Mike Zinski's Amazing Lapidary Shop // 3D Print Your Own Machines!
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2022
- It was such a pleasure to meet Mike, see his epic lapidary shop and learn about all the different projects he has been working on.
You won't want to miss this video!
If you live in the greater SE Washington area and want to join a rock club, you can find more information about the Lakeside Gem & Mineral Club on their website and Facebook page.
www.lakesidegemandmineralclub...
/ lakesidegem
If you would like to see the shop yourself or get a hold Mike about any of the items he's printed, you can get a hold of him at gemmakermz@cs.com
The amazing faceter Nadine who was mentioned in this video, can be found here on Instagram.
/ ilovegreenrocks
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This is indeed an amazing shop, and Mike is incredibly generous with his time and resources. I feel fortunate to be in the same town and have spent many hours there, and am wicked glad he'll be in the spotlight here.
I'm so happy to of gotten to see his shop and learn from him in the time we had there.
I am a club member with Mike, and am blessed to know him and have him teach me . The first day I took a class from him I cabbed my first rock . 🙂 he is an amazing teacher
You are part of a great club!
he seems amazing. a lifetime of knowledge.
Barbie, I need him to print me a few things... I also need to know about a raytech vibe tumbler motor...
I'd like to see if Mike has a machine for sale
Such an impressive shop with all of those machines and extra parts and supplies. He is a very knowledgeable and incredibly talented person, a real Jack of all trades! He also seems like a kind and giving person too. I saw the video Patrick did at his shop and was in awe then. Now seeing a little more of and about him and his shop I'm pretty blown away. Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing Mike and more of his shop with us!✌️🤠🤘
Love this. The knowledge he holds needs to be documented for future experts and "newbies"
I love that he shares what knowledge he has earned through his life.
I could sit down with him and chat for hours on end.
Wish this cleaver gentleman lived in New Zealand. Cheers from our little country.
when he got to the 4 inch 3d printed trim saw, my mind started freaking out going "Whats the motor???" and I am so glad that you asked, thank you!
It's a great concept for someone that's into faceting and wants to cut really tiny things.
That is one hell of an amazing shop! Everything at your fingertips!! How exciting that there are 12 year Olds fascinating stones to buy a machine! I can't say it enough but these clubs produce geologist and certified gemologist. It's great place for kids and parents to get involved in together!
Wow! Jared, WHAT AN ABSOLUTE TREASURE!!! My heart and soul are more than they were since watching this! Thank You so very much for this video. I’ve literally known and watched, more than I care to count, many gentlemen such as this great man move on to that great Lapidary Shop in the sky. Taking their vast, irreplaceable knowledge with them. Most of the great ones that come to mind left us before CZcams was here. You, my friend, have inspired me to seek out as many of these Masters as I can find. And hopefully record, as you have, just as much of the knowledge they have to share! The experience and wisdom contained within these folks is invaluable! To say the least.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!💎
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment.
Please go out and record as much as you can, I can't wait to see the notification from you of a video similar to this. Capture the information now before its gone for good.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding You got it!👍💎
Amazing! What a dream shop. Mike has a wealth of knowledge and I totally agree with him, do not let the art of lapidary die. Finally, a reason to buy a 3D printer.
This really has me thinking about getting one.
Mike Z is a wizard of the lapidary arts…Amazing…A lot of stuff was over my head but I really appreciate people like him willing to share their vast knowledge and experience.
He truly is a wealth of knowledge.
Older generations are awesome when they share knowledge and are passionate about subjects
Agreed! I hope to capture more conversations like this in the future.
Wow, this man is impressive, wish I had just half the knowledge of the craft that he does!!
Wow what an amazing guy, i can only imagine the knowledge that man has learned in his live and talk about the ultimate do it yourself`er, he can probably make just about anything and the shop is awesome too.
I hope to go back at some point and chat with him even more.
This man is a true fabricator. So fascinating!
It's pretty impressive to see.
OMG this is such a great video I love listening to this gentleman with all the different information that he has. I don’t know that much about 3-D printers but wow very surprised on some of the things that can be made for very little money. Such an amazing shop he has I’ve never seen so many machines in one area. Like you said very overwhelming. Very cool.
Thank you, I really enjoyed making this video.
Since filming this I have somewhat looked into the world of 3D printers and its seems like a very easy hobby to get into these days.
