Dude I am hungry, thirsty and there's a party nearby I was going to but, nah, I stayed watching this guy tumbling rocks...wtf? This was the most relaxing video ever, now I want a tumbler
Very cool, it will be a nice experience to share with her. I did many batches with my kids watching and helping years ago. Good luck and do not switch the batches too early. Patience (something I do not have much of) is your friend when tumbling rocks. Thank you. Joe
I loved polished rocks my whole life. Now I have my own tumbler and opening it up to see even ordinary looking rocks turn into beautiful ones is like Christmas to me every time! It is SO much fun and SO simple!! Thanks for showing yours!! They turned out great!!
Thank you so much for showing us how to use this! We are planning to polish our new rocks that we collected, and this series has really helped us so much.
Omg i was so excited to watch this video. Ahh sooo pretty. This has to be one of my favorite series youve done. Love it. I love the little pieces. I can see them as necklaces or earrings. Excited to see the next batch
Thank you. I just bought my first tumbler and your tutorial really helped answer the questions I had. I can't wait to see what I end up with. I am so excited.
Its Very nice to watch this step by step ways of polishing using a rock tumbler,I hope someday I could make it also. Thanks for this fun and exciting videos you've made❤️
Just found these videos, you have a very logical way of looking at rock tumbling (cleaning between grits) I would have done that anyway as a beginner because of other hobbies, but I have not seen a video that said to do that. Your analogy of cleaning glass with a piece of sand on the rag was perfect! thank you
Wow. that was amazing! And a great job on the videos and explaining the process. One question... well, maybe two... Do all rocks look like this underneath all that dirt and mud? Why do they look like they do when we pull them out of the ground. I had no idea an ordinary rock actually looks like that underneath. Really cool. thank you for the videos.
Thanks, Joe. I learn so much from your videos. You are truly a "Renaissance" man.Your curiosity and ideas make your life so interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Hello, have you ever tried to do different batches with different sizes of rock , maybes it will helps to get smoother edges as smaller rocks are also abrasive on the bigger ones.
Thanks for these videos!! I'm working on a jobsite in Convent, LA and there are tons of river rocks that look like quartz. I'm constantly collecting them and will be getting a tumbler eventually to see just what I've found. Pretty neat stuff!
This is so cool, thanks so much for making it! I collect a few rocks here and there, now I want to get a tumbler for them!! One of my favorite parts of this was how the rocks sounded by the end, compared to before the process started - they sound like marbles now!
I have had bad batches in the beginning also. It sucks because you are so excited and it takes 4 or 5 weeks. Clean them good and as you do more and more you learn what rocks polish best. Do not get discouraged.
Thank you for the videos. My family went gem mining today and found some cool rocks, but they are in the rough state. Watching your videos, we are now ready to purchase a tumbler set! Can’t wait to get started👍🏼. One quick question, what do you do with the polished rocks?
Millie M I learned so much from your videos. I need your advice on the polishing stage. My rocks are beautiful while wet, but turn dull when dry. I bought the filler pellets you used and repeated the last stage again for 5 days. Same results. Suggestions?
Could be the wrong type of rocks, or a few rocks that are wrong that are scratching all the rest. Do not get discouraged, I have had this happen to me twice in the many years I have been polishing rocks. I sometimes think a person starting out should do one full batch of JUST quartz. Quartz is an awesome hardness for polishing and would give a beginner very good results. I am guessing you cleaned everything well between steps? I do not have the details on how much grit used for each step etc. If you have more questions, email me. joe@homeandcabinconstruction.com Within a day this comment will be lost in the thousands of comments I sometimes get each day.
Thank you so much for this. I'm pretty new to this process and have two tumblers in operation. Watching this series from start to finish gets me inspired to keep it up and don't give up if they don't shine like I think they should. This helped me understand why they didn't. I'll be watching more of these for sure. Well done on the whole series.
Wow, they turned out even prettier than I thought they would. I thought they'd look nice but dang, they're really beautiful. I couldn't decide which I like the most. Great job!!! Tyfs, God bless you
Couldn't you use the ceramic pellets in the first step as filler instead of the smaller rocks? I live in Michigan and we have a lot of agate rocks and petoskey stones. I have a tumbler so I am thinking on giving this a try. What do you do with your finished polished stones?
You could use the pellets on the first batch but usually my tumbler is full enough and a filler is not needed at that stage in the process. If you tumble the petoskey stones you need to do them separate from the agates. Petoskey stones are soft. When you tumble them you have to add something like molasses to the slurry mix. Look it up online before attempting it. Some of the rocks get used in some workshop projects like burying them in liquid glass as a table top. I have used them in a waterfall landscape project. Most go into gallon pickle jars to be used or looked at later. It is just fun to do.
