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Roys Rocks
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A channel to cover all things opal carving to help anyone get into a great hobby or just to entertain people interested to learn more about opal and the process of getting from rough to gem.
I post a video every 2-3 days at the moment which can be:
* Rough parcel reviews to assess various sellers online.
* Equipment reviews so people can avoid wasting money on useless products.
* Opal carvings.
* Educational videos on the process of carving various opal types.
* Testing various methods and equipment suggested by viewers.
I post a video every 2-3 days at the moment which can be:
* Rough parcel reviews to assess various sellers online.
* Equipment reviews so people can avoid wasting money on useless products.
* Opal carvings.
* Educational videos on the process of carving various opal types.
* Testing various methods and equipment suggested by viewers.
Slicing Opal With A Super Thin Dremel Blade. Salvaging a Rubbish Lightning Ridge Opal.
Slicing Opal With A Super Thin Dremel Blade. Salvaging a Rubbish Lightning Ridge Opal.
I get the special thin blade out to salvage a stone for some inlay work in the future.
Find me on:
Facebook Group groups/178708427289073
Facebook roy.lehmann1
Instagram roysrocksyt
Email roys.rocks@yahoo.com
Mailbox:
PO BOX 3011
Hilton Plaza
South Australia 5033
Australia
Timestamps
00:00 Terrible Lightning Ridge opal
01:34 Thinnest Dremel blade
04:00 The slicing
04:44 Perfect inlay rubs
09:10 Thanks channel members
I get the special thin blade out to salvage a stone for some inlay work in the future.
Find me on:
Facebook Group groups/178708427289073
Facebook roy.lehmann1
Instagram roysrocksyt
Email roys.rocks@yahoo.com
Mailbox:
PO BOX 3011
Hilton Plaza
South Australia 5033
Australia
Timestamps
00:00 Terrible Lightning Ridge opal
01:34 Thinnest Dremel blade
04:00 The slicing
04:44 Perfect inlay rubs
09:10 Thanks channel members
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Thanks for another informative video. 👍
Always seeing the positives. Slicing for inlay is a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Roy, I don't know if this counts as doing something as l'm only a house keeper who's getting use to my life now after having open heart surgery 9 months ago, but hey... I'm still alive so it's all good😊. I've only cut and polished a few stones so far which were mainly jasper,. So thanks you so much for this opportunity to win some beautiful opal. Also I hope you get some rest and feel better soon! Cheers😀
Hope the recovery is going well. I imagine once having open heart surgery you are in repair for quite some time. I have a strong cramp in my leg and I am operating at 50% for at least a week. Good luck.
@@RoysRocksThank you! It unfortunately is a long hard slog back to any form of normal and my life has been completely tipped on it's head as I can't do half of the things I use to do BUT, on the other hand I'm still alive and kicking so it's all good and I have to happy with that🙂. That sucks about your knee, it must be hard to get around with it like that also! Take care of yourself and I hope your knee returns to normal soon👌🤞😀
I think it looks beautiful, black potch and all ❤
Oh I wish I had more of this material. It was fun stuff.
This is very helpful! I'm about to use cerium oxide for the first time and I feel much more prepared now! Thank you
Good luck. Some people hate cerium oxide polishing but I could honestly do it forever. This video is an older version of the cerium oxide polishing and I use a much better quality CeOx now.
Thank you Roy, what a great result!
Not bad. Certainly better than nothing.
WHat are the blades called so we can find them?
Electroplated diamond saw blades. They can be called a million different things so you might have to try a lot of variations of that.
Nice showcase Roy. Thanks! I have a stone like this at home. Will try to cut it up and use as inlay or something as well, because it is great from the side but way too dull and directional from the normal face. Curious to see what you will make of these
Give it a shot. Not too hard and the slices dont matter much since you'll need to cut and shape them again anyway.
dop wax might be useful for holding opal when you slice it. The slices look very nice, I just found the thin blades on the web they will come in very handy. Great update 2x👍
I normally use dopping wax or epoxy putty as I mentioned in the vid. Blutack works surprisingly well though.
I would buy some blades from you
I'll talk to the factory. They dont expire and if I get 1000 made I'm sure I'll use them myself... eventually.
This is a really cool ring, it motivates me to cut even the smallest stones. thank you for presenting🎉😊
It is a very good ring and I dont even wear rings!
I can’t wait to see what you do with these. The black backing really makes the color pop.
