love all the creativity in this video! You had no problem letting the year go by as the agates tumbled along. The results are really cool and demonstrate nicely the reason for using grit from coarse to fine. It was great that Nancy joined you for the reveal. Nice blooper at the end! Thanks for this very cool experiment! 😎
@@MichiganRocks I mean that you know how to do many things well like carving and juggling and unicycling. They many be small things, but it's a display of extensive experience and creativiry to me. And yeah, patience as well.
very interesting, love the science experiment aspect, and the year long video montage was very nicely done. And the "pretty but dull, just like me" was top tier quality dad joke right there, love it.
So this is the first time I came across your videos and I loved every second of it!! As a former Yooper (on the west coast now) and school teacher (math and science), this video got you a new subscriber. I’ve also just got into tumbling this last Christmas. Thank you so much, but I have a lot of videos to watch now 😉
5:00 Oh interesting! I think I may know what occurred to these caved in barrels. Like many materials, rubber is not completely solid, nor is it completely nonreactive. In short, if you zoom in really close to the rubber surface you'll see microscopic holes that can attract gas molecules via capillary motion. What I think may be happening is as you're grinding away at these stones some of the ambient gas or some of the products created inside the tumbler got forced into the microscopic holes in the rubber, allowing it to react with the rubber or even diffuse through it - kind of like a deflating balloon. This would create a pressure gradient between the inside and outside of the container.
I was thinking that water leaked out around the gasket in tiny amounts as barometric pressure tries to equalize. Also temperature fluctuations in the tumbling room might expand and contract the air/water a tiny bit, pushing water out. Isn't one gram equal to 1 cc of water? And it was 4 grams weight loss over a year? So that'd be 4 cc's of water lost per year... 1 cc per season. -------- Proposed mechanism? Water is dense enough to pass by the gasket on the way out... but air is not dense enough to pass on the way in. ------- So the gasket is a one-way valve in effect.... allowing water to leak out with low barometric pressure.... but air cannot get back in when the barometer rises. ------ This explains the dented bottoms and the weight-loss. ------ My guess is that leakage at the gasket contributes more than leakage through molecular pores. Both may be weight-loss factors in this long term experiment. And then there is the rubber wear, too. ------- Plenty to keep people busy for decades figuring it all out. NyukNyukNyuk
Its just a reduction in density. The molecules in the rock have empty space between them. That empty space is a part of the total volume of the rock so when it is exposed, there is a reduction of volume that has no matter to fill it, resulting in a total loss of volume in the can.
I love watching all your videos and the humor you bring! I still cant get over when you said " Dont use your toothbrush when brushing off rocks, thats why im using my wifes" 🤣
I have no idea why I watched this. I have no idea why I enjoyed this. Probably on of the nerdiest things I've ever watched. Probably one of the most enjoyable things I've ever watched. Simple, honest and with unbelievable enthusiasm snd excitement. Real people doing real people things. You're great, loved it.
This is great!! Thanks for posting it :D I liked the calculation that it could’ve rolled to Timbuktu, that’s super cool. I would’ve actually expected it to go further, like around the earth at least once!
Those barrels go pretty slow. I was searching for someplace to use as a reference and I couldn't believe it when my friend found that one. Couldn't be more perfect.
What a great support Nancy has been for you! Now it’s one thing waiting a whole year for your own hobby but she is just fantastic for still being interested after hearing about it so long. Love your videos!
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I always had a rock collection as a kid. Geods, "fool's gold", dragon tears. Mostly stuff you get at the fake panning booths or gift shops if they had a rock section. To hear the real names it's neat and nostalgic.
That's how I got into this hobby. My son loved polished rocks in gift shops. We bought him a tumbler for Christmas, he lost interest after a couple years, and here I am making TH-cam videos about rocks. I never saw that coming.
@@MichiganRocks love this. I had a few rocks I would sleep with under my pillow as a kid, and I still love them to this day.. I’m always pointing out interesting rocks to people 😂
There is so much about this video to thank and enjoy! Thanks for making it and putting it out there, and thanks TH-cam algorithms for rolling this onto my timeline :)
I have never even heard of rock tumbling and yet TH-cam recommended me this video. It was actually super interesting! Glad you seem to really enjoy the hobby!
The slurry you see at the end reminds me that sand and clays are made in a similar way, but by grinding over millions of years. It would be really, really cool if you could grind rocks into your own clay particles and sculpt something with it, but surely that would take years of grinding, even with the tumbler. I don't know, but it would be really cool.
Not sure how this video came into my feed, but it was enjoyable. For me, this was exactly the community videos that TH-cam was originally intended for. I was mediocre at science in school but, I remember with a smile those teachers who did something extra and brought passion to teaching. You both clearly have that and thank you for creating and publishing this experiment and making it feel like a discovery and discussion in school. I enjoyed
Here are close up pictures of the carnelians from this video: th-cam.com/video/dGIGfMEwHbY/w-d-xo.html Close ups of the Bahias are here: th-cam.com/video/9wJL_gtQoZE/w-d-xo.html
This was very interesting and entertaining. Your expertise' on the unicycle is surprising. Seeing the total difference in the grit helps understand the unique properties and reason not only for the coarseness but the makeup of the abrasives. Thanks for this great experiment. You have far more patience than me, OUCH! I just burned my mouth. The pizza was still too hot. 😅
Mmmmm... Pizza, my favorite. Yes, the type of grit makes a big difference. I knew that, but only from what I had been told by others. Now I have seen it firsthand.
i've never watched a rock video in my life, but i can honestly appreciate your love for your passion and I think you're awesome for still being curious! never stop being curious my friend!
