#unboxing #lapidary #canada #rockhounding #thefinders In this video we unbox something new to bring to the channel. I am not affiliated or sponsored by the maker of this product.
Congrats on your new saw !! Enjoyed the story on how you got into rocks. Like how you showed us the box right onto using it. Your cuts are amazing, the rocks are so beautiful inside. Thank You for sharing, I enjoyed this😊
Very cool, i will have to check out your older videos! Love your store, channel, getting into rocks, that's cool. I was wondering if your name was RAM, and the truck too from your videos, i enjoy my 1500! Great new toy, thats going to be fun. I hope you enjoy the petrified wood im sending you. Great first cut rock. Man, i need one of these! Great video, easy to setup the saw too. Awesome lige story brother! I enjoy listening to rocks tumble too, nice, would like to see your next batch! Man thst cut amazing compared to my tile saw! 15:11 wow, gorgeous! 17:01 nice! 18:48 priceless! Great video Richard!
I highly recommend you invest in a saw like this, way to simple to use and set up. Very fun to see what inside the rocks. as soon as I find a respirator that fits my kids I will let them use it. its that user friendly! Thanks Nic, I appreciate your comments.
Thanks you! I would rather get the real stuff and pay for quality, then waste it on cheaper get by stuff and having to keep fixing it or repairing it. That's my logic anyway. Thanks for watching!
Dude! That saw is awesome! You will have lots of fun with that. And nice story about your life. Hats off to you bro! I am a single dad too. Raised 3 boys myself. They are all in their 30's now though. Two of them are into rocks, the other not so much. And they got me into it last August. We went camping in Blomidon & since then have gone on many rock hounding trips together! Keep up the great work in these videos bro!!!
The 2nd and 3rd stones you slabbed on your new saw, remind me of agates from one the 5 Islands in the Bay of Fundy, west of Parrsboro. I'm in Connecticut , one of the New England states. A friend/co-worker, Steve, in the early 1970's visited Nova Scotia for the 1st time. I had been in N.S. for my 1st visit in 1968, taking the Bluenose (vehicle) Ferry from Bar Harbor, Maine to Yarmouth, N.S., with my younger sister and a friend (gal I've known for years). From reading publications of The Lapidary Journal, I was well aware of the enourmishly high tides in the Bay and that you Need to know the times the Bay recedes and when it flows at top-notch speed back into the Bay. Back to my story about agates from 5 Islands: At this point, I don't remember if Steve took the ferry or drove to the Parrsboro area or where he started his walking journey to 5 Islands as the tide receded, but I remember him saying as he walked, waist-deep in B-of-F water, with a gunny/burlap bag with sledge hammer, chisles & other tools, by the time he reached one of the islands, the Bay was empty. Fortunately, he found a fisherman/lobsterman (?), & was able to arrange a boat ride back to Parrsboro area. I don't know or remember which island he reached. He broke rock and probably walked the beach to find other stones. He had a fair amount (Lbs.) by the time he & the fisherman/lobsterman reconnected for his boatride back. Steve brought some of his finds: hard dark grey granite (?) exterior bordering thinner bands of agate, like the 2nd & 3rd stones you showed in this video, to work & gave me several pieces. I didn't mention in my earlier comments that Steve & I both taught/jnstructed patients in a privately owned psychiatric hospital in Connecticut different forms of Metalcraft, including lapidary, as part of their therapy. We, two instructors, were part of a rehabilitation department within the hospital. Hope I didn't bore you with the story, but I'm unable to truncate my info and make it understandable. I'm glad I found your RU-vid channel. It makes me want to clean up a bucket of N.S. stones I bought several years ago at a picnic gathering of 7 Connecticut gem & mineral clubs, plus a few from Massachusetts & eastern New York state. The CT clubs started the picnic more than 10 years ago & during these years have added a few additional clubs.
.@@RAM-Outdoor-Adventures The first Lapidary Journal's were originally published in the early/mid-1950's I think and was "the largest gem publicarion for amateur hobbyists in the world" from title page of Volume Thirty-Six, July, 1982, Number 4" and continued a monthly publication into the early 2000's, I think. Then another company, INTERWEAVE, F + W Media company took it over, changed the name to JEWELRY ARTIST dropping Lapidary Journal from its' new title. If I remember, going back about 20 years, I think a Large quantity of subscribers threatened (?) to stop their subscriptions unless LAPIDARY JOURNAL was added back to title of the publication. The subscribers' won. The new publication is very good; excellent articles and photography. The focus is on jewelry making and cutting-polishing cabs, faceted stones, new finds worldwide, etc. The print version ceased about 2021(?), I think. I don't know who might have the old Lapidary Journal issues available, but try googling its' title. Ihave suscribed for years. It was a magazine I looked forward to receiving each month and could read and understand the articles within, without having to have a degree in chemistry or geology. For more information contact: www.interweave.com. Check out Rock, Mineral & Gem clubs in Nova Scotia. If their club-members are like the members in the 3 clubs I'm a member of in Connecticut (east coast of New England), they are a wealth of information and very willing to share their geological kniwledge with everyone, new or long-time members. Hope all this helps. Happy hunting!
I have the same saw. Love it. It’s fun cutting. It’s weird though I see some differences. I didn’t get the gold blade. I got a crappy silver notched blade that sucks. And the water reservoir on yours is different than mine. Mine goes to the left up under the motor.