Great stuff . I am just 4 days into my very first tumble of white/yellow agates. The suspense is killing me but on it goes around and around. # + weeks to go. LOL. What have I got myself into eh ?
Kaged Creations The rocks are ones that he found and collected in Minnesota. But from what I understand, you can find them just about anywhere if you know what to look for.
Beautiful results. Makes me want to get into tumbling. I had a tumbler years ago, but never used it so just gave it away a few months back. Now I kind of regret it.
Life is like a box of rocks; to a rock collector they are priceless, but to somebody who doesn't know their true value they are worthless. Sometimes we need to look at those worthless dull rocks and see how beautiful they can become when they are polished up. We ourselves can seem dull and worthless until we can see our true potential. Life may seem dull and worthless, but if we took the time to realize that just as those rocks become so beautiful when tumbled around a bit, that our life can be more defined through being tossed around a bit. We are shaped by hardship not the other way around. Thanks for sharing. It's a blessing to see how beautiful a dull old rock can possess just by being tumbled around. If people just understood no matter what a person may look like on the outside that they could have a beautiful soul ready to shine through. Thanks again.
I am brand new to tumbling...just got my first tumbler for Christmas...sooo excited to get started! Thank you for your four videos, they were very imformative. I do have three questions if/when you have a moment, please. 1. I noticed you said you were going to reuse the ceramic pellets...about how many times can they be reused? Do they also eventually get ground to dust? 2. Have you used any alternatives for the grit compounds you mentioned? What I mean is, can other items, such as, sand, be used in the process, or is the specific grit compound essential to the process? 3. I mentioned I received a tumbler for Christmas, but I am going to exchange it because it is a metal vibrating tumbler and I want to do glass & rock. And, because I am new and the one I have was purchased at Harbor Freight, I am going to replace it with one available at HB, recognizing that there are probably better and bigger machines available, I'm starting small and less expensive. Having said that, would you suggest I get the double drum , which has two 3 lb drums, or the single, which is one 3 lb drum? I'm kinda thinking I won't have the patience to wait a whole month to start a new batch, but is a double necessary and does it produce the same quality as a single which recieves all the attention of the machines motor or is that irrelevant? Again, thank you for the detailed, segmented videos...they were very imformative, and I also appreciated you speaking clearly accompanied by a top notch video in terms of - you remained focused on each task, not shaky or blurry. Very nice job! I look forward to hearing back...can't wait to make the exchange for the right unit and pick up the needed supplies. Have a Merry Christmas!
I just found this set of videos. I was wondering if you sell your rocks? I'm physical challenge and have a hard time going and looking for rocks. I want to use them in my wire wrapped jewelry. SoI would be interested in the smaller ones no bigger then a half dollrs size rock.
Nice. The little banded one may be a carnelian - same with the others with orange to deep red. Google Carnelian - I Iike the one at 3:30 and find 3:23 interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I am a NEWBIE! lol Just got my first rock tumbler for Christmas! (2021) I have had several loads all sorted, and ready to go for some time, was just waiting for the tumbler! I can't thank you enough for these videos! I read ALL the manuals, But there is nothing like seeing it done! I have to admit, I had NO CLUE what things were supposed to look like at each stage, so these helped a LOT! I'm at day one of the first stage, But now I know what everything should look like! Thank You SO MUCH!!!
Just watched the whole series. I’m getting my son a tumbler for Christmas. He loves collecting rocks that spark his interest for various reasons. I wanted to expand my understanding on the process, and your vids have answered so many questions towards the hobby. Thank you for sharing! It was all more beneficial than you know.
So how much of the rock is lost when it's going through the process? Because I have a lot of smaller rocks than go from 2 inches to half an inch. I would love to polish them.
I really enjoyed this series! Thanks for sharing!!
I loved it!!! Wow.
Same!!!
Wrap the small pretty ones with some 20 gauge rose gold craft wire to make jewelry
How amazing that all of that beauty lays beneath the surface of a plain ole' rock. It's wonderful!
Dude I am hungry, thirsty and there's a party nearby I was going to but, nah, I stayed watching this guy tumbling rocks...wtf? This was the most relaxing video ever, now I want a tumbler
I remember my uncles rock shop where he displayed and sold his tumbled rocks back in the late 50s and early 60s.
very cool, inspired my daughter and I to get into tumbling, bought a double barrel lortone tumbler and are on the first batch.
Very cool, it will be a nice experience to share with her. I did many batches with my kids watching and helping years ago. Good luck and do not switch the batches too early. Patience (something I do not have much of) is your friend when tumbling rocks. Thank you. Joe
How did you & your daughters adventure go?