With a bit of black resin and something to throw it on I'm hoping to get something wearable from a disappointing stone.
Id definitely be into some of these blades to Roy. So any information on where you got them from or when you might stock them would be appreciated
I'll see if I can find a good amazon listing but most are just the thick boys since they are cheaper. With opal I guess it is worth trying to save every little bit so the thinner blades are actually worthwhile.
@RoysRocks yea dead right. Some of the opal I try to save ends up being not worth keeping because the blades are too thick so any help in finding thinner blades would be awesome
What a good idea!.
Smart viewer suggestions are always worth trying out.
I'd be up for some of these when I order my beginners set from you (still in process of acquiring beginner's rough :D).
Collect that rough and I might have them in store by the time you are ready.
Awesome. That's exactly what I was thinking you should do with that crystal piece
Well it was a good idea. I already have a project in mind for these bits.
I never fail like this ... SHAME! When things don't go well, I just delete the video files and throw the opal away, so there is no trace of failure! (I enjoyed the video and I actually thought that you were going to pull it out! You can now slice it into tiny pieces ..... oh -- I guess that was what you did in the other video! duh...
Haha There are plenty that do hit the cutting room floor (both opal and videos) but every now and then I like to show misbehaving material especially when it is a lightning ridge with a mintabie attitude.
I really enjoyed this video. I had not heard of blue tack, but I have used another putty-like "adhesive" somewhat like it, but I would never trust it to hold anything ( not even paper.) Nice technique! If I ever decide to go back to making mosaics (NEVER WILL), I may use this technique. (NO, I WON'T)
Haha Riley Gunn translated my crazy Aussie english to American english and called it some sort of putty. I'll have to work it out for next video or it will be a texta/permanent marker debacle all over again.
Riley sold me a fantastic blade for slicing. It is larger than all my other blades, but as thin as that one you got there, and has the cutouts in the disc that prevents suction problems. I have not looked back, it is my standard slicing tool now
Maybe they are worth getting in stock then if people would find them useful. I'll have to talk to the factory again.
Hi Erin,do you think Riley would have any more of those blades. I could really do with 1
@@jay8353 I don't want to cause any offense to Roy, so directly spelling out where to get a hold of him, but he is a member of the facebook group
@eirintowne totally totally understand, thanks for the reply
Where did you get the blades, Roy? Please stock them, Roy!!!!🙏
I just trialled this one from the factory but for the price I didn't think it was worth it. I might try again and see what I can do... might need to buy 1000 minimum or some thing though...
Go ahead and stock up!
I'll let the factory know.
Thanks for the video Roy.
No worries brother Chad.
Translation for US viewers - Blu-Tack that we use in Oz is the same thing as Poster Putty or Mounting Putty
Haha this is like me saying texta instead of marker! I'll have to remember for next time.
With ring inlays like that you do also have to note to add a little curve to the face and back
Yeah or you just slice them shorter and the resin does the rest. Doesn't have to be a snug fit.
Really nice Roy, I have lots of side facing stones and never thought to try slicing them like that, I just gave up on them. Need a blade that thin…. Thanks for sharing
The thinner the blade the better. I reckon compared to the standard thickness and coaseness blades these would lose a quarter of the stone.
And btw, I hope you feel better soon!
I'm good now. Fever was only with me for about a week... thats probably pretty long for a fever but I got through.
@RoysRocks Glad you got feel better. A week sounds long. Whenever I have a fever for a day or two, it feels like an eternity.
@@zoinkaboose Tell me about it. The first 3 days felt like a week for sure. Best part... was the whole weekend plus monday. Sad loss of a weekend.
@@RoysRocks 🤦♂️ weekends are the time to get all non-work stuff done!
Love to surf, learn about amazing things the earth produces, working with my hands. Got into opal for many reasons, one of which is that it has a relatively similar hardness compared to human dental enamel... so cool!
Opal has to be in the top 10 things produced by the earth in my mind. I like to pretend I am a dentist when doing the complex carving... oh and I carved that opal tooth in memory of the one I got pulled out as a kid.
@@RoysRocks Look up dental tooth anomalies. Some human teeth look very different from the standard human tooth most people imagine. That is, if you want to nerd out on something of that sort....
Great information. Thanks for sharing... Beautiful stone
Thanks, Happy to help.