Thanks for doing this one. What a service to the whole community to know the depth of what can be done with 3D printing, not to mention the depth of knowledge that Mike Zinski has. Of course the studio is one to drool over as well, the stuff of dreams. He's so right about the fact that these artforms will die if we don't keep them alive. It's great that there are folks making the parts for machines that are not being made any more, and then of course, why not engineer a new machine if one doesn't exist?! Thanks again for bringing this content to a larger audience, cheers!
I really hope to have a shop on this scale some day. Also this has really opened up my eye to what can be done with 3D printing.
Amazing! What a treasure Mike is. It's wonderful that he's sharing his knowledge. You definitely need a 3D printer, Jared! That wouldn't even have to be in your shop, it could be in your office with your computer.
I love the idea of having a 3D printer in the office. Maybe someday I can make that happen.
I sure wished he lived closer on the east side of Washington 😢, however i will make a special visit during one of our western coast trips.
What a really amazing shop and wealth of knowledge!
It really is an amazing shop.
Wow very nice shop! We now have a new destination for a road trip. Great chunk of EB! I love this hobby there's so many "facets" to it. Thanks to you both for another informative journey.
Amazing shop! Amazing man! Thank you Mike for your generosity and knowledge and helping us get our faceting program off the ground. We are all so grateful!
That's my dad 😁❤
Your father is an incredible man.
Totally Enjoyed this video. Best teachers are self taught.😍
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
What an amazing shop! Really enjoyed seeing everything and even more enjoyable was to see the love and desire to see lapidary continue! Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Oh very beautiful I like the expansion of uses for these printers.
It has really opened up my eyes and imagination to what I could do if I had one.
Thanks, Jared, for reaching out to us for local services in your area... it's great seeing all this..
Wishing you the best.
Many thanks Mr Z. USA Jeff Baran 🇺🇸 FOREVER
Heh I remember the old Crystallite catalog with that giant red stone on it I bet this is the guy that cut it as he was talking about cutting one! In fact, I most likely have a copy of that catalog somewhere. Finding it would be something thoh lol. Tonite Ive been reading old copies of rock and gem. I particularly like the sales ads. I also want a 3d printer!
Amazing shop. Mike is awesome. Thank you for sharing
It's an amazing shop.
I wish that I was closer to Mike, this place is awesome
His shop is top notch.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding it certainly is my friend. It was a pleasure to see his shop. Thank you for the time and effort that you invest into your content
Wow what a great man; we dont have this kind of shop in Sweden: Thanks for the video 😀
It really is a very impressive shop to see.
Wow these are the people I could spend days learning from. Kennewick is closer to me than Spokane. I would love to check this out next time I’m out there.
I also love how he is trying to keep the hobby alive by making it more affordable. The cost of lapidary equipment is beyond expensive anymore. I’m looking at learning how to build or rebuild my own.
You should look into joining the club down there.
Guess I need to put all my hobbies in one place. Looks like fun.
Wow what a shop.Mikes an awesome guy you could learn a lott from him he is very talented.💎👍👍
What an amazing shop. The possibilites are endless in there.
It really is an amazing place.
Very cool, thanks for the tour of an amazing shop. hhmmm now I have justification to get a 3d printer. Thanks!!
I want one as well!
This guy is a legend and needs to be celebrated 🎉
I wish I had a Mike in my town.
Agreed!
Fascinating man, fascinating shop! I have not even begun to look into faceting, but definitely ahead. His ingenuity is remarkable. Very good video thanks.
He has countless stories to tell.
What an incredible shop! Mike is a very smart and learned man. I would be honored to work in his shop. Awesome to have those 3d printers. So much knowledge about all the equipment and the hobby in general, wow!
✋ thanks for sharing 👏👏 46:31
Time to step into the future, 3D is the way to go. Sounds like that gentleman would be great to inspire and teach future generations.
I would love to have a 3D printer!
what a guy
Best reason for getting 3D printer I have seen. Great vid and insights.
I would love to get one someday!
Amazing!
Wow, this gentleman is amazing. He has found his bliss and it pours out of him.
It really is amazing.