Yay- that was so great to see Nancy on your big reveal. It's always nice to see your suprise guest. I was able to connect with Mary from Olivet. She was super helpful and so kind. Thank you- thank you. I will be checking my mail daily, now. It's not just the stone, but the story and you tell a good one, my friend.
Mary sent me an email today asking me to make more stuff. She's sold out of just about everything. I spent the day making heart pendants. Thanks for buying something, I appreciate it.
Omg mr. Abram on my feed just made my day. Im happy to see you follow your passion! Keep it up this is actually entertaining, i just shared it with our classmates im sure they will be pleasantly surprised! Wholesome content
I recently retired and choose to rekindle my rock hounding passion. Watching some very well made videos like yours add tons to my knowledge pool. Then I put it to practice. Thanks for the great lesson, Teach.
Until finding your channel in my recommended and watching a couple videos, I had forgotten that I once had a hobby of collecting interesting rocks as a child. I don't know why I ever lost interest in it, because there are some really beautiful minerals out there! Your videos have reignited my interest in rocks, I think once the weather's nicer here, I'll make little day trips out to nature and see what interesting stones I can find.
I use to collect rocks as well. Seems like most the kids in my family liked collecting rocks. What started me off was a fascination for dinosaurs and fossils. I wanted to find a fossil so bad that I ended up with a bunch of cool rocks. The polisher looks pretty neat.
@@olliefoxx7165 That's exactly what got me started in the first place! When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I found this really nice, somewhat flat, smooth stone that vaguely resembled a large molar. As a very young child, I was convinced for a short while that it was a brontosaurus tooth. 😂Though it turned out (as you would expect) to only be a stone, it's still a really cool looking stone that I'm glad to still have all these years later.
@@arrestedeffort That's cool! I've found old stones with sea shell fossils and I felt like I discovered a new species. Of course that wasnt true, they were just sea shell fossils I'm rock but we are literally 6-7 hours from the nearest salt water. So those are many millions of years old. I like you still have your "brontosaurus" molar. That's pretty cool.😀
Oh my goodness Cousin Carol and I laughing so hard my hubby Rob wondered what we were watching. I commend your good editing and keeping things so light and funny. Thanks for the entertainment and educating You do.........Dude you ROCK
Sir... I gotta say this is amazing. Love the video and love the way you presented the material. Also keep up the great work and thanks for actually reading the comments. If you do end up seeing this just know your helping many people fall asleep and or get threw some time with interesting material.
I was curious about rock tumbling but didn’t want to test and wait. Thank you for making this video. Now I can spend my time doing something else and be more efficient
You two are perfect for each other. lol The "Kinda like me, pretty but dull" and the speed with which she agrees. Cherry on top the "anywho" right after. Riveting stuff lol. Nice video, it was fun to watch.
That unicycle juggling takes real skill. You're a beast at it. Pretty cool. Rocks came out real different. Could easily tell the difference. They sure rolled a long way. Was fun to watch. Great video
You didn't see all the falling that happened during the filming of the juggling. I'm fine juggling non-flaming clubs on a unicycle, but I haven't juggled fire on a unicycle in awhile and I wasn't very good at it. Having a Jeep with a camera in it right in front of me to think about didn't help matters any.
And this is why TH-cam was made. I would never have thought to watch anything like this, but here I am. Very much enjoyed watching every second of this. Well done. And thank you.
Fantastic video!! Great editing, and you helped answer queations I've had about this process I've heard about. Also, your explanation of the difference between SiC and "AO" is very helpful! This might explain why I didn't care as much for the SiC pre-polish material. Hmm. Thanks, Rob!
I can't believe some of the polishes and pre-polishes some companies are selling. If you're doing four steps, I think the first two should be silicon carbide and the last two should be aluminum oxide. It's just so obvious from this experiment.
Well now we know we can go away for a long vacation and let the tumbler run. I thought for sure the rocks were going to be reduced to BB sized. Amazing final results.
Not sure why the algorithm put you in my feed, but glad it did! What a cool experiment and a well put together video with a great result. That slurry looked like paint at the end…and you seem to be an interesting guy and maybe something of a polymath. Mathematician, scientist, juggler, pumpkin sculptor 😆. I’ve never been a rock hound, but this interesting video got me to subscribe. Keep up the good work, friend.
Great video!!! Thanks a million for sharing! I really appreciate your attention to details and the experimental aspects. Thanks again and Happy New Year btw!
Fantastic editing. A year's worth of work in one little video. I enjoyed this a lot. Though I would have loved to have seen all the shiny ones up close!
I live in Whittemore.. its cool to see my local people doing things ive had an interest in for a while.. the results were so cool.. congrats on the dedication and patience.. hope to see more soon
Super cool video. I’m definitely not a rock guy, but the passion you put into this little project was awesome. Made it interesting every step of the way. Loved it! Will check out the playlist now
Thanks for doing this!!! I have always had this question in the back of my mind I didn’t wanna stop tumbling for winter so I loaded them up in October and just left them now I’m glad I used aluminum oxide!
No idea why this appeared on my feed. I have zero interest in rocks and yet I couldn’t stop watching until the end. Really cool experiment, glad I watched the whole thing!
Loved this. My dad, a engineer, tumbled and ground/shaped rocks as a hobby when I was a kid. We always had a big bowl of small rocks (the size of yours there), highly polished in the tumbler, to sort through and admire. The whole family loved them. Pretty much all of them came from a single summer vacation on the Michigan side of Lake Huron in the 1960’s. They were driven back to Montreal when we left.The variety was broad and amazing. I still have a couple of them!
What a cool experiment Rob, thanks for sharing it with us. Once I read the title, I figured you probably have pebbles left over. Then I heard you explain the grit and it made sense with what the results were. Nice to see to see Nancy, my wife enjoys her! You can see the teacher come out here, when it comes to having to come up with new ideas. Hit it out of the park as always!
