Carving dry rock with dremel

Bradicalink · Apr 20, 2021

Is there any issues with carving dry rock with a dremel(tungsten carbide metal bits). I'm a tattoo artist and am starting my first reef tank. I'm not able to get it going for a few weeks(wife wants the walls painted and floors done first) and was thinking about trying to do some sculpture type stuff with dry rock in the mean time. I was wondering if anyone else had done this and the pros and cons of it.

vetteguy53081 · Apr 20, 2021

Dremel should be fine. Be sure to rinse rock well if dust and particulates and consider coral putty or cement for assembly

ZoWhat · Apr 20, 2021

I carve and cut LR all the time with this bad boy with a diamond tipped steel cutting disc.

Zero issues...

thatmanMIKEson · Apr 20, 2021

the fine particles will be your first supliments iron and diamond and such..

you should be fine rinse, and repeat great thing about dry rock you can clean it good you have time to play with it

ZoWhat · Apr 20, 2021

zoa what said:
I carve and cut LR all the time with this bad boy with a diamond tipped steel cutting disc.

Zero issues...

Just remember!!!!!

You woke up with 10 fingers, go to bed with 10 fingers.

Seriously R e s p e c t
this tool.....

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Bradicalink · Apr 22, 2021

I got a few pieces to mess with but one ended up being to nice to carve up. Drawing a blank on to even sculpt now that I have a piece of rock. Smdh

Bradicalink · May 25, 2021

Well this is what I came up with for the first piece.

RocksNStuff · May 25, 2021

I drilled some holes in dry rock for frag plugs. It worked well but I could have rinsed more. The tank was cloudy for about a day but all was well in the end.