Goldsmith / Master Jeweler here: me and lapidary friends enjoyed your video. we laughed, not at you, but how it reminded us of our journey thru trial and error. i approve this video for those wanting to learn
I carved one a few years back from soap stone I did it by hand with no power tools I was so proud I soaked it in oil for about 5 min cleaned and polished when I have it to the girl she put it on it was perfect she made a fist with her hand and broke it into several pieces. I never made another one from soap stone thereafter. But until your video I never thought about a super glue coating I may try for a ring again
Made one with alabaster, had it perfectly polished. Put it on, cracked my knuckles to stress test it, it shattered immediately lol. made a wooden one instead
Thank you for the video, very insightful. In all sincerity I love how you directly mentioned and showed the mistakes you made and explained why that method didn't work etc. Thank you.
Very cool. I've got a really cool piece of Sonoran Sunrise that I have been waiting to find something to do with. Excited to try this out. Thanks for the vid man
Great video! As for the finish, you can probably use polyurethane to seal the ring. I've used it myself on an acrylic ring, though I have yet to try it on stone, but I think you may come up with some good results.
I know you probably did use one (because you sound like a smart chap), but respirators are a must when eorking with soapstone even more than other stones. That dust is nasty.
I’m so thankful I found this!! This is so cool and almost exactly what I want to do!! Do you have any contact info I could ask some questions about what kind of tools I would need to try this on some minerals/rocks I have at home? I would greatly appreciate it!
If you're gonna do that trick with superglue you need a thin almost watery kind not a gel superglue(gel doesn't behave the way you need it for that) and you're better off using a piece of cotton cloth not a q-tip because the q-tip is highly likely to leave fibers behind....still it looks great
There is a kit dremel put out that has a polishing compound in it. I haven't used it yet (was waiting to get the bits for my drill press). But after seeing this going to have to experiment with the various bits that came in that kit. Mineral oil and bees wax might be good polishing agents as well. Saw a guy use bees wax on a granite peace pipe. Looked pretty good. Keep experimenting.👍
Hey nice job! Also if you want to try buffing with super glue, use thin super glue the kind thats like water. I belive your gorilla glue was too thick and instead of buffing caused it to look foggy?
The ring broke off into a million pieces due to high heat generated from the dremel. You have to spray cold water to maintain the temperature of the stone as low as possible while spinning it. That goes for any stone. Its called wet sanding.
I don't know about sealing, but I have heard you can use cerium oxide mixed with water (to create a slurry) on a felt dremel polishing bit or a soft rag to polish crystal or stone. What if you tried a clear polyurethane varnish gloss?
I use cerium oxide, a drill with a mixer on it, and old soup cans to sand my 3D prints. I just chuck them in the slurry fire up the drill an voila, never been easier. It might work for stone too.
It wasn't the speed it was the uneven heating of a stone xD.... Stones are full of pours and cracks set one in a fire it shatters dangerously you must slowly heat then let it rest & cool for 15-20 minutes
I have collected few chunk of milky quartz from roadway rock , could it be made to ring? I mean it have lots of that pyramid shape like it can be broken if pulled 🤣
Look up certain rocks’ hardness on google, maybe try to stay around soapstone(6-6.5 I think?) I personally am going to experiment, and maybe I’ll have as many rings as jack sparrow
Video is good but finished product is very fragile and cant be wear except partying. i mean to say you cant do daily routine work after wearing this ring. thanks for making a nice video. Love from India.