@@MichiganRocks Maybe you don't see yourself as creative, but you most definitely are. It comes out in your videos. Your work is on another level, you pay attention to all the little details, add jokes, show us an adventure of a time, beautiful views and sounds, your shorts are unique and cool. Thanks for teaching, inspiring, and always making me jealous of your work and rocks!
I'm very glad I didn't have to wait a year to watch this video, because I don't think I could wait!!! I was glued to the screen waiting to see how the rocks looked!
I do admire you for planning & producing this video - would take a lot of patience - and what a pretty home you have, & so multi-talented! Better see some of those rocks up closer to really appreciate the differences & results. I guess it also means you don't have to worry too much if you forgot about rocks tumbling in SC? Cheers!
I have lots of room in my big tumbler, so it wasn't too hard to just take up two spots and let the barrels run. I tried not to think about them too much over the year.
Love the science experiments ! Awesome you had the patience to wait the whole yr..I don't think I could have made it a yr without peaking in on the rocks..lol..great to see Nancy's in on the fun..thanks for sharing..👍
Haha you got so excited you opened them up two weeks earlier. Very good video and very informative. I didn't know that's how tumblers work or the materials that go with it
God bless you, you seem like a very kind hearted and honest man. All the best from the UK. I enjoyed your video, I'd never heard of anything like this before.
Never seen this channel before. I am a rockhounder and found all this information incredibly helpful! But when the year month montage started my heart was filled with warmth 💕 seeing you so passionate with rocks and then seeing all the gardening kayaking crafts and time spent smiling with your wife!! It’s so beautiful to get a glimpse of your lovely life. The way you and your wife smile and laugh together is unbelievably desirable and beautiful. Thanks for making these videos, some viewers will really be affected by this in a good way. Keep on!
I gotta hand it to you, your level of dedication is phenomenal; that was one of the cutest videos you've put out, watching your activities through the year; and that blooper at the end was funny, thinking of you going around your neighborhood setting your neighbors' lawns on fire. great video, good job.
Great video idea! I've sure never seen this done. It really puts the natural weathering of rock in the creeks or elsewhere into perspective. Thank you for showing this!
It is all about rocks. I do a lot of rock hunting videos and also lapidary and tumbling videos. I was out all day today in my kayak recording for my next video.
Close ups of the carnelians from this video are here: th-cam.com/video/dGIGfMEwHbY/w-d-xo.html
Bahia agate close ups are here: th-cam.com/video/9wJL_gtQoZE/w-d-xo.html
Petrified wood turns out looking pretty cool . Sold some before after tumbling them to jewelry place 😁
@@robertstewart7228 Yes, I have tumbled some pet. wood.
What if you tumbled in diamond dust or crushed lava? Just Curious... Or asking for a friend.... Lol 🤣😂💯😃👍
@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 Nope and nope!
Question- if you took the dull ones, and tumbled them in the “shiny stuff”, would they then turn shiny? Or is it too late, they’ll always be dull now? Lol
Imagine my surprise when my former Algebra teacher showed up in my recommended feed with a new video about tumbling rocks with 1.6m views (and a cameo from my former Science teacher too!). Awesome stuff Mr. Abram, very cool to see your passion and the community you've built here. Shared with a few other Wildcats!
Hey, crowelag, I can't say I remember anyone with your name. It seems like a name like that would stick in my head.
I seem to be doing a bit better with rocks than with math. I don't think I'd have 1.6 million views on a video about how to factor a trinomial.
@@MichiganRocks Yep! You lost me at the simple thought of how to factor a trinomial! I’ll take geology any day! Great video! You now have a new subscriber. 😁
@@lanaparedes6460 Thanks, Lana!
@@MichiganRocks you might be surprised, I watched a video the other day that explained the history of how we figured out factoring cubics and why it took so long to figure out and it's a pretty popular video. Although there are at least 4 really popular math channels that I know of so it might be hard to find topics you're able to make a popular video with. I prefer quality over popularity myself though, and I know a lot of others that are the same way.
@@AngelNearDestruction I'm sure there are lots of math videos out there. I know Kahn Academy is super popular. I did that for long enough, though, now I'm teaching other things.
"pretty, but dull"
*without missing a beat* "Kinda like me!"
Dad: 100
how she said “eehyup” i was like ouch, owie. relax sis haha
Yeeeeeeeeppppp....
Yeah this tickled me haha!
I was gonna like this comment but it's sitting on exactly 500 likes and my mind might burst into flames
Any hoo…. Classic!
Absolutely love how TH-cam can take something that I NEVER would have even thought about watching and have me spending 11 minutes waiting to see what happens to rocks after a year in a tumbler…glad I stumbled across it! Great video!
Thanks, James. This one got pushed way outside my usual viewers and a lot of people seemed to enjoy it. Thanks for taking the time to leave such a nice comment.
Haha I was just thinking the same thing. Why the hell did I just watch this entire video
That’s what I said! Haha! I make people laugh and review games. He’s polishing rocks and getting more views than I could dream of! Haha! He has nice editing too.
Happened to me another time with watching a guy unclogging culverts and drains for literally hours..
The wormhole is real lmfao
The rock reveal was great but I was really happy to see your year montage. It was such a cute add-in and brought a smile to my face. Thank you for your video~ I’m interested to see what comes next!
Thanks. I had fun with that part. I wanted to do something to show the passage of time.
As a guy who had a rock tumbler as a kid, I loved this video.
Why did you have a rock tumbler as a kid?
Hey Destin! Thanks for the comment. I love your videos.
Lots of kids have rock tumblers. That's how I got started in this, by giving my son a rock tumbler for Christmas. We hunted rocks and tumbled them together for a couple years, then he out grew it but I didn't.