I'm so thankful for these videos. I've learned something new with everything I find.. my feed is putting out videos that's years old now. So, expect comments on them 🤣 I feel like I need to do more than just like the video, wanting to express my appreciation with a comment... Thanks for sharing your knowledge... The finished opal is absolutely amazing! WOW 😳
Haha oh no not the old videos! Glad you are finding some tips in the older ones there is still info there just not captured as well as the newer videos.
Always a shame when it goes that way.
True but happens and we have to roll with them punches from the opal gods.
haha, that business card is giving me flashbacks. I really need to update some sort of a self portrait… neat video! think dad showed it to me when it was uploaded x.
Oh Hey! This couldn't be the real Grace Gunn could it? Keep up the good work and keep pushing Riley to get those auction numbers up.
43 year old here. Working as a social worker since three years and just finished school (again) after changing careers after 20 years. Just starting to get into the hobby now I Have some time to spare 😊
A great way to spend free time so hopefully you can stumble across some good rocks.
the link you posted from opal empire says UNSAFE
I think it is currently down. Not sure what happened I'll have to ask Jullian.
@@RoysRocks ok my man i was just scared to pursue it further after clicking on it
Hi Roy, my name is Rob from Maleny in Queensland, I enjoy travelling to opal country in my time off (especially Yowah and Lightening Ridge), have have recently joined Caloundra Lapidary Club and I love it. I've never heard of half of the opals you showed in your clip Roy - very exciting. I work for the Co-op in my Eco Village as an admin. I'm setting up on my verandah for opal carving and slowly collecting the right tools.
Hi, There is a huge amount of opal out there in the world. Aus probably has the best of the best but heaps of interesting fields out there. Good luck with the carving.
Found you through pultizer opal , i like you already.
Haha the one and only rant on the channel so far. It gets me annoyed just thinking about the topic now.
The potch looks grey
Most potch from lightning ridge is grey.
I have a lot of small thin scrap pieces/offcuts I’m using to practice on. There’s quite a bit of colour in some but I’m wondering if these scraps, after polishing, can be bonded together or even if they’ll bond to metals like silver, gold or even platinum? I’m not a big fan of jewellery but I’d like to join bits to make a larger piece to cut into a small basic object? I’m wondering if it would hold together through shaping & polishing or would it need embedding in a resin? I guess I could just dive in & find out
You certainly can with the right resin. Most just go with a standard 2-part epoxy.
It definitely looked nice to start with 😢
Haha dont they all? 😂
Interessante Zusammenstellung. Cool
Das finde ich auch... mein Deutsch ist nicht gut🙁
I'll be 75 in three months. I am still working As an engineering carpenter, plumber, tile and marble. I have been buying a few opals here and there for about 3 years, planning to one day purchase an 8" Cab King. Opal is my birth so tone as well as tourmaline. My mother had some blue opal she was given in the 1950s. I always admired her opal jewelry since I was eight years old.
Hell yeah man 75 years young 💪 My grandfather was similar, he may have not been employed but worked until his body didn't let him anymore. I thought he would live to 200 but unfortunately not. Hopefully many opals in your future.
10 million years to form, what’s the hurry to cut it ?
Thank you for sharing
No worries. A failed attempt every now and then resets expectations. 😂
Glad I watched this. I'll go test my bur that's scratching the hell out of my stone 🎉
Ah you found this one. Thats the perfect thing to try. I also sent you a photo example of what a well worn 600 grit leaves behind.
@@RoysRocks Thanks heaps. I really appreciate your help and advice 🙂
🤦♂ such a shame, it looked great from the edges but the faults were a killer. 2x👍
I have a plan B to harness the good angle... coming soon. unless it fails 😂
I bought one of those Opal vials from a company here, in Australia, & I was lucky enough to find a few nice cut off sections of a similar size to this one, however I’m a total amateur so I’m practicing on the worst bits, using cheap equipment but I’ve got a feel for it due to my lab skills although my hands get tired now. What type of drill bit was the 120 you mentioned? Was that a diamond bit?
That was a sintered diamond bur like this: www.roysrocks.com/product-page/sintered-diamond-burr-10-piece-kit The jar ones are typically less rough so starting out with a 600 grit is probably better.
Man the side colour and pattern was stunning, sad when they don’t face right or that potchy cloud doesn’t go away..
I have a backup plan... might be dumb but might be the next video. We will see...
@@RoysRocks please, please, please. Let’s see your evil plan