Using Power Tools to Cut and Polish Rocks

hi rookie, it may allready in your comments here somewhere, - only use your tin oxide polishing powder on rocks with a smooth surface, not ones with too much pitting, or natural cavities - remove your white powder residue with a medium toothbrush and soapy water, (you wont damage the polished surface, its too hard) - only use velcro attached felt pads for your tin oxide polishing, turn your sander speed down to the lowest speed. - consider getting a bench grinder, and fitting a stitched sisal wheel for it, it is also great for final polishing, buff the polished surfaces until warm, allmost hot cheers, kev

I love how you leave a portion of the rock raw. Best of both worlds.

You are an artist brother. I subscribed. I told my girlfriend..."man, I wanna play with rocks with that guy..." ; she said, "I know you do babe" as she kept knitting a pair of winter socks. We live in the desert in Arizona. Anyway...I respect your cutting and polishing style which I find unique and pretty expert for a "rookie".

I really love your humble attitude! You've done a great job on your rocks, and teaching ME how to do it! Thank you!

Wow great way to do it!! I still think you should sell some of your finds to us fans! What a treat that would be~getting an austrialian stone!! Then we can post pics back to you after we cut and polish and finish💕💕. Extra money for you to pay for all your equipment and travels!!

I busted out laughing so hard when that piece flew out of your hand. The look on your face was priceless. But hey, I got to give it to you. those are the most amazing looking rocks I have ever seen. Makes me want to run out and slice open every rock that i can find. It’s like treasure... but you don’t know what you get until you unwrap it

You don't know how many times ive flipped rocks across the yard. I laughed so hard i almost cried when i saw that! One thing i like to do you might try just for fun, after cutting in half, cut one thin slice about 1/4 inch thick. They look so great when the sun shines through them.

I caught myself just smiling while you were sanding. . . . I love rocks.

Ah brother, thank you for sharing the adventure! 👍That carnelian stand and the banded rhyolite with the agate plate topping are freaking sweet like candy~ You really did such a great job working those smaller pieces on the orbital sander, kudos my friend~ I had to laugh when the first day ran out, had the same realization the first time I worked through a couple specimen. 🤦‍♂️😂 Also, am glad i am not the only one who's been "grabbed" by a buffing wheel..Doh!😁 Heck, i've sent some 5m across the yard? haha My friend, think other's would agree that I just love your enthusiasm and really hope you enjoyed the process as much as I do! For me...Headphones with cool tunes, nice refreshing drink, warm sunshine and beautiful mother earth just waiting to expose her magic bits for each of us to see! And the cleanup is just the icing on the cake! Thanks again for bringing us fun, entertaining, informative videos sir, hope you have a super weekend ahead~

So today was my first day ever cutting a rock with a rock saw. I've used them for tile but as I soon found out today it is much different than cutting tile. So I decided to jump on YouTube and watch some videos and yours was the first one I clicked on and you gave me a great idea for what to do with The Rock that I was cutting on so thank you.

Keith from Nashville, Tennessee. You are doing great job. My Dad was a rock hound in Louisiana. I ended up with his six wheel diamond polisher and saws. It is therapy for sure. Beautiful rocks. He did all kinds of marketable stuff but I especially liked wind chimes from bits and pieces of thin slices of banded agate.

I have already been watching Kevin nix for a bit now.

I am so happy to have stumbled upon your video. I have forever been obsessed with stones and rocks. It's wonderful to see someone else to share the same hobby...

The bold push the boundaries and explore new ways. All the curves and all the edges, all the perfect imperfections 🎶

A great way to polish the flats is to secure a piece of cut denim to a block, spray the denim with water and put the tin oxide or other polish on the wet denim. Then, just rub the flat surface of the stone on the flat surface of the wet denim until you get the polish you want. "michiganrocks" did it with a Petoskey stone in one of his youtube videos. Also, when cleaning the nooks and crannies of rocks, like you're doing at 7:26, a waterpick is very helpful, if a bit messy. Another great video.

Nice. You gave me some ideas on how to polish and cut my stones without those expensive machines. Thank you.

Am writing this comment before even seeing the video i bet i will get jealous and stuff and then go to my mancave and start working on my gemstones 😂👌🏻 After watching the video all i can say my man am so proud of u keep up the good work and have an amazing weekend ❤️😇 love how they ended up looking 😍😍

Dude welcome to the next step in Pour Addiction! Hahaha. Once you see them polished you're hooked for life! I absolutely love this assortment of specimens! They are breathing! I agree with trying rogue compound. It comes in red or green according to I think types of material. I know you can order from Ebay. But great job bro. The banded rhyolite w/carnelian is spectacular! I'm a jealous girl. But I've just cut some Chrysocolla I brought back from Arizona. It's so beautiful. Thanks again for sharing. And the links. You're the best bro!

Those look really good. Nice rocks with a nice polish. I think you’ve gotten some good advice about better things to try for that final polish. Honestly, I haven’t completely figured that out myself. I agree with all of those who told you that you need something with less fluff and a firmer backing. From what I’ve read, different polishes and different pads (leather, felt, denim, carpet, etc) work for different types of rock.

Wow! Super awesome results! Keep the videos coming!