@@EdibleRockingChair - Who doesn't love a bit of rock and roll, even as a kid? Okay, I'll see myself out...
@@MichiganRocks Fellow Michigander here, I remember getting my first tumbler at either COSI in Ohio or the Detroit Science Center on a school field trip. I wore the motor out of mine and then just kinda fell out of interest.
~15 years later as an adult, I didn't think I'd find myself watching someone tumble rocks but I always loved seeing the end result, and this video wasn't any different!
That whole montage of you showing us the things you did during the year was the icing on the cake, the cherry on top, it rocked!!
Thanks, I had a lot of fun making that part.
I can remember having teachers who were just as passionate about their craft as you are. The lessons and enthusiasm you impart stay with your pupils. Hope the next generation of teachers have as much passion to teach as you do. I definitely learned something new. Loved the video!
Thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to make such a nice comment.
I started this video and was kinda unsure id stick through the whole thing
I'm very glad i did, it was way more interesting than I thought, and there's some simple charm to the production, and it's always a treat to see genuine enjoyment of a hobby :3
I'm a simple guy, so the production is simple.
If only everybody was as excited about something as this guy with rocks
They're minerals!
@@Maityist damnit, Marie!
If your not at least as excited as this guy about something in life, are you actually living life?
Exactly what i thought xd
Rockhounds do crazy things for rocks (and minerals)as pointed out!!!
My father bought me a rock tumbler as a kid, we spent time together finding rocks, selecting which ones to use, and tumbling several batches with great results.
I'm not sure what ever happened to that rock tumbler, perhaps it's still in his basement somewhere. I wish we had used it more. Fortunately he's still alive and doing well so I can ask him about it.
I've often thought about that time we spent together tumbling rocks, wonderful memories.
As an adult I've thought about buying a new rock tumbler (maybe I'll finally do it after having stumbled upon this video). When I have children I'll definitely be sharing that experience with them.
Watching this video I realized that I still remember what the slurry smells like when you open the lid.
I got started in this with my son. Your first paragraph is a very good description of what we did together.
Interesting that you remembered the smell of the slurry after a long time?
@@markfryer9880
Ever had a memory from looking at something? What about feeling something without looking at it. Of course and that’s because you have 4 differ light sensors and about the same amount for sense of touch. Once you add the 1000+ smell receptors … you’ll have plenty more unique memories to flash back on
I appreciate the thorough attempt at consistency between the 2 types of rock
I did my best!
My recs seem so random, but I think TH-cam's algorithm must have figured out that I just like videos where people do whatever it is that they love to do. Random wood carving, lobster rearing, garden-growing, foreign language learning, or tumbling rocks - its all interesting when the person is stoked to be sharing :) Thanks for the the random but entertaining rock-tumbling video. I didn't even know that was a thing, lol!
I like watching some of those things too, especially wood carving and gardening. I don't carve myself, but it's fun to watch someone else do it. Woodworking videos are fun too.
You are definitely all in on what you are doing. And it shows in your results. I love doing that too not to that extreme, keep doing what you do it’s educational and fun to watch. Thanks Rob!
Thanks! I had the space in my tumbler, so it wasn't that big of a deal for me. I always wondered what would happen if you did this and now I know.
@@MichiganRocks So do we!
EXTREME ROCK TUMBLING!!!!
Who knew?
@@MichiganRocks Did the barrels get hot over the summer? Maybe the pressure built up and escaped and that's how the barrels lost that weight
@@gotrees4 No, they are in the basement that stays cool all year long.
This was a lot more entertaining that I thought it was going to be. A thoroughly wholesome and enjoyable video.
I'm glad it surprised you!
Makes ya suspicious right?
It appeared in my recommended and I thought it was going to be boring. And yep, was really boring.
There are probably some good ideas for those meme videos "I did THIS for a year, you won't believe WHAT happened!" but this is not one of them.
Stripes AND spots on the same rock? You two are right; who could ask for more! 😍 wonderful, educational content! Thank you for sharing 😊
No problem, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This whole video was one big life-affirming experience. I love people who love to share their passions. Go rocks!
"Go rocks!" is not something I hear very often, but wish I did.
What an interesting video. The experiment kept my attention. Your month by month snippets of daily life as the year passed were very creative.
Your efforts to be entertaining and unique are very much appreciated.
Sometimes I do better than others. I'm pretty happy with how this video turned out.
That was an neat experiment. Interesting how only half of them shined up. I was thinking you would either have a bunch of dust or one giant solidified rock at first. Then I thought maybe they would just stop once the grit ran out. You can always polish up the non shiny ones. I loved the monthly updates. The ice sliding when you were shovelling looked fun. We don’t get snow here. You have a beautiful yard and home.
Thanks, Christie. I wasn't sliding while shoveling. I was just not picking my feet up much, sort of shuffling along. It just looked funny when I sped it up. Shoveling really isn't all that much fun. Snowplowing is a little more fun though.
@@MichiganRocks I didn’t know that you could ride a unicycle. I knew that you could juggle. I guess if everything goes wrong, you could join the circus. You are multi talented. The unicycle looks hard. How do you steer and stop?
@@sparband To stop, just stop pedaling and put your feet down. The nice thing about learning to ride a unicycle is that when you fall, you almost always land on your feet. You don't get tangled up like you do with a bike. Steering is easy, just sort of twist. it's hard to explain, but just sort of natural to do.
You might like this video of my son and me: th-cam.com/video/78k7ZL05Fao/w-d-xo.html
Jeez OP - put a 'spoiler alert' on your comment :/
@@sullivpaul You read the comments before watching the video? I'm not judging, just surprised. I always watch the video before reading comments.
8:55 🤣 This was amazing 😆 The dad joke and then ending with a Midwestern accented “anywho” had me in tears. This is such a wholesome video. Teachers just doing rock experiments and geeking out. I don’t know why this video was recommended to me but I have subscribed for more Michigan rock experiments.
