Cutting a rock on a lapidary saw for the first time! I cut a rock I found on the Washougal river in SW Washington on my brand new 10 inch lapidary saw! I share why I bought the saw in my video. Let’s see what’s inside! Is it Washington Jade? Jasp-agate? Please share your thoughts in the comments!
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Transcript
hi nice to meet you you can call me Betty I had a high stress technical job for 14 years and through three mergers I provided 24/7 support and was a loyal employee this summer I was laid off along with some of my favorite team members I have a mortgage a husband a family I should have been concerned but I was just so relieved and excited because now I can go rock
hounding I decided to follow my passion and I bought a 10-in stainless steel trim saw from Highland Park lapidary I had watched videos of people cutting agates lot of them so I felt confident that I’d have no issues thank you Kyle from World of RockHounds the Rogue rockhound currently rockhounding Katie dead rocks agate Ariel agate dad and many others for instilling this confidence in
me I watched videos of people cutting Rocks open lots of them I heard a lot of them say I sped this footage up none of that really prepared me for how hard it was going to be to cut my first rock I made some sort of a 30 degree ramp as I cut my way into the Rock I’m not sure if I need to do something to a brand new blade before before I use it there are definitely gaps in my knowledge
here the blade started to wobble and I started to lose my nerve but I did manage to power through the rock it took me a really long time to decide which rock I was going to cut first and I was somehow afraid that when I opened the rock it wouldn’t be good
enough I found this Rock on the Washougal River in Southwest Washington I welcome your opinions on what it might be I think it could be Jasper Jasper agate or jadeite
thank you for watching my video I’ll see you later