Again i am the victim of "day late and a dollar short". I have a no name 6" flat lap that has a wet side and a dry side. I took it apart to convert it to DC and have been having trouble sourcing a motor for it. The original was 10k rpm and it had a variable speed control. Now I cant remember how to wire everything up and dont want to burn up the motor or speed controll. This guy has the motor figured out and i am just now hearing about him. I bet he could set me up with something more portable and possibly even help me with the idea i had for a 10" slab saw / 8" flat lap "system". Something that would let you swap out some plastic parts but use the same drive parts.
Inspiring. Thanks for sharing. 🙏
The possibility's when you have a space this size is endless!
That man and his shop are absolutely amazing! I remember when patrick did a small bit about the 3d printed lab and facet machine parts!. I was really amazed by what he managed to do then. And thats before i saw all this! He has really revolutionized this industry with his 3D printed lab and the way he goes about finding a problem and finding a solution, and designing it and implementing it in minutes is amazing. And all the people he has helped and taught throughout the years is extraordinary. What a pure Blessing this man is! Its not very often you run into someone in your life, that you can say, he has truly been a benefit to mankind, and that man is. Look around at what he has accomplished, and he is still going. And he is pretty darn humble too. He is really a benefit to all those in this field and we dont even know why or who he is! Thank you so much Jared for the full video shop tour. We all need a shop like that! And through the power of 3D printing, we can have one! Well, that and that man education in cad and other 3d software and design. But you get my meaning. Thank you Jared. It was an amazing shop tour. Now everyone can go home and think about what we can do without, to be able to get a 3D printer and then upgrade our own spaces! lol
I look at people like Mike as a great example of someone who has never stopped learning. To just pick up new things like that such as 3D printing is impressive to say the least.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding i'll say, my dad cant even use text messaging on his cell phone!
😊Thanks so much for this video. We should all want to be like Mike!
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I wish that I knew someone like Mike. Both of my grandfathers were rockhounds and loved working with and finding rocks. My one grandfather passed at age fifty nine and my grandmother knew I loved rocks also made sure that I got his Scott Murray 15 pound tumbler that had some history, I was at their house the night the power went out and the motor burned out on the tumbler and my grandfather had a motor that he was able to replace it with, a GE home laundry motor, back in the 60s. When I got it life didn't allow me to use it so when I was disabled I got it out and oiled it up and the first forty eight hours I was down checking it and the next day I needed to get some sleep and when I woke up it was because of the smoke smell in the house, the motor had caught on fire and I assumed that there was a bad wire connection in the motor but it was from the fact that one of the bushings was gone and the armature was rubbing on the stater slowing down the speed of the motor and it went into the start mode and over heated and burned up the windings as well as connection board. I started to look for a new motor and because of the price of a new one I went through my used ones but I couldn't find one that matched the one that burned, since Scott Murray wasn't any more that wasn't an option. I did have a quarter hp and a three quarter hp but no third hp so I opted for the quarter hp and it had ball bearings in it so then came the pulley and the shaft was bigger so I had to get a new one but I couldn't find one the same diameter but I did find one a half inch bigger and since the motor speed was slower than the old one that was ok. Then came the mounting of motor and I had to change the location and I think it is back to where it was originally and I opted to add a switch mounted on the tumbler and I have around a year of use so far. I also used rollerblade wheels to keep the drum in place, a little over kill but I had them, now I only improvement left is to get pillow block bearings for the shafts for the drum. Luckily Thumler's got the rights to Scott Murray so the drum liners are still available. Sometimes you need to look outside the box to fix something old to get it back in use. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.
Ohmygosh, how amazing. I hope you have something of that scale someday, Jared
Tell me about it! I would love to have something like this.
That’s a cool shop
He has a great space.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding definitely. Wish I lived closer .
That was an awesome tour! Sure wish I lived closer! What a wonderful man Mike is!
It's a very cool shop.
That was absolutely amazing!
It's an impressive shop to say the least.
Intwresting take on wearing electroplated wheels.
Thank you for the top notch interview. Mr. Zinski is. a very interesting, knowledgeable and creative person in the lapidary world. Great video. Wow.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Great video.
Very cool!
Whoa!!! Thats an awesome workshop and I love the DIY approach Mike has. Very cool and inspiring share!!!
That's the way to do it, if you can't find it or buy it then you make it!
Amazin shop and Mike is an amazing man!
Well said!
so cool!
This was a very cool and fun video to watch!!!
Thank you!
