Cutting Open Agates w/ Saw & Using Cabking to Polish Them After! Lapidary FUN!

Let's find out if these two agates are STUDS or DUDS by cutting them open with my 5" Hi Tech Diamond lapidary saw! If they are banded beauties, we are going to polish them on my 8" Cabking! The agates we cut in this video are Lake Superior agates and show great potential for being banded beauties. We also cut an nodule with an amazing surprise inside... AMETHYST! Such great surprise! I had a ton of fun on this lapidary adventure and thank you all for hanging out with me for it. Make sure to subscribe so you can join along for more in the future.
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In this video, we'll be cutting open agates with a saw and polishing them after using cabking to remove the unwanted glass. This is a fun and easy way to learn how to cut open agates and polish them!
If you're interested in lapidary, then this video is for you! We'll be doing some cutting and polishing with a saw, and you'll be able to learn how to do this yourself! This is a great way to get started in lapidary, and you'll have a lot of fun doing it!
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[@AgateDad]

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[@kellyharper367]

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: the amethyst nugget is Awsome!!! Fractures in rock just tell their stories like wrinkles on our faces.

[@alli6791]

I like when he explains his reasoning for why he’s cutting an agate, a certain way. It’s really helpful so I don’t have to learn by ruining a ton of agates.

[@AgateDad]

Glad it helped!!

[@gemstonejudy5900]

The last agate, the halves together, make a perfect butterfly!😊

[@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks]

I couldn't agree MORE!!! That's the second thing I said to my hubby (first was to suggest you cut a couple slices) !!!

[@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks]

🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@matthewdenny1058]

He should mount it with a hinge between the halves and springs so they could flap...

[@dianequince8761]

Right? That's the first thing I thought of😀👍

[@evelynpretty2231]

Thought the same! Great Minds!!!🙂

[@sLLeff]

My 7 year old daughter and I love watching your videos together. They’re great and your voice is calming (not overly enthusiastic & annoying to listen to). Thank you!!!

[@AgateDad]

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[@adel.Gemstone]

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[@pennycandyys]

The way you were holding the second agate made it look like a butterfly.

[@emmanuelradical]

Hi i am Emerson from Brazil. A reality like your job is very interesting I have agatas too

[@VSFilly]

I'm sure many would love to rock hunt in your country! Love your name, by the way.💙

[@elainelear4982]

We all have some fractures in us. Thank you for polishing up these agates and bringing out their beauty.

[@AgateDad]

Very true ❤️

[@naminaoberhausen2131]

Those rocks look so beautiful on the inside. And polished. Liked 👍. One of your best videos. From Jordan.

[@AgateDad]

Thanks 👍

[@chrissiejundt9867]

The one looks like a butterfly when you hold it together beautiful.

[@saralynn518]

🎶 I like the way you do that right thurr (Right thurr) 🎶 So from a distance, the fractures actually look pretty. Like butterfly wings. Everything in life has a fracture or two.

[@mazhansen8804]

Your youtube award is cool on a rock

[@AgateDad]

Thanks!

[@lisamills-wv6nc]

Love the cutting video's! Love the surprise inside! Awesome polishing them beauties! 😊

[@sandmaker]

Great job. Fractures are the nature of the beast and gives them character. A really good polish. Keel having fun! 😷⚒

[@deniseview4253]

All are beautiful. The way you hold the fractured one together it looks like butterfly wings.

[@icatz]

That amethyst is amazing, looks like there's also clear quartz and prasiolite. 3 colors in one!

[@meg2831]

They all turned out gorgeous! My favorites were the grey banded one but that surprise amethyst was awesome !

[@AgateDad]

🙌

[@arongstone]

Fantastic capture!! that's very interesting cutting open Agates That rock and minerals is a fantastic texture, thank you very much for polishing up these agates!! Have a wonderful day🥰🥰!

[@tracymay8215]

A FLUTTERBY BUTTERFLY That Last Agate....Love It 🦋

[@sherrycrane7568]

The last one looked like a butterfly! Very pretty!😊

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

Those Little BIG Gals/Guys are Beautiful. We just love seeing your JOY.

[@laurabishop7922]

Do you display your all time favorites in a special place, like under lights?

[@AgateDad]

A lot of my favorites are on the shelf behind me in the video

[@nancygriest1972]

The amethyst was gorgeous. I think the biggest one would make a beautiful butterfly 🦋 if joined. Beautiful pieces. ❤️❤❤

[@nhrockaholic6038]

Last one looked like a butterfly. Cool!

[@evelynpretty2231]

The one with the Amethyst, would look beautiful if you cut little slabs and make a pair of earrings!!! I can only imagine how Gorgeous they would be if light went thru them!! All of them are really beautiful!!! Thank You!!💜✨🪨💎🪨✨💜

[@ashleybonanno3043]

I absolutely love it when I find a striking rock! It almost feels like I'm looking into it; kinda like I'm looking at a movie or photographs 💕

[@michaeldarragh354]

I like the fractures, adds character.

