Dremel Rock Polishing - Moss Agate | View Crystals with a Microscope

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In this video I'm using a 200 series Dremel to polish a piece of moss agate! For the shaping I use diamond coated grinding bits and for the polishing I use wet/dry sandpaper discs. (links below)
You can use this video as a tutorial as to how to polish rocks! Don't hesitate to ask any questions and please if you decide to polish with me- wear breathing protection!
Thank you so much for watching! Please like this video and subscribe to our channel for more rock polishing content!
grinding bits-
www.amazon.com/dp/B07S478P4V?...
sanding discs-
www.amazon.com/dp/B07PTBH6Q9?...
Here's some informational sites I used for the information about moss agate given in this video-
www.geologyin.com/2020/02/wha...
www.firemountaingems.com/reso...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_agate
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@Mew2501 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! I am about to make some runes out of moss agate and this helped immensely.

@thebroadhouse 3 ай бұрын

thank you 🥰 happy polishing!

@denisepennington9861 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply. I didn't think I would have got a thank you from you...😊 so that tells me if I ask one of my millions od questions you will answer them and help me...have a blessed day😊

@thebroadhouse 10 ай бұрын

absolutely! I really appreciate you being here, watching my videos, and interacting. it means a lot to me. so thank you again 💜 I'll answer any questions the best I can 😁 have a great day friend!

@denisepennington9861 10 ай бұрын

Your very informative thanks I'll be following you

@thebroadhouse 10 ай бұрын

thank you so much! 💜

@lorettamartinez2144 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I’m gonna work on my first rock with the dremel

@thebroadhouse Жыл бұрын

thank you Loretta! you can ask me questions if you have any ☺️ and please make sure you have breathing protection ❤ rock dust can be very dangerous to breathe in!

@lorettamartinez2144 Жыл бұрын

@@thebroadhouse thank you so much for the advice! I will wear face mask for sure! I’m still learning what all the accessories are that come with it. I’m wanting to grind some. I have sandpaper little round things. Some pink differently shaped things made of sand and some diamond tip with nothing in them just some indentation. I was told for carving. I’m not looking to carve just to do what you are . Thank you again!

@thebroadhouse Жыл бұрын

@loretta martinez it sounds like you have a pretty good idea of how to get started! if you look at the description for this video, there's a link for the grinding bits that I use ☺️

@lorettamartinez2144 Жыл бұрын

@@thebroadhouse awesome thank you so much!! I appreciate your help!

@thebroadhouse Жыл бұрын

@loretta martinez anytime!! 💞

@user-zp2li6yr6l 4 ай бұрын

What speeds do you use on the dremel for the various stages? I had tried some sanding drums, i think even those same exact ones, and they seemed to wear away extremely quickly. I have been trying to polish agates and other very hard rocks as well, but haven't been able to quite figure the whole process out

@thebroadhouse 4 ай бұрын

always low speed, light pressure, and rinsing often. make sure the stone is smooth enough to move up to the next grit or it can wear the sandpaper down faster.

@user-zp2li6yr6l 4 ай бұрын

Ok maybe that is my problem. I think I just have a hard time telling exactly when the stone is fully sanded down to 60 grit, 100 grit, etc. I guess it's just a matter of practice and getting used to the feel of what each of those feel like? @@thebroadhouse

@thebroadhouse 4 ай бұрын

@user-zp2li6yr6l yes it just takes some practice. rub the stone with bare fingers in between the grits so you know what a change will feel like.

@user-zp2li6yr6l 4 ай бұрын

Actually tried it out with a lot more patience, and I was able to polish one side of a fosill much smooher than the rest thanks a lot! I have one final question for you. I collect most of rocks on the beach, including various coral fossils. Some of them I have no issue with grinding/sanding them down until they are completely smooth all around. But some of the fossils, like honeycomb sossils, can have a really cool texture, where there are dozens of little 'divest" for lack of a better word. Not an error with the rock, but just the way the fossil has formed. I don't wan to wear these fossils down so that the surface is all one fully smooth layer, I would like to able to keep the texture of the fossil, little divest and minor holes including. IDK if you know what I mean, maybe I need to show a picture. But how would you go about polishing everything, including the surface as well as the little textural divets in there, while not runninng the textra of the fossil? Do you hve leave it, or try to get the sanding disc to reach down in there a bit? Hope that makes sense. Can provide pics if necessary. It would be almost like polishing a golfball excecpt more exaggerated, where you wanted the golfball to equalily sanded/plished all over, but without losing the textre of the golfball itself. How do you get into those little indentations to sand them without grining down the rest of the ball to their level'?? Thanks again, your adviei has been very ehlpful @@thebroadhouse

@user-zp2li6yr6l 4 ай бұрын

I tired typing this but I didn't go through. I find a lot of beach worn fossilss on the Great Lakes. Some of them look good being sanded down totally smooth. However, there are some where the texture is important. The little divets and such , like a golf ball of sorts. Have you had any experience polishing something like that, where you can polish both the surface level and the divets/holes that are slightly lower than surface level, without having to grind it all the way down so that it's as smooth as a amarble? I like to keep that texture sometimes, it makes the fossil. @@thebroadhouse

@lloydsmalley5709 11 күн бұрын

Your video I wish you left the band home

@jllongstreth 9 ай бұрын

hello. i really like watching your vids. Do you need to keep the stone constantly wet with water while you grind and sand??

@thebroadhouse 9 ай бұрын

hello! thank you ☺️ basically, yes. you can let the stone get dry and I do sometimes so I can see uneven spots better. but I don't ever let the stone stay dry for long. it wears your tools down faster, creates more dust, and the stone will get hot.

@jllongstreth 9 ай бұрын

@@thebroadhouse thanks! last question: just water or do you have soap or some kind of solution in there???

@thebroadhouse 9 ай бұрын

@jllongstreth just water ☺️ feel free to ask questions anytime

@gmlax2010 12 күн бұрын

Ich arbeite auch mit dem Dremel. Welches Schleifwerkzeug verwendest du. Leider gibt es bei uns (Schweden) keine Achate.

@thebroadhouse 12 күн бұрын

this video we recently posted has links for the tools we use on the Dremel in the description and the video shows how we use them! I didn't find this piece of moss agate, I wish I did. I had to buy it.

@thebroadhouse 12 күн бұрын

in the description for this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaLUoKNoesaDmdE there's links for the tools we use and the video itself shows how we use them. unfortunately I haven't been lucky enough to find something this nice, I had to purchase the moss agate.