@@NorthernSeclusion thats somthine somone with pretty good patience would say blessed
They're breathtaking. Thank you for sharing them.
This gives me a whole new appreciation for polished rocks! I love them!
Thank you so much for teaching us how to polish rocks. It is very interesting.
Wow! They look great! What a fun hobby. :)
Wonderful, simply fantastic! I love rocks. Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health.
those might make very nice Drawer/Cabinet pulls for Melissa's new kitchen....
nice rocks but it looks like an expensive hobby.
More time consuming and dangerous to your lungs and plumbing if not careful
Jesus Christ Marie! They're Minerals!!
Get a macro zoom lens for your camera and take pictures really really close up and you will find a new rock Plus x 4
Thank you for your series on rock tumbling. It was really educational.
Just watched all five of these videos. My grandma used to polish rocks I never knew the process. Thanks for edifying me.
Amazing! Makes me appreciate the effort put into tumbled stones.
Waooooo buatyfull. I have sum rock & diamonds
All the stuffs that ive seen on the internet...now im watching a guy polishing rocks...all 5 videos.
I loved polished rocks my whole life. Now I have my own tumbler and opening it up to see even ordinary looking rocks turn into beautiful ones is like Christmas to me every time! It is SO much fun and SO simple!! Thanks for showing yours!! They turned out great!!
Wonderful, there was many on that table I would love to own.
Those rhodochrosites turned out so beautiful!
Thank you so much for showing us how to use this! We are planning to polish our new rocks that we collected, and this series has really helped us so much.
Could you drill some of those and turn them into beads? If so, what type of drill bit would you use?
Great series!
I am not sure, I have never did that.
You can buy the drill bits at any lapidary supply. You can buy them and multiple sizes and they're very reasonable price d
Omg i was so excited to watch this video. Ahh sooo pretty. This has to be one of my favorite series youve done. Love it. I love the little pieces. I can see them as necklaces or earrings. Excited to see the next batch
Thank you. I just bought my first tumbler and your tutorial really helped answer the questions I had. I can't wait to see what I end up with. I am so excited.
Its Very nice to watch this step by step ways of polishing using a rock tumbler,I hope someday I could make it also. Thanks for this fun and exciting videos you've made❤️
Omg...do you live on a main highway?...besides that there are quite a few fabulous rocks...love them
great work Joe, they turned out wonderful Joe...
Just found these videos, you have a very logical way of looking at rock tumbling (cleaning between grits) I would have done that anyway as a beginner because of other hobbies, but I have not seen a video that said to do that. Your analogy of cleaning glass with a piece of sand on the rag was perfect! thank you
When I was a kid I remember the Sears Christmas catalog would always have a rock tumbler in it.
Wow. that was amazing! And a great job on the videos and explaining the process. One question... well, maybe two... Do all rocks look like this underneath all that dirt and mud? Why do they look like they do when we pull them out of the ground. I had no idea an ordinary rock actually looks like that underneath. Really cool. thank you for the videos.
I’m in agreement with Melissa on the favorites, though honestly, they are all beautiful in their own right. Great videos. Keep them coming. Thanks.
What about the one with the lines? wtf...you show it every episode but don't show what the final one looks like?
Wow. I’m so glad I washed your vid. You’ve given me more info on my tumbler journey !
Nature's creations and your help have created something of great beauty! Nice 👍
Very cool. My uncle bought me a tumbling set almost 30 years ago. Great memories, thanks Joe.
They came out beautiful Joe, great colors in them
I like that 5th rock in the second row. The red one probably my favorite. 👍
2:30 The black one is a stone age bottle opener. They are quite common, but usually they're broken.
I need more rock video's. And if you go rock hounding I'd watch them too.
This was so interesting I watched the whole process really pretty rocks😍😍
Beautiful thanks for sharing awesome video 🙏
behind the greatest beauty there is always a patient man !!!!! Great job man...
amazing as always. never knew I'd like rocks so much. keep up the great work.
Thank you so much for this series! I am excited to start tumbling rocks!
Thanks, Joe. I learn so much from your videos. You are truly a "Renaissance" man.Your curiosity and ideas make your life so interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Its too bad you dont have any hobbies Joe. Ha. Thanks for sharing! Really enjoyed these rock videos.
They sure are nice. Now, what do you do with them?
Thanks for the rock tumbling series, about to start for the first time.
That was a cool journey. Thanks for making this video.
Hello, have you ever tried to do different batches with different sizes of rock , maybes it will helps to get smoother edges as smaller rocks are also abrasive on the bigger ones.