[@jordanvanwinkle8950]

Very beautiful and awesome finds. That last one looked like a butterfly when you had the two pieces side by side right after you cut it....

[@lynnricketts]

I just found your videos and I love them .I always collected rocks and now I see that their are even treasures with in the rocks ,so awesome and beautiful

[@pernillep9049]

That ametyst looks a bit like a diamond after polishing...💍. I like all the stages you film, the hounding, cutting and polishing!

[@AgateDad]

I’m glad 🙂

[@theresaherrrera8224]

Omg they are so beautiful mijo 😱😍💜....I bet you don't remember my favorite gem....One of them is my favorite....😂💜

[@EricTheCat]

Those turned out great. I thought the cracks would be so bad on the dark one but all of them came out beautiful.

[@AgateDad]

Thanks!

[@rachelschildman2327]

That amethyst nodule was such a treat!

[@AgateDad]

Right?!

[@patriciamckean4186]

A few imperfections happen, the beauty of nature is awesome.

[@matthewdenny1058]

The amethyst nodule looked like the best Hershey Kiss ever!!

[@AgateDad]

😂 love it!

[@earleneharper9353]

Very beautiful rocks

[@virginiahudson3827]

Loved your squeaky laugh when the amethyst was revealed. Great video.

[@AgateDad]

It was a fun moment!

[@chrismaines1285]

The big one is so book marked it would make nice butterfly wings.

[@patrickpuzzo416]

Sweet! A stunning polishing job! So beautiful!

[@keithcunningham7925]

Very awesome your polish is amazing thank you for sharing and my favorite is the one with all the bands 😍

[@AgateDad]

Mine too!

[@erhardbaehni1832]

Very Beautiful..did bring boxes of lake Superior agates with me immigrating to Spain . I can see I have my days in my reinterment full. A little knowledge about those rings they are about year rings on trees . Except it has taken about 10.000 years to form one ring !😮

[@michaelberg5004]

To each their own on the fractures haha. I love them as nice accents/natural processes. But if I were to be going for a perfect “window cut” if you will, then totally on board with working those fractures out. 🤙

[@largent45]

Those turned out spectacular! Even that little amethyst nodule! How neat was that? And dractures happen with all rock, especially ones rhat were forged in fire! So they cant br helped but you dealy with them really nicely! Awesome polishes on all of them! Thanks Taylor!

[@mazhansen8804]

That 2nd one is magic, it reminds me of a church window

[@JnVrockhounding]

Awesome video as always

[@AgateDad]

Thanks Jeff!

[@linda5120]

I like every thing you vet😊

[@icatz]

I was not expecting amethyst! Whoa. Are the fractures natural or caused by cutting? Lovely agates Taylor. ❤🎸🏏

[@AgateDad]

Right??? So I am actually working on your agate and everything this weekend lol I don’t have the heart to cut that red lace agate, it’s so beautiful as is. Send me an email if you have any suggestions with that stuff!

[@icatz]

@@AgateDad I wouldn't cut the red one. It's just so awesome. As for the rest, I can't remember what I sent you. Just the agate I want the face polish on. The rest is up to you. 😁

[@janehelbert7551]

They turned out beautifully!

[@AgateDad]

Thanks!

[@bethgeret]

Wow! 3 fantastic agates!

[@LuisSanchez-SanchezHMDRExempte]

Hi agate dad. First time checking out your channel. I love that you have such an interest in hounding and meddling with cutting them open. Those are great specimens that you've cut open. I'm california but hope to come out east to hound later this year. We'll just saying hello keep up the good work

[@Gimo76]

Just think how many of us walk past those he cut. But then that is why I am here. Love the purple.❤

[@kellyhollingsworth6100]

Cold Mountain Jasper! Cut some. These are cool, our weather has been so messed up here have I not got out this summer. Have a good weekend happy hounding.

[@tonnyvanhemert9826]

Hiya! Concerning those fractures that keep bugging you, there is something that might help. You can try to heat them in the oven, and when they are hot enough, rub a white candle on it. The wax will creep into the cracks, improving the agates A LOT. You will still see them, but the end result might be way better. You may want to do this step before polishing, so no polishing powder gets in, and maybe again after polishing. Give it a go;)!

[@henrietteterpstra5213]

You made dull stones into beauty, fun to see it . I love the little Cristal fractured stones. Do you sell them? I could make a beautiful necklace with them

[@gabiilleslajosne363]

Csodálatosak!❤

[@IndusRiverRock]

Beautiful sharing 😊

[@bethgeret]

Awesome! Beautiful pieces!