I'm glad I could amuse you. Thanks for subscribing.
Never have I been interested in rock tumbling. TH-cam reccomended this and it didn't disappoint. Pretty rocks and I felt like I learned something new. 👍🏽
Well that all turned out pretty well!
This is with out out a doubt, the most humble and genuine video/channel I have ever come across.
Can't say I've ever given rocks much of a thought but this video came across my feed and the title itself had me intrigued enough that I had to click on it. I was not disappointed.
Thanks, Tim!
I didn't even know rock tumbling was a thing. I'm generally not interested in rocks at all. But this was a nice experiment and a nice video. Pretty rocks too!
Thanks, I'm glad I could show you something new.
This comment better not get alot of likes and replies
@@5446isnotmynumber ?
@@5446isnotmynumber ?
Rocks are tumbled to smooth off all the rough edges , so punters pay more in jewelry shops for cabershon stones , like star Sapphires & star Ruby's , massive Amythest , Rose Quartz , and more
I just started rock tumbling rocks a few months ago. I have always been fascinated by different types of rocks and having a two year old granddaughter that loves “wocks”. This year received my rock tumbler for my 59th birthday and love it! Your TH-cam channel has shown a lot of good useable information and advice. Thank you for sharing your passion and experience with all of us!
You're welcome! You and your granddaughter should have fun over the next several years as you two learn how to tumble rocks together.
Thinking about the indent of the bottom of the container: do you think the friction generated enough heat to expand? Maybe additional pressure from expanded air was able to leak out, but as the slurry got thicker and there was less friction, it cooled and the air shrank, but the "pulling" force just pulled the lid tighter and didn't allow any more air in.
Several people have pointed out that water vapor can actually go through rubber. That seems like the most likely explanation to me, but I'm not 100% sure.
@@MichiganRocks Water loss was defenetly my first thought when you said it had lost weight as well.
I love all the creativity in this video! You had no problem letting the year go by as the agates tumbled along. The results are really cool and demonstrate nicely the reason for using grit from coarse to fine. It was great that Nancy joined you for the reveal. Nice blooper at the end! Thanks for this very cool experiment! 😎
Yeah, Nancy managed to get in at the very end after I did all the work! Sneaky.
@@MichiganRocks 🤣
@@MichiganRocks lol 😂
Awesome.Alpena MI! I used to live here.
@@downriverbill I still do!
Next video: tumbling rocks long enough to get to timbukthree
Timbukthree 😂😂 I'm gonna have to use that now
Get out
So you're the reason this got recommended to me! Get back to work or Craigs gunna get mad!
I was today years old when I found out rock tumbling is a thing! This was an incredibly wholesome and interesting video! 🥰
I'm glad you finally discovered rock tumbling. It's a big day!
Dude you're such a capable person. I hope to live long enough to become someone like you.
I'm just patient, that's all.
@@MichiganRocks I mean that you know how to do many things well like carving and juggling and unicycling. They many be small things, but it's a display of extensive experience and creativiry to me.
And yeah, patience as well.
i have no idea what i'm watching but i was intrigued enough to watch the whole thing
Thanks for sticking with it!
Glad to see the algorithm hits my favorite creators as well lol
very interesting, love the science experiment aspect, and the year long video montage was very nicely done. And the "pretty but dull, just like me" was top tier quality dad joke right there, love it.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Mike!
I can’t tell you how much I enjoy finding random channels with such a passion for odd things I’ve never thought about. Good stuff
Welcome to my odd hobby channel!
So this is the first time I came across your videos and I loved every second of it!! As a former Yooper (on the west coast now) and school teacher (math and science), this video got you a new subscriber. I’ve also just got into tumbling this last Christmas. Thank you so much, but I have a lot of videos to watch now 😉
Sounds like we’ll get along great. I just retired after 30 years of teaching eighth grade math.
5:00 Oh interesting! I think I may know what occurred to these caved in barrels.
Like many materials, rubber is not completely solid, nor is it completely nonreactive. In short, if you zoom in really close to the rubber surface you'll see microscopic holes that can attract gas molecules via capillary motion. What I think may be happening is as you're grinding away at these stones some of the ambient gas or some of the products created inside the tumbler got forced into the microscopic holes in the rubber, allowing it to react with the rubber or even diffuse through it - kind of like a deflating balloon. This would create a pressure gradient between the inside and outside of the container.
A couple other people said similar things. I think you're probably right. Thanks for the explanation.
I was thinking that water leaked out around the gasket in tiny amounts as barometric pressure tries to equalize.
Also temperature fluctuations in the tumbling room might expand and contract the air/water a tiny bit, pushing water out.
Isn't one gram equal to 1 cc of water? And it was 4 grams weight loss over a year?
So that'd be 4 cc's of water lost per year... 1 cc per season.
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Proposed mechanism?
Water is dense enough to pass by the gasket on the way out...
but air is not dense enough to pass on the way in.
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So the gasket is a one-way valve in effect....
allowing water to leak out with low barometric pressure....
but air cannot get back in when the barometer rises.
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This explains the dented bottoms and the weight-loss.
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My guess is that leakage at the gasket contributes more than leakage through molecular pores.
Both may be weight-loss factors in this long term experiment.
And then there is the rubber wear, too.
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Plenty to keep people busy for decades figuring it all out.
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Its just a reduction in density. The molecules in the rock have empty space between them. That empty space is a part of the total volume of the rock so when it is exposed, there is a reduction of volume that has no matter to fill it, resulting in a total loss of volume in the can.
@@eecarolinee There's certainly a lot to think about. Those sound like some good possibilities.