I really enjoyed your videos. I'm buying my 1st tumbler and learned a lot!
Awesome series! Thank you so much. Well done!
Thanks for these videos!! I'm working on a jobsite in Convent, LA and there are tons of river rocks that look like quartz. I'm constantly collecting them and will be getting a tumbler eventually to see just what I've found. Pretty neat stuff!
Pretty results, thanks!
Enjoyed this joe please do another when you can. I'm getting my very first chickens on my allotment soon
Brilliant job, thank you for sharing 🌈🌈🌈
Enjoyed the process. A rewarding outcome. My daughter and I collect rocks, this has me thinking!
Im so excited to do this some day! I'd honestly love to do this. I love rocks, no matter the shine.
So what do you do with the rocks after they're done??
And while this was happening you were only rebuilding a house. You are a beast!! Great series.
This is so cool, thanks so much for making it! I collect a few rocks here and there, now I want to get a tumbler for them!!
One of my favorite parts of this was how the rocks sounded by the end, compared to before the process started - they sound like marbles now!
the rocks look nice. what do you use them for?
Thank you for this excellent series on tumbling rocks. My first batch didn't turn out great. But, my second batch is going. 🙃☕
❤ much love from Texas
I have had bad batches in the beginning also. It sucks because you are so excited and it takes 4 or 5 weeks. Clean them good and as you do more and more you learn what rocks polish best. Do not get discouraged.
Thank you for the videos. My family went gem mining today and found some cool rocks, but they are in the rough state. Watching your videos, we are now ready to purchase a tumbler set! Can’t wait to get started👍🏼. One quick question, what do you do with the polished rocks?
I have a video that covers that subject only. Look in the tumbling and polishing rocks playlist. Thank you.
Very cool Joe. Takes a while to get it sorted out but great end product. So whats the go with these now? furniture build or what?. Cheers Moose
I am not really sure Moose, I guess one day an idea will pop into my head and I will be like.... hmmmmm I have those rocks. Lol. Thank you. Joe
Did you ever identify the pink ones? They look to be rhodonite
Rock collections = fabulous gifts for kids.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing
Millie M
I learned so much from your videos. I need your advice on the polishing stage. My rocks are beautiful while wet, but turn dull when dry. I bought the filler pellets you used and repeated the last stage again for 5 days. Same results. Suggestions?
Could be the wrong type of rocks, or a few rocks that are wrong that are scratching all the rest. Do not get discouraged, I have had this happen to me twice in the many years I have been polishing rocks. I sometimes think a person starting out should do one full batch of JUST quartz. Quartz is an awesome hardness for polishing and would give a beginner very good results. I am guessing you cleaned everything well between steps? I do not have the details on how much grit used for each step etc. If you have more questions, email me. joe@homeandcabinconstruction.com Within a day this comment will be lost in the thousands of comments I sometimes get each day.
Thank you so much for this. I'm pretty new to this process and have two tumblers in operation. Watching this series from start to finish gets me inspired to keep it up and don't give up if they don't shine like I think they should. This helped me understand why they didn't. I'll be watching more of these for sure. Well done on the whole series.
Good luck. Once you get a batch that comes out polished it is very exciting and you will get it right every time.
Wow! Never saw something like this. Very interesting and satisfying. Thx for a great Upload. Greetz from Germany Hamburg
Wow, they turned out even prettier than I thought they would. I thought they'd look nice but dang, they're really beautiful. I couldn't decide which I like the most. Great job!!! Tyfs, God bless you
Couldn't you use the ceramic pellets in the first step as filler instead of the smaller rocks? I live in Michigan and we have a lot of agate rocks and petoskey stones. I have a tumbler so I am thinking on giving this a try. What do you do with your finished polished stones?
You could use the pellets on the first batch but usually my tumbler is full enough and a filler is not needed at that stage in the process. If you tumble the petoskey stones you need to do them separate from the agates. Petoskey stones are soft. When you tumble them you have to add something like molasses to the slurry mix. Look it up online before attempting it. Some of the rocks get used in some workshop projects like burying them in liquid glass as a table top. I have used them in a waterfall landscape project. Most go into gallon pickle jars to be used or looked at later. It is just fun to do.
Very cool hoby! Must admit, I was waiting to see the finished product..You are a multifasitted guy!
what u going to do with the rocks them are cool looking
A water jet would be handy 😀
Great stuff . I am just 4 days into my very first tumble of white/yellow agates. The suspense is killing me but on it goes around and around. # + weeks to go. LOL. What have I got myself into eh ?
Very cool series, did you purchase these rocks or are they just rocks you've found along the way? Any tips on identifying good rocks to tumble?