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

Outstanding

[@MicheleRuiz-h3j]

Beautiful❤❤

[@evelynpretty2231]

Absolutely Beautiful!! All of them, even with the fractures!!!🪬🩷🧿🪨🧿🩷🪬

[@ravynalexander1895]

Awesome finds!! 💎

[@davidl.turner1005]

Great work with all three of those stones! Have you ever tried polishing on cloth wheels with buffing compound (like Zam) as a final step? The Genie has an attachment with two wheels that quickly spins onto the right shaft to do this. In my very limited experience it improves the shine noticeably.

[@janehelbert7551]

The amethyst looks good!

[@wendylerue8217]

The Butterfly stone ❤

[@alfaalfa9764]

I do enjoy your gemstone work I have subscribed And I watch

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

💎😌💖

[@stonefinder]

So beautiful 👌👏

[@AgateDad]

Thank you!

[@danseward6519]

Wow!

[@ttenrabdn]

Use a blacklight on those agates! 😍

[@AgateDad]

Nothing happened, usually the case with LSAs

[@alirezamohammadzadeh7470]

Love these cutting videos, Dude i think these fractures happen (because of the temprature) and why this happen is because agates are sensitive to sudden temprature changes and while you are sawing the gem it heats up and suddenly, water cools it SOOoo fractures happen :(

[@AgateDad]

I’ve wondered that too but if you pay attention to the exteriors, which it’s super easy to see on the dark nodule, there are fractures on the outside of them. Those large fractures are already there. Sometimes, there is fractures on the cut face and they are micro, those are from the saw blade. The big ones are natural though.

[@AgateDad]

What kind of mineral would you like to see worked in a fututre video??

[@amydickinson9505]

Galaxy stones

[@rockrockprettyrock6594]

I found some Anorthosite on a recent trip to the North Shore. Would love to see what you would do with it.

[@icatz]

Fire agate

[@shanewarta]

Some shiny Hematite.

[@naminaoberhausen2131]

Fire opal. From Jordan

[@susanboger7874]

Very Beautiful 🤩 😊

[@AgateDad]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@janehelbert7551]

Nice agate!

[@aurorasalinas1215]

Awesome

[@glenn5903]

Oh let's see!!😂

[@-hw-]

very pretty

[@LonelyFarmerScythe]

With the bad fractures showing up, would it have been worthwhile to consider going back to the saw and trimming a little more off rather than grinding down?

[@johnnygary5666]

The last one looks like butterfly wings

[@luvastandardbred8270]

Do you ever find fluorite? Fluorite and jasper are my favorites. Have to add agates to the list 😁

[@AgateDad]

I just found some today

[@amydickinson9505]

Does the cutting process ever cause or exacerbate the cracks?

[@AgateDad]

I’m sure if you push too hard and the stones get too hot then they can make the cracks worse

[@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks]

🦋🦋🦋My Favorite 🦋🦋🦋

[@als8326]

You could make that into a cabochon butterfly

[@rotisumbuErikGemstone]

Mempesona❤

[@vebnew]

COOL

[@bethgeret]

I called out amethyst before you cut it!!!

[@leodapat9139]

Wow a nice 🪨 watching from pinas garita San Enrique iloilo.

[@sylviastreet]

I’ve got some interesting rocks I’d like to be sawed!

[@shantisharma1192]

Whaf

[@Abdelouahed391]

Good 🎉🎉🎉👍👍👍

[@AgateDad]

Thanks

[@alixramos3589]

What alternative rock slicer will u recommend for a beginner? Here in Philippines i cannot find the rock slicer that u have.. 😢

[@charliekeillor226]

ur the best

[@AgateDad]

You rock 🪨

[@henrietteterpstra5213]

I live pin Europe and would like to buy the 5 inch cutting machine from High Tech, but I cannot find any information. Can you send me some data to help me further? Would be nice, I love your work 😅😅😅

[@cathyhagen3143]

Can you shine it up in a tumbler of you don't have the other set up?

[@AgateDad]

I suppose 👍

[@alfaalfa9764]

I don't have a favourite quartz colours are intersting

[@katherinebopp2021]

❤ the stone, Please use safety equipment for your fingers..

[@AgateDad]

I am

[@Soheilastone]

❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 nice ❤❤❤

[@alfaalfa9764]

I have come to a point I cant even do fossicking walking Bees have attacked my legs and they are swollen and it's really not easy to walk about

[@aidairis2996]

Parabens.... São belíssimas.....DEUS TE ABENÇOE MUITO

[@AgateDad]

☺️

[@ruhsexperimentsgliesperimentid]

What do you do with the amethyst nodule? Just curious...

[@AgateDad]

I plan to put it on Etsy today

[@melindaschluter1669]

❤❤❤