@@robertkerr4199 That was my thought but I'm no expert
I love watching all your videos and the humor you bring! I still cant get over when you said " Dont use your toothbrush when brushing off rocks, thats why im using my wifes" 🤣
Wow, that was a long time ago that I used her toothbrush for cleaning rocks. She doesn't let me do that since she saw that video.
You must be a big rock and roll fan
I have no idea why I watched this. I have no idea why I enjoyed this. Probably on of the nerdiest things I've ever watched. Probably one of the most enjoyable things I've ever watched. Simple, honest and with unbelievable enthusiasm snd excitement. Real people doing real people things. You're great, loved it.
I'm glad I could surprise and entertain you, John. Thanks for giving my video a chance.
This is great!! Thanks for posting it :D I liked the calculation that it could’ve rolled to Timbuktu, that’s super cool. I would’ve actually expected it to go further, like around the earth at least once!
Those barrels go pretty slow. I was searching for someplace to use as a reference and I couldn't believe it when my friend found that one. Couldn't be more perfect.
What a great support Nancy has been for you! Now it’s one thing waiting a whole year for your own hobby but she is just fantastic for still being interested after hearing about it so long. Love your videos!
Yep, Nancy is great. She does like rocks to some extent, but not like I do. I appreciate her putting up with me.
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I always had a rock collection as a kid. Geods, "fool's gold", dragon tears. Mostly stuff you get at the fake panning booths or gift shops if they had a rock section. To hear the real names it's neat and nostalgic.
That's how I got into this hobby. My son loved polished rocks in gift shops. We bought him a tumbler for Christmas, he lost interest after a couple years, and here I am making TH-cam videos about rocks. I never saw that coming.
@@MichiganRocks love this. I had a few rocks I would sleep with under my pillow as a kid, and I still love them to this day.. I’m always pointing out interesting rocks to people 😂
There is so much about this video to thank and enjoy! Thanks for making it and putting it out there, and thanks TH-cam algorithms for rolling this onto my timeline :)
I'm glad you liked it, Scott.
I have never even heard of rock tumbling and yet TH-cam recommended me this video. It was actually super interesting! Glad you seem to really enjoy the hobby!
It's a fun hobby if you like rocks.
This man seems like a blast. I wish I had had a father like him. Lucky family. ❤️
The slurry you see at the end reminds me that sand and clays are made in a similar way, but by grinding over millions of years.
It would be really, really cool if you could grind rocks into your own clay particles and sculpt something with it, but surely that would take years of grinding, even with the tumbler.
I don't know, but it would be really cool.
I think I'll leave that for someone else. I'm not much of a sculptor.
@@MichiganRocks oh dont be so modest, we all saw your jack o' lantern! that thing was gorgeous!
@@MichiganRocks new video idea though. "I tumbled rocks for a million years"
Not sure how this video came into my feed, but it was enjoyable.
For me, this was exactly the community videos that TH-cam was originally intended for.
I was mediocre at science in school but, I remember with a smile those teachers who did something extra and brought passion to teaching.
You both clearly have that and thank you for creating and publishing this experiment and making it feel like a discovery and discussion in school.
I enjoyed
I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for your nice comment.
Super cool! I remember tumbling rocks as a kid. I would’ve loved to see a close up of each individual rock!
Here are close up pictures of the carnelians from this video: th-cam.com/video/dGIGfMEwHbY/w-d-xo.html
Close ups of the Bahias are here: th-cam.com/video/9wJL_gtQoZE/w-d-xo.html
This was very interesting and entertaining. Your expertise' on the unicycle is surprising.
Seeing the total difference in the grit helps understand the unique properties and reason not only for the coarseness but the makeup of the abrasives. Thanks for this great experiment. You have far more patience than me, OUCH! I just burned my mouth. The pizza was still too hot. 😅
Mmmmm... Pizza, my favorite.
Yes, the type of grit makes a big difference. I knew that, but only from what I had been told by others. Now I have seen it firsthand.
TH-cam: Would you like to see what happens to rocks inside a tumbler for a year?
Me: Why not.
No!
i've never watched a rock video in my life, but i can honestly appreciate your love for your passion and I think you're awesome for still being curious! never stop being curious my friend!
I’m glad you gave it a chance and enjoyed it!
Thank you for taking the initiative to make these videos. You brought back such happy memories of my childhood.
You're welcome! Rock tumblers aren't just for kids though, the people who watch my videos tend to be my age or older.
Yay- that was so great to see Nancy on your big reveal. It's always nice to see your suprise guest. I was able to connect with Mary from Olivet. She was super helpful and so kind. Thank you- thank you. I will be checking my mail daily, now. It's not just the stone, but the story and you tell a good one, my friend.
Mary sent me an email today asking me to make more stuff. She's sold out of just about everything. I spent the day making heart pendants. Thanks for buying something, I appreciate it.
What a wholesome guy 😭 I bet he's a great dad and math teacher 🥺
Lots to teach for sure.
Omg mr. Abram on my feed just made my day. Im happy to see you follow your passion! Keep it up this is actually entertaining, i just shared it with our classmates im sure they will be pleasantly surprised! Wholesome content
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've had a few other past students comment on this one too.
I recently retired and choose to rekindle my rock hounding passion. Watching some very well made videos like yours add tons to my knowledge pool. Then I put it to practice. Thanks for the great lesson, Teach.
You're welcome, I'm glad to help out.
Until finding your channel in my recommended and watching a couple videos, I had forgotten that I once had a hobby of collecting interesting rocks as a child. I don't know why I ever lost interest in it, because there are some really beautiful minerals out there! Your videos have reignited my interest in rocks, I think once the weather's nicer here, I'll make little day trips out to nature and see what interesting stones I can find.
That's a great and relaxing way to spend a day.