Kaged Creations The rocks are ones that he found and collected in Minnesota. But from what I understand, you can find them just about anywhere if you know what to look for.
Beautiful results. Makes me want to get into tumbling. I had a tumbler years ago, but never used it so just gave it away a few months back. Now I kind of regret it.
some interesting results there mate. A couple of bewts.
you need to make your self a light table.
This is nothing I would ever be interested in doing but it's cool to see other hobbies I've never known about
Life is like a box of rocks; to a rock collector they are priceless, but to somebody who doesn't know their true value they are worthless. Sometimes we need to look at those worthless dull rocks and see how beautiful they can become when they are polished up. We ourselves can seem dull and worthless until we can see our true potential. Life may seem dull and worthless, but if we took the time to realize that just as those rocks become so beautiful when tumbled around a bit, that our life can be more defined through being tossed around a bit. We are shaped by hardship not the other way around. Thanks for sharing. It's a blessing to see how beautiful a dull old rock can possess just by being tumbled around. If people just understood no matter what a person may look like on the outside that they could have a beautiful soul ready to shine through. Thanks again.
I am brand new to tumbling...just got my first tumbler for Christmas...sooo excited to get started! Thank you for your four videos, they were very imformative. I do have three questions if/when you have a moment, please.
1. I noticed you said you were going to reuse the ceramic pellets...about how many times can they be reused? Do they also eventually get ground to dust?
2. Have you used any alternatives for the grit compounds you mentioned? What I mean is, can other items, such as, sand, be used in the process, or is the specific grit compound essential to the process?
3. I mentioned I received a tumbler for Christmas, but I am going to exchange it because it is a metal vibrating tumbler and I want to do glass & rock. And, because I am new and the one I have was purchased at Harbor Freight, I am going to replace it with one available at HB, recognizing that there are probably better and bigger machines available, I'm starting small and less expensive. Having said that, would you suggest I get the double drum , which has two 3 lb drums, or the single, which is one 3 lb drum? I'm kinda thinking I won't have the patience to wait a whole month to start a new batch, but is a double necessary and does it produce the same quality as a single which recieves all the attention of the machines motor or is that irrelevant?
Again, thank you for the detailed, segmented videos...they were very imformative, and I also appreciated you speaking clearly accompanied by a top notch video in terms of - you remained focused on each task, not shaky or blurry. Very nice job! I look forward to hearing back...can't wait to make the exchange for the right unit and pick up the needed supplies. Have a Merry Christmas!
how to black polish the river pebbles?
What can you do with these rocks now?
Where do you get all the time for everything you are doing and the time to edit all these videos like a pro? Well done from Australia!
I average if I am lucky about 6 hours of sleep.
I just found this set of videos. I was wondering if you sell your rocks? I'm physical challenge and have a hard time going and looking for rocks. I want to use them in my wire wrapped jewelry. SoI would be interested in the smaller ones no bigger then a half dollrs size rock.
Patricia Jones I'm doing the same and you can buy some pretty unique ones on Amazon. Or go see some in person at Jo-Ann Fabrics craft store
The "pink camo" rocks may be feldspar.
That sounds familiar but I just looked up images on them and I did not see anything exactly like that but close. Thank you. You may be correct.
NorthernSeclusion I think the pink ones are Rhodochrosite - so beautiful
You are correct on this stone
you are a cool cat Joe!
The little red banded one looks like bacon
Your awesome man ty for your videos
Nice. The little banded one may be a carnelian - same with the others with orange to deep red. Google Carnelian - I Iike the one at 3:30 and find 3:23 interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I am a NEWBIE! lol Just got my first rock tumbler for Christmas! (2021) I have had several loads all sorted, and ready to go for some time, was just waiting for the tumbler!
I can't thank you enough for these videos!
I read ALL the manuals, But there is nothing like seeing it done! I have to admit, I had NO CLUE what things were supposed to look like at each stage, so these helped a LOT!
I'm at day one of the first stage, But now I know what everything should look like! Thank You SO MUCH!!!
Good luck Connie. The anticipation and waiting is the suckiest part the first few times you do them. Make sure you clean well between batches.
And do not put the slurry down the sink. Lol.
Just watched the whole series. I’m getting my son a tumbler for Christmas. He loves collecting rocks that spark his interest for various reasons. I wanted to expand my understanding on the process, and your vids have answered so many questions towards the hobby. Thank you for sharing! It was all more beneficial than you know.
So how much of the rock is lost when it's going through the process? Because I have a lot of smaller rocks than go from 2 inches to half an inch. I would love to polish them.
Thank you for your videos. Fixing to get my first polisher