Basic Contour Carving / Fire Agate Carving w/ Sweet Jim

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Lapidary Dave

Жыл бұрын

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@RagnarRocks Жыл бұрын

Jim was a national treasure, thank you for sharing his precious moments and knowledge! ❤

@lapidarydave Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching brother

@christineedwards4865 Жыл бұрын

RIP Jim. I'm sorry for your loss Dave. Jim had so much knowledge about lapidary and the mineral world. I learned a good bit from him through your videos. Thanks for uploading this, I had no idea.

@ecks_marks_the_spot Жыл бұрын

I just realized Jim is no longer with us. So Sorry. He was clearly a wonderful person to know. Folks that are willing to share their knowledge for the sole purpose of helping others are a rare gem.

@johnsaucerhunter Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful episode of information Dave, many Thanks to "Jim". I felt like a sponge trying to soak up as much information I could glean off as possible!

@chadatchison145 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Dave, Sweet Jim is sorely missed.

@garyhenderson7332 Жыл бұрын

I have been a mineral collector my entire life, well since I was in grammar school. I am 78 now . I have always loved the beauty of Fire Agate. I have a fabulous collection, but I do not have any specimins of f- agate. I used to go to the Tuscon mineral show every year. I never ran into any specimins , mainly because I have always been into raw minerals and crystal specimins. Love the colors that it displayes . Maby some day. Crazy, you look just like my younger brother! Lol. Love your work!

@gratefulguy4130 Жыл бұрын

Dave could probably help you rectify that gap in your collection. 😊

@maudiusorelius1739 Жыл бұрын

Sweet Jim was taken from us too soon. We still had so much joy and learning left.

@TyOtis Жыл бұрын

RIP Sweet Jim. Thanks for sharing Dave ❤️

@BurninGems Жыл бұрын

Been out of the video world for a while, sad to hear about Jim. This was a great video and you did him justice. Someone recently asked me about fire agate and i dug out my container and now i have to cut some again. Thanks Dave.

@valsummers5330 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou again I just remembered that he has passed A real treasure Thanks again for letting his teaching live on! The

@DonohueLabs Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sweet Jim and Dave. I've been sitting on a few fire agates for way too long, and this is great information and inspiration to get cracking on those.

@jeffreyenglert697 Жыл бұрын

This is a great tribute to Sweet Jim. Ive been missing him too. Thanks Dave ❤

@socalrockhound Жыл бұрын

Great video. So good to see Jim. I know this one was hard for you to release but it’s a great tribute to a wonderful human. Now I do think Ghost Fire is a great band name. Thanks again

@lapidarydave Жыл бұрын

definitely a great band name

@vernlapoint1528 Жыл бұрын

Sorry I missed your stream I'm glad you posted it. It was great to see Sweet Jim I wish I could of met him what a wonderful soul 🙏😮

@corinaprinkeycp Жыл бұрын

Sweet Jim 💛 awesome video Dave 💫✨ I’ve been really wanting to get into carving 😍

@user-jy4kb4wu1k 3 ай бұрын

Thanks again Dave. This video is just what I'm looking for. I just got a flex grinder and I need to know this stiff. I'm not working with fire agate but this info is priceless.

@myrtille92100 Жыл бұрын

So wonderful work! Thanks for the share!

@calebh6115 8 ай бұрын

Jim was awesome. Glad he shared this stuff. Glad I got some fire agate from you guys

@AllisonFChan Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing Sweet Jim's wisdom ❤ may he RIP ❤🙏

@nazzakashieern 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave for both of you I really enjoyed the vid, and I use brstle brush for delicate engraving it is good and cheeper

@Brok3n_Handz Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know we ( lapidary world ) lost him. I wish I could have chatted with him. Sorry for the loss Dave! Does he have a channel? How much pressure did he apply when using the AZDENT burs?

@Brok3n_Handz Жыл бұрын

Lol never mind, I asked before you showed his channel

@lapidarydave Жыл бұрын

Jim would’ve loved you he used to buy lapidary gear for next to nothing sometimes under 50 bucks a machine he would’ve just gave you one

@Brok3n_Handz Жыл бұрын

@@lapidarydave it’s funny because I recently got into fire agates. I am a huge agate person atm but to sit around and carve with this man would have been enough.

@jiggyfun807 Жыл бұрын

We love you Jim, thank you!!!! You have so.much to share

@patriciabock4299 10 ай бұрын

Sweet Jim you should really write a book you are the TEACHER! ❤

@lapidarydave 10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately sweet jim passed away last October 🥺

@victorguzman6400 Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks for sharing ❤

@patriciabock4299 10 ай бұрын

Love the idea of classes on video!

@patriciabock4299 10 ай бұрын

I am so sorry Dave, I did not know Sweet Jim had pass it is a loss that will never be replaced. He was an icon and I will miss his prescence in your videos. I will keep his videos in my library and watch them again and again.