I use to collect rocks as well. Seems like most the kids in my family liked collecting rocks. What started me off was a fascination for dinosaurs and fossils. I wanted to find a fossil so bad that I ended up with a bunch of cool rocks. The polisher looks pretty neat.
@@olliefoxx7165 We have lots of fossils in my part of Michigan, but no dinosaurs. It's all sea life fossils here.
@@olliefoxx7165 That's exactly what got me started in the first place! When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I found this really nice, somewhat flat, smooth stone that vaguely resembled a large molar. As a very young child, I was convinced for a short while that it was a brontosaurus tooth. 😂Though it turned out (as you would expect) to only be a stone, it's still a really cool looking stone that I'm glad to still have all these years later.
@@arrestedeffort That's cool! I've found old stones with sea shell fossils and I felt like I discovered a new species. Of course that wasnt true, they were just sea shell fossils I'm rock but we are literally 6-7 hours from the nearest salt water. So those are many millions of years old. I like you still have your "brontosaurus" molar. That's pretty cool.😀
Oh my goodness Cousin Carol and I laughing so hard my hubby Rob wondered what we were watching. I commend your good editing and keeping things so light and funny. Thanks for the entertainment and educating You do.........Dude you ROCK
Thanks, Debi. I'm glad you were amused!
I admire your determination with this video; you had me intrigued the entirety of the video. Thank you !
Thanks!
Sir... I gotta say this is amazing. Love the video and love the way you presented the material. Also keep up the great work and thanks for actually reading the comments. If you do end up seeing this just know your helping many people fall asleep and or get threw some time with interesting material.
I'm reading it. I guess I'm serving people either way, either the insomniacs or the folks interested in rocks.
I was curious about rock tumbling but didn’t want to test and wait. Thank you for making this video. Now I can spend my time doing something else and be more efficient
I've got my first batch tumbling right now. This experiment was so cool! Thanks for all of your great content.
You're welcome. Remember this video when you're choosing grits. It's important.
You two are perfect for each other. lol The "Kinda like me, pretty but dull" and the speed with which she agrees. Cherry on top the "anywho" right after. Riveting stuff lol. Nice video, it was fun to watch.
Thanks, Jesse. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
As a fellow rockhound I appreciate it when someone else shares my love of rocks. You seem to have it in spades. :)
Yep, I do appreciate rocks. There are so many fun rocks out there.
This was really neat, I loved the little monthly montage for the year. I'm not a big rock person but this was a cool experiment.
Thanks!
Sorry to be pedantic but I think you mean “I’m not a boulder person”
That unicycle juggling takes real skill. You're a beast at it. Pretty cool. Rocks came out real different. Could easily tell the difference. They sure rolled a long way. Was fun to watch. Great video
You didn't see all the falling that happened during the filming of the juggling. I'm fine juggling non-flaming clubs on a unicycle, but I haven't juggled fire on a unicycle in awhile and I wasn't very good at it. Having a Jeep with a camera in it right in front of me to think about didn't help matters any.
And this is why TH-cam was made. I would never have thought to watch anything like this, but here I am. Very much enjoyed watching every second of this. Well done. And thank you.
Thanks, Dale! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I randomly got the video recommended and it was really a joy to watch. You are a very sympathetic guy.
Glad you liked it!
Fantastic video!! Great editing, and you helped answer queations I've had about this process I've heard about. Also, your explanation of the difference between SiC and "AO" is very helpful! This might explain why I didn't care as much for the SiC pre-polish material. Hmm. Thanks, Rob!
I can't believe some of the polishes and pre-polishes some companies are selling. If you're doing four steps, I think the first two should be silicon carbide and the last two should be aluminum oxide. It's just so obvious from this experiment.
Very cool, and we’ll done on being that patient. What an amazing demonstration of the two grits. Thanks for sharing and what a great montage.
Glad you liked it, Jeff. I had a lot of fun making this one.
First time watching here, subscribed within the first 2 minutes. The genuine love for rocks here is unparalleled
Thanks for subscribing, Sunny. I do love rocks. I just got back from a trip to the U.P. walking the beaches of Lake Superior.
Ready like the months of what you did really truthfully entertaining to watch. This is the first video I watched from your channel
Thanks. I had fun doing those little clips to show the passage of time.
Well now we know we can go away for a long vacation and let the tumbler run. I thought for sure the rocks were going to be reduced to BB sized. Amazing final results.
Nah, the grit breaks down so small after a week or so that it doesn't grind enough to wear away as much.
I love finding these gems of a video on TH-cam. It’s so great to learn from and watch someone who loves what they are doing. Thanks for making this!
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Not sure why the algorithm put you in my feed, but glad it did! What a cool experiment and a well put together video with a great result. That slurry looked like paint at the end…and you seem to be an interesting guy and maybe something of a polymath. Mathematician, scientist, juggler, pumpkin sculptor 😆. I’ve never been a rock hound, but this interesting video got me to subscribe. Keep up the good work, friend.
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it. This was a really fun video to make.
I’ve immensely enjoyed this video, start to finish. Very well done.
Thanks, Sandi!
Great video!!! Thanks a million for sharing! I really appreciate your attention to details and the experimental aspects. Thanks again and Happy New Year btw!
Happy New Year, Spencer!
Fantastic editing. A year's worth of work in one little video. I enjoyed this a lot. Though I would have loved to have seen all the shiny ones up close!
Here's half of them. The other half will be shown next Tuesday. th-cam.com/video/dGIGfMEwHbY/w-d-xo.html
I live in Whittemore.. its cool to see my local people doing things ive had an interest in for a while.. the results were so cool.. congrats on the dedication and patience.. hope to see more soon
Thanks! It’s fun to see locals commenting.
Truely the extra clips to show the pass of a yr are gold! Keep living the dream. Great video
I really enjoyed doing those little clips.
