USMC15
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Post by USMC15 on Mar 31, 2021 21:10:51 GMT -5
...... and cutting my first stone. It is a bots, figured I would mess around with my Walmart brand dremel.  |
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Post by greig on Mar 31, 2021 22:16:55 GMT -5
Did you get a lot of dust, or have you found a way to keep the stone wet while cutting?
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USMC15
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I feel like I just came out of the tumbler ...
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Post by USMC15 on Mar 31, 2021 22:22:25 GMT -5
Did you get a lot of dust, or have you found a way to keep the stone wet while cutting? You would be surprised. I set up this very cunning water system. My boys take turns using a squirt bottle to keep the rock wet. It was going all so well until the dremel died. So now it is charging. I did manage to cut halfway through the rock before it ran out of power. With Scotty on vacation I could not get more power without plugging it in. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 31, 2021 22:44:23 GMT -5
The boys need to take those water guns out rock hounding!  I hope you update is on the Botswana after the recharge.  |
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Post by greig on Mar 31, 2021 23:10:35 GMT -5
I met a guy last year using one of those little rechargeables. I was looking at a nice apatite crystal in calcite, that I didn't want to break using a hammer/chisel. He cut a rectangle in the calcite around it in no time. I was impressed. Except he still broke the apatite when trying to get the bottom of the block out. Pretty handy little units.
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Apr 1, 2021 9:12:41 GMT -5
Did you get a lot of dust, or have you found a way to keep the stone wet while cutting? You would be surprised. I set up this very cunning water system. My boys take turns using a squirt bottle to keep the rock wet. It was going all so well until... I thought this was going to have a different ending with you ending up all wet when they got tired of squirting the rock! Good use of your assistants! |
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Post by miket on Apr 1, 2021 9:41:44 GMT -5
I started with a rechargeable dremel and ended up throwing it in the trash.
Switch to a corded one, you'll be much happier!
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USMC15
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Post by USMC15 on Apr 1, 2021 10:19:01 GMT -5
I started with a rechargeable dremel and ended up throwing it in the trash. Switch to a corded one, you'll be much happier! Got to start somewhere. This was only $25 so I thought it was a worthy start. |
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Post by fernwood on Apr 1, 2021 11:41:38 GMT -5
I have both types. Each has its merits.
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Post by Rockoonz on Apr 1, 2021 16:43:32 GMT -5
My first was a cordless.
Now I have 10 or 12 Foredoms.
Amazing how this works.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Apr 1, 2021 18:07:27 GMT -5
Yes started with a rechargeable. Then went to a Dremel and a flex shaft. Then while cleaning out my wife's grandparents house I found a DUMORE flex shaft (think Foredom on steroids) from the 1960s. It is amazing how this addiction works!
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Post by Rockoonz on Apr 1, 2021 20:05:46 GMT -5
stefan I used a dumore flex shaft with a reciprocating handpiece that was a jewelers file holder when I was doing tool and die work. Definitely industrial stuff.
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USMC15
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Post by USMC15 on Apr 1, 2021 21:01:15 GMT -5
The final result with my first cut.  |
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Apr 2, 2021 10:34:12 GMT -5
Nice cut! Rockoonz my wife's grandfather was a machinist and had a business in his basement (he made precise pressure gauges for the steel mill industry) When he died nobody in the family wanted his equipment. I grabbed 3 Buffalo Forge drill presses (purchased in the 1940's With no damage to the cast iron tables!) the Dumore flex shaft, a small high speed tapping drill press, a couple drill arbors that were used to triple drill fittings, a very old Delta pedestal 2 wheel grinder, and a few odds and ends. I wanted the metal lathe but it was sold off to a college shop as was a few other specialized tools. It was an amazing score for me as there were 4 sons and grandsons ahead of me for the goodies. My only wish was that he was into lapidary rather than machining!
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Apr 2, 2021 12:36:29 GMT -5
The final result with my first cut. That’s an interesting pattern with the banding along the edges. Is there more banding in the interior? Will you be tumbling it, cabbing it, or simply admiring it now? |
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USMC15
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Post by USMC15 on Apr 2, 2021 14:06:39 GMT -5
The final result with my first cut. That’s an interesting pattern with the banding along the edges. Is there more banding in the interior? Will you be tumbling it, cabbing it, or simply admiring it now? Not much banding other than what you see. I have others that Jason and I cut in half. I may tumble them later. Never really thought to cab a bot. |
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