@lartgems 6 ай бұрын

Hi . nice workshop

@leonardogiorgio6711 Жыл бұрын

Complimenti per la Sua grande passione e professionalità , Lei è una Bella Persona , Grazie mille per i video 👍🙏❤un Abbraccio dall' ITALY

@leonardogiorgio6711 Жыл бұрын

Grazie mille

@buckyes6749 Жыл бұрын

Really good video Dave

@user-xj6bo9fs5c Жыл бұрын

Спасибо, что вы показали как обрабатывать эти замечательные камни

@hellboundrubber4448 8 ай бұрын

RIP Jim.

@LocallyLostHandmade Жыл бұрын

Jim was a real one

@goldcambodia 5 ай бұрын

Nice!

@JamesDevaney-nm7oc 6 ай бұрын

sorry to see he's gone, I was really digging his carving. I am passed the beginner stage and have gotten where, I am a really good carver. So I have 3 question. Where do you get quality raw fire agate to carve, how do you price your work (chart maybe), and how do you find a market for you completed cabs.

@lapidarydave 6 ай бұрын

I get my material from source fr the miners The more hands it goes through the price double with every person especially with Mexican material I get them at Gemshow really you have to look at them in person photos will make them look too good Pricing is even harder than sourcing good material for a fair price. I just like people trying to sell online making their pieces. Look at Best Buy particular angles, fire, agate, pricing and sales is tough because they are only going to post good videos that good angles so your best bet is to price your material off of videos that you see online Facebook groups tend to be the best for pricing And you would bark at the ad shows or online putting them out to sell is the easy part selling them is the hard part they are literally two days in a three days and Fire Agate 10 days at the largest shows in America, Denver, Quartzsite, and Tucson your best bet is to market them at smaller trade shows and most people don’t wanna buy a 1 inch $400 rock no matter what it looks like so you’re gonna have to get him and Jewelry to really get the most out of Them

@metaphysical_lapidary Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@RICDirector Жыл бұрын

Dang. Such a nice and talented man,.....RIP, Jim... Dave, I need someone to cut a bunch of abalone on shares....can you recommend anyone for me? If it helps, Im just north of Sacramento.

@lapidarydave Жыл бұрын

armondo customer cutters does a cutting service probably one of the best around

@rickcrippen5180 Жыл бұрын

Jim was one in a trillion.

@Sushapitty Жыл бұрын

Taken way too soon. Condolences to everyone from everyone at Gofer Prospecting.

@UnityByNature Жыл бұрын

Sweet Jim 😢

@user-sh2so3vs9q 5 ай бұрын

This is the first video I met Jim and was so excited because I actually understood how he explained things…. 😢😢 I’m so sorry!

@ronsmith1364 Жыл бұрын

TFS!

@FAMILYFUN-un1zm 3 ай бұрын

Nice video! Where can I purchase the premium and the less expensive sanding wheels?

@lapidarydave 3 ай бұрын

Ebay

@FAMILYFUN-un1zm 3 ай бұрын

@lapidarydave I looked and did not see AZdent wheels there😳 I'll try again

@Brok3n_Handz Жыл бұрын

I am trying to understand “ ghost fire “ is it color that’s pretending to be color or is it before the color and tells you how much color?

@lapidarydave Жыл бұрын

nope it’s just the very last of the colorbars and can’t be peeled for find other colors

@nazzakashieern 8 ай бұрын

One more thing Dave where can I Get the rubber dimond used by your friend, do you have the link of Amazone? 🤔 please🙏

@lapidarydave 4 ай бұрын

I don’t have a link but it’s on eBay

@buckyes6749 Жыл бұрын

Are the big hunks of chalcedony worthless? Or can you cab/ polish that?

@lapidarydave Жыл бұрын

They’re not worthless they just don’t have the color that people are looking for

@Akasha_Silver 5 ай бұрын

Dave,do you have the Amazon link for the Azdent rubber wheels? I couldn't find them.

@lapidarydave 5 ай бұрын

eBay not Amazon unfortunately I don’t have link

@Akasha_Silver 5 ай бұрын

@@lapidarydave ok

@karenjones7111 10 ай бұрын

Thank you I know this was hard for you.✌❤

@lapidarydave 10 ай бұрын

🥺❤️

@pumpkinboy3167 2 ай бұрын

How can we buy if were in another country?

@lapidarydave 2 ай бұрын

Facebook message or instagram lapidarydave

@edwinshmedwin 6 ай бұрын

i think im dreaming

@estycki 2 ай бұрын

Couldn't you just tumble these if you're keeping the original shape?

@lapidarydave 2 ай бұрын

It’s all about pulling out the color. The color bars are fractions of the millimeter thick tumbling would definitely maintain the shape, but it’s not really about the shape. It’s the different colors underneath each other.

@estycki 2 ай бұрын

@@lapidarydave aah you have to have a good eye and patience to do that for each one!

@JamesDevaney-nm7oc 6 ай бұрын

@lapidarydave 6 ай бұрын

Nope they are there just look a bit harder if they’re on eBay, not on Amazon

@JamesDevaney-nm7oc 6 ай бұрын

I did find most of them