Like someone else mentioned the Enders are great due to cheap cost, but do require a bit more learning compared to something like a Prusa. Thangs is a great site to look up models people have shared.
WOW! What an amazing set up! Too bad I missed the live. Man hoping one day to have a shop just half this cool! Long way to go... I'm officially getting an angle grinder and pads though this spring... Got a BIG project in mind... We'll see if I get it done next year. I hope! It's gonna be cool... I dunno may be too ambitious but I am going to try!
I would love to have a shop of this caliber someday.
I can't wait to see what you're working on.
Wow! I would love to know what he would charge for the 6 inch trim saw that he 3d printed - and how well it works. Correct me if I'm wrong but that dual disc flat lap is amazing and should be very easy to DIY, no?
Great video that’s an amazing shop for sure.
I would love to have my shop be even 10% of this.
Pretty cool shop! I see he is local here in Kennewick 👍🏻
He is! You should join the club down there.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I have a couple friends in the club, just having a hard time peopling now days. I think many of us are.
ohhhhhh i want some things.......so will he print and ship some of these things? that flat lap dish i love and those guards for the cab machine are perfect.
He will!
A 3d printer is fantastic. I recommend the Ender 3 or 5 as a staring printer. They are inexpensive and are work horses. I print easels to display my slabs on which cost about 15 cents in material. Great video, thanks for your content.
I hope to get a 3D printer someday, the more I look into them the more valuable they seem to be.
I have a 36.50 carat Montana star sapphire thats black with a gold 6 ray. It was given to my girlfriend by the owners of Spokane Bar Sapphire mine.We came in for a VIP Tour-I was given a 163.35 carat Red (Ruby) corundum 6 sided pillar
Thank you Jared. Another excellent video. Keep up the interview episodes, your skills are quite good at getting people to share interesting information. I’m sure you thought speaking to a camera was quite a challenging skill to develop but interviewing people for video is another kettle of fish. I am glad you continue to push yourself in many directions as the channel benefits big time. I look forward to your next vid and hope we get to hear more from the Biggs jasper man ( Don I think) in his shop/store sometime in the new year.Happy new year to you and Sarah and Micah. Scott
Thank you. I would really like to do more videos like that involve interviewing people so its good to hear that you like it.
Interesting. About the only thing my shop has in common with that is that we both use electricity. Something to aspire to.
You took the words right out of my mouth!
Tell me about it, I would love to have a shop this big. I feel like I'm working on a postage stamp some days.
Thanks for this great video! Mike is truly an amazing man with a wealth of knowledge and experience. I just recently scored a vintage Star Diamond Industries combination unit with a 10" model TS-10 trim/cabbing saw and a model C-10 grinding and polishing station. All are mounted on an original factory supplied 20"×48" containing dual motors and storage below. I have been searching for information and possibly an owner's manual for this unit. I am looking forward to getting this lapidary gem cleaned up and refurbished. If you or any of your channel followers has any information or suggestions on this restoration, it would be greatly appreciated. Rock On!
I'm glad you liked it.
As for the restoration of machines it really depends on the current condition of them.
That's an amazing shop and he seems like an incredible guy. I really do wish he'd put some files online for sale though. He could make some extra money and it would really help people like myself get started in the hobby.
Maybe he will at some point I can also see why you might want to hold on them.
What a great video. I've watched it several times now :)
I was wondering if you could provide contact information for Mike Zinski. I am very interested in the pans and shields he makes with 3D printer and other items as well?
I think this is one of the best videos I've seen highlighting a lapidary shop. Great job ❤
Go ahead and shoot me an email and Ill send you his contact information.
How do I get on the waiting list 😄.. the suspense is killing me over here
Don't know much about 3D printing yet, but it looks like he has found a dependable brand. What brand of printer does he use???
I will have to ask, I don't recall the name of the printers he is using.
I hope you gave his information to Justin k. Prim for his work and research into the history of American gem cutting
Those two actually already know each other pretty well I think and Justin stopped in here last year I think.
I wonder if it would be possible to 3d print a hood for a Lortone TS-10C
I don't know about that, I have never seen a 3D printer pretty really clear plastic.
If I was you I would make a box hood out acrylic.
What are the name of the metal pencils i use to scribe on jade i got tungsten but its not the right one-
I'm not sure.
😭 promo sm
What?