Rock tumbling with rock tumbling you can polish stones from the beach or your garden or alternatively buy inexpensive semi-precious stones.  Known as lapidary, rock tumbling is the art of cutting and polishing

Rock Tumbling is quite a small niche hobby. The usual place to buy them is in a specialist rock shop, a craft shop or online. Buy a rock tumbler online is oten the besy way to start with this new hobby.

A rock tumbler needs to tumble each batch if stones for approximately 3 weeks.  Buying a second hand rock tumbler is a good option for most people to get started with.

When buying your rock tumbler, check how much stone tumbling grit and polish come with the machine.   More information about the type of grits you need to use in rock tumbling grits is available here – rock tumbling grit information.