Thank you 😊, if I can do it anyone can just takes time and practice to learn

Thanks, it come out quite well on the turntable, the light was good that day 👌

Hadn’t thought about that before, to be honest I just don’t have the time between work and this (don’t even have time to make the videos anymore) but i could give you a list of a few child friendly places to take the kids that they should be able to find a few nice stones, feel free to message me on instagram 😊

@@Faodail925 Cheers man, will do. What’s your instagram account?

Happy you liked it 😊

Thank you

Very happy you liked it 😄

Thanks, I can’t remember the mandrel size for this project but I’m pretty sure the wire was 1.5mm that would mean the mandrel was 3mm With these style of links you want them fairly tight so whatever wire you use you just double the diameter for the mandrel

@@Faodail925 brilliant, thanks pal.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thank you very much ❤️

Thank you! 😊

Thank you very much 😊, in regards to equipment in the uk that’s the hard part, some of the machines I built myself not so hard with some tools and know how, some I bought second hand from searching gumtree, eBay and marketplace over the years I believe a guy called Brandon Edward’s (hint of stone) of Facebook makes a range of units for sale here in the uk. But generally the uk has a severe lack of lapidary equipment available, good tutorials on KZbin of home built equipment

That one is my favourite too 😍

Thank you ☺️

This is something I could possibly do it would depend on a few factors, if you can contact me on instagram under the same name (faodail925) we could discuss further.

Yes this is my favourite type of Scottish jasper collected from central Scotland

2mm wrapped around a 4.2mm mandrel

h@@Faodail925 thanks so much,how to get a .4.2 mandrel becausei i have 2 mm wire and 4 mm or 5 mm mandrel,is that gonna be a problem

and how much wire did u use for he ring,in feet or cm

A 4mm mandrel will be fine it’s actually the correct size to use it ends up being pretty tight though so I sometimes recommend using 4.2 for the extra room, I buy bags of mixed brass rods some come out at this size try the 4mm but if you want slightly larger wrap the mandrel in 1 layer of masking tape this should give you a little extra, but generally the rule is whatever the diameter of your wire double it because you want to make each link connection tight as possible to the next So 1.5mm wire = 3mm mandrel 3mm wire=6mm mandrel

I don’t know the length of the wire I started with but the ring finished at approximately 10 grams, these rings don’t produce much waste if you don’t file to much so you could start with say 12 grams of 2mm wire but I’d recommend 15grams to compensate for any mistakes, filing and or larger sizing

You'll find that when these places are found it's highly unlikely shared where it is. Although I find screenshot and put through Google photos sometimes gers results

She certainly is!

This was my favourite one also I’m glad you liked it, glad you were inspired, hope your project worked out 🙌😊

Thank you ☺️

Really pleased you enjoy them, hopefully have time next year to make more 😃

Happy you enjoyed the video! I lived in New Zealand for a year wen I was 20, one of my favourite places on earth! Although I only spent time on the South Island, look forward to returning one day!!

Thank you 😊

Happy to inspire 😀

Fife or East Lothian would be your closest areas

@@Faodail925 thanks

Thank you, and the sponges are mainly to keep the steel rollers in good condition and to stop corrosion, I just put some 3 in 1 oil on them every couple months or whenever needed.

Thank you very much for the nice comment 😊

Thank you from Scotland 🙌

Haha I don’t know about gods but I’m trying 🙌

Really glad your able to learn something from the video 🙌 thank you

Thank you very much 😊

That’s an amazing comment thank you very much and really happy you’re enjoying them 😊

Thanks, I’m working on a website at the moment snd post fairly frequently on instagram if you use that, faodail925

Thank you 😊

Yes this is traditional jewelry inlay

Thank you 😊

Ahh yes this sounds like some agate nodules embedded in the volcanic host rock, some are almost perfectly round just like golf balls!

Thank you, many more journeys to come 🙌

Thank you, and I feel your pain I used to work in the Australian desert, on a particularly hot day I watched soda cans explode when left in direct sunlight! I never experienced heat like that 🥵

Thank you 😊 really happy you’re enjoying the videos, plenty more on the way 🙌

@@Faodail925 you’re welcome!!!!

Thanks so much for such a nice comment! And I’m happy you feel relaxed watching it I’m really going for that effect 🙌

@@Faodail925 well sir,, you have achieved hitting your targets , Looking for to your nx video 😁👍

Thank you very much 😊

For silver/metal I use jewellers rouge and for agate/stone I use cerium oxide, I herd zam works well for some stone but not all, I haven’t used it before

Thanks 😊

Thank you 😊

Thank you 😊