I have been rock tumbling now for a year and find I can polish stones and pebbles to a very high finish. This is a great craft hobby and here is how I achieve such rewarding results. Follow this process and you too can achieve great results.
My machine is the National Geographic Hobby edition and I have been using it for just one year. It is an excellent little machine and as you will see from this video can give great results.
This tutorial is a guide for beginners and for those of you who have struggled to achieve a polish with your rock tumbler.
I have tried to show a step by step process following a complete tumble from start to finish showing the rocks before and after tumbling.
If you want to know more about this fascinating hobby check out my other videos on this subject: Rock tumbling for beginners https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgxE3u0ruJj_0_jSkyT78qTG4KGuRF589
You can learn heaps more about this subject by visiting these two youtube channels meMiner https://www.youtube.com/c/meMinerRocks/videos
Michigan rocks https://www.youtube.com/c/MichiganRocks/videos
Thank you guys!
I collect most of my rocks and pebbles rock hounding on my local beach here in the UK.
The rocks are a mixture of Chalcedony type beach pebbles of Agate hardness.
I find the best place to buy Borax powder and silica carbide grit is from eBay, you can get them here:
Borax powder https://ebay.to/35gUP66
Tumbler and polishing grit: https://amzn.to/3pGyicM
Silicon carbide grit: https://ebay.to/2yVppWE
I bought my rock tumbler here: https://amzn.to/38TQtFW
You can also buy your rock tumbler from here: https://ebay.to/3mjFDfR
If you would like to see examples of my professional stone engraving work
please visit https://www.stoneengravings.co.uk
If you would like to learn how to engrave stone like this: https://www.stoneengravings.co.uk/membership-join/
Thank you to Megapaul for the great intro music "Mandolina Smith"
https://www.looperman.com/loops?page=1&mid=megapaul&keys=mandolina&order=date&dir=d
https://www.looperman.com/loops (Royalty Free Music Licence)