Super cool video. I’m definitely not a rock guy, but the passion you put into this little project was awesome. Made it interesting every step of the way.
Loved it! Will check out the playlist now
Thanks. This was a fun little experiment.
Thanks for doing this!!! I have always had this question in the back of my mind I didn’t wanna stop tumbling for winter so I loaded them up in October and just left them now I’m glad I used aluminum oxide!
You won't get much shaping from aluminum oxide, but you sure will get a shine.
No idea why this appeared on my feed. I have zero interest in rocks and yet I couldn’t stop watching until the end. Really cool experiment, glad I watched the whole thing!
I'm glad you did too! Thanks.
Kudos to you for introducing alot of us to rock polishing and commiting a year to an experiment.
It was something I have wondered about for a long time. I feel better now that I know what will happen.
Loved this. My dad, a engineer, tumbled and ground/shaped rocks as a hobby when I was a kid. We always had a big bowl of small rocks (the size of yours there), highly polished in the tumbler, to sort through and admire. The whole family loved them. Pretty much all of them came from a single summer vacation on the Michigan side of Lake Huron in the 1960’s. They were driven back to Montreal when we left.The variety was broad and amazing. I still have a couple of them!
That's a great story! Sounds like some great memories of your Michigan vacation.
What a cool experiment Rob, thanks for sharing it with us. Once I read the title, I figured you probably have pebbles left over. Then I heard you explain the grit and it made sense with what the results were. Nice to see to see Nancy, my wife enjoys her!
You can see the teacher come out here, when it comes to having to come up with new ideas. Hit it out of the park as always!
Thanks, Nicholas. I'm not usually super creative, so I was happy I cam up with this idea. It worked out well.
@@MichiganRocks Maybe you don't see yourself as creative, but you most definitely are. It comes out in your videos. Your work is on another level, you pay attention to all the little details, add jokes, show us an adventure of a time, beautiful views and sounds, your shorts are unique and cool. Thanks for teaching, inspiring, and always making me jealous of your work and rocks!
@@CityRockhounding Thanks, Nicolas!
I'm very glad I didn't have to wait a year to watch this video, because I don't think I could wait!!! I was glued to the screen waiting to see how the rocks looked!
I do the waiting so you don’t have to.
Thank you for this interesting insight into this hobby! I haven't really looked into this before. Also very well made video!
It's a fun hobby. I have really enjoyed it over the past ten plus years.
I do admire you for planning & producing this video - would take a lot of patience - and what a pretty home you have, & so multi-talented! Better see some of those rocks up closer to really appreciate the differences & results. I guess it also means you don't have to worry too much if you forgot about rocks tumbling in SC? Cheers!
I have lots of room in my big tumbler, so it wasn't too hard to just take up two spots and let the barrels run. I tried not to think about them too much over the year.
I know nothing about rocks but I love your dedication and enthusiasm! I’m sure I’ll be watching and learning more in the future
Thanks. I'm a fan of mowing the lawn too.
Never thought I'd ever watch something like this. Actually pretty cool experiment. Nice job.
Thanks, Logan.
This is actually one of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time, you’re awesome!
Thanks, Victor.
Love the science experiments ! Awesome you had the patience to wait the whole yr..I don't think I could have made it a yr without peaking in on the rocks..lol..great to see Nancy's in on the fun..thanks for sharing..👍
I just tried really hard to forget about those barrels. I have enough other barrel going that it wasn't too hard to do.
Haha you got so excited you opened them up two weeks earlier. Very good video and very informative. I didn't know that's how tumblers work or the materials that go with it
Good on you, guy! Looks like a full year of living your life the way you want. I admire your character.
God bless you, you seem like a very kind hearted and honest man.
All the best from the UK. I enjoyed your video, I'd never heard of anything like this before.
Thanks! Rock tumbling is a pretty popular hobby here. It's not like everyone is doing it, but more people than you might imagine are.
This popped up on my recommendations and I'm not disappointed. Lovely video!
Thanks!
Always enjoy seeing Nancy! What an interesting experiment. I really enjoyed your monthly dedication to the experiment as well! :)
I was reminded all year that those rocks were still rolling.
@@MichiganRocks 😂😂😂 I bet!!
Never seen this channel before. I am a rockhounder and found all this information incredibly helpful! But when the year month montage started my heart was filled with warmth 💕 seeing you so passionate with rocks and then seeing all the gardening kayaking crafts and time spent smiling with your wife!! It’s so beautiful to get a glimpse of your lovely life. The way you and your wife smile and laugh together is unbelievably desirable and beautiful. Thanks for making these videos, some viewers will really be affected by this in a good way. Keep on!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed meeting us. Nice to have you here.
Imagine if TH-cam was 100% wholesome & educational content like this. Oh what a world that would be!
This got recommend not even halfway through am subscribing as this is really interesting to see a project span over a year.
This is the only one that you'll see that went a year. I do have some more in depth tumbling videos that took several months though.
I gotta hand it to you, your level of dedication is phenomenal; that was one of the cutest videos you've put out, watching your activities through the year; and that blooper at the end was funny, thinking of you going around your neighborhood setting your neighbors' lawns on fire. great video, good job.
I've never set anything on fire, but my neighbors aren't phased by me anymore.
Great video idea! I've sure never seen this done. It really puts the natural weathering of rock in the creeks or elsewhere into perspective. Thank you for showing this!
Creeks don't have grit with a Mohs hardness of 9 like these barrels had. They'd take a lot longer rolling around in just sand.
If this chanel is all about rocks, then I'm glad that I subscribed, always been fascinated with rocks
It is all about rocks. I do a lot of rock hunting videos and also lapidary and tumbling videos. I was out all day today in my kayak recording for my next video.