How to cut gemstones with Dremel | DIY rotary tool water tank dropper
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With electroforming, I use a lot of gemstones. I buy them already cut and polished or rough. Sometimes they need to be adapted to the project that I'm doing and, especially, the rough ones, need to be cut.
Cutting stones is relatively easy, but inconvenient because of all the dust they produce during the process.
Breathing silica dust or other kind of mineral's is not good for your health. Using a mask could be a solution, but the result, in the long-term, will be a lab cover with a layer of dust even if you clean every day, and you don't want it in your electroforming bath.
The best solution that every gemstone worker knows is WATER.
Water will prevent all the dust from flying everywhere, but I don't have all the machinery to work with stones, so I needed to do something cheap and fast.
Since I already have a rotary tool with diamond discs, I decide to do some adaptation to it.
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Recently I discovered why the exopy didn't work. The bottle is made of Polypropylene. This kind of plastic is immune to all glues except for the ones specific for it.
Using the knife and scissors i was like... Dude, don't you have a dremel? 🙈😂
@cuforming
8 ай бұрын
I made it to avoid dust. If I had to use the dremel to cut the plastic and make dust, what's the point?
@Cleopatra-ve9ww
Ай бұрын
Not to mention I have found that the rotation of the tool can be to fast and causes the plastic to start melting ....it can cause a big mess
😮genius, thanks so much!
@cuforming
17 күн бұрын
Thank you!!!
Super creative, inexpensive and efficient set up you make. I absolutely love It! Especially since I just happen to have every single item used, on hand. Thank you for sharing!
@cuforming
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the appreciation!
@cuforming
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the appreciation!
Cutting stones is a useful way to adapt them to your work!
This is such a great idea from someone with a creative and imaginative mind. Wonderful.
@cuforming
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!🥰🥰🥰
What a great idea, I am definitely going to try to make me one. I am a beginner trying to teach myself stone carving thank you for this post
@cuforming
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this comment, I'm glad you like it. After I used it for a while, I've added a piece of filtering cloth around the water pump because there was too much silica dust accumulating in the water and I didn't want it to clog it and burn it.
Hello and thank you so much for this tutorial. I followed it and adapted my "stone cutting/forming workstation" with some clear plexiglass as splash guards and it works Wonderfull. With this tool I take them till the finish state. Thank you, much appreciated. Keep up the good work🙏
@cuforming
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I'm really happy you liked the idea. I took the first simple thing that everybody can find in their home that could be adapted to contain water splashes. I'm curious to know how you glue plexiglass sheets together, that's something I always wanted to do since I have lots of it laying around my garage.
@teodorisfan1989
Жыл бұрын
@@cuforming I don't use glue because I want to take it out and clean it, so my method is screws and plastic zippers. I can't attach pictures because I would have done it to thank you. 🙏
Thanks for the creativity! I've been using a similar system with just a gravity drip bag to keep the dust down on my homemade flat lap, but I'd never considered using a fish tank pump. You've sparked some new ideas. Thanks for sharing!
@cuforming
9 ай бұрын
Thank you. After a few uses, I had to cover the pump holes with a sheet of filtering sponge, the same used in the aquarium, to avoid the dust to go back in circle.
@kengensjewelry
9 ай бұрын
@@cuforming I was just thinking about how to filter the dust back out last night. Thanks for yet another great idea.
This is cool. Am gonna do it. Thanks
Good idea although not sure how long that pump will last, they are supposed to be fully submerged in water or they just burn out
@cuforming
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this comment, I'm glad you like it. After I used it for a while, I've added a piece of filtering cloth around the water pump because there was too much silica dust accumulating in the water and I didn't want it to clog it and burn it.
This is a very cool idea!!!
@cuforming
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you like it!!!
Super video! 🤓🖤
@cuforming
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!❤
Great! Thank you
@cuforming
7 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!
nice idea, just hope he water will not trickle into the machine. maybe use a flexible shaft to be safe
@cuforming
5 ай бұрын
I did this because I didn't have a flexible shaft at the time. It's safe if you keep the hole big enough just for the bit to go through.
Looks Good!
@cuforming
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@cuforming
2 жыл бұрын
Subscribe if you like it!
How does the pump hold up to the mud from the stones?
@cuforming
Жыл бұрын
I didn't realize it at that time. After a few uses, I added a textile filter sheet around the pump's slots.
please I am extremely dumb where is the water coming from? and where does it go?
@cuforming
9 ай бұрын
The pump collects the water from the bottom and push it up through the hose. You don't see it in the video, but I had to put a filter under the pump to keep the dust out of the cycle. If you need more explanation, ask anytime.
Can I cut gems with a dremel like quarts and amethyst
@cuforming
6 ай бұрын
Yes, you can. Diamond wheels for rotary tools are very common, and you can cut any kind of stone with them. Try this: amzn.to/47m8YOB . Just keep in mind that you can't cut bigger stones than the size of the wheel.
What kind of cutting will is that?
@cuforming
Жыл бұрын
Just a simple diamond wheel. Check the description for the links.
Why using a knife when you have a rotary saw?
@cuforming
Ай бұрын
Why using a rotary saw when you can make a clean cut with a knife?
You should use the Dremel to cut the carton. LOL
@cuforming
Жыл бұрын
LOL!!! What was I thinking!!!
@Aelawen
4 ай бұрын
In my experience scissors are better for cutting plastic. The heat created from a rotary tool will soften or melt most plastic making it resist cutting and will gum up the bit.
Its ten times easier to sit a big jerry can at a height and attach the hose to the spigot
@cuforming
Жыл бұрын
Gravity!
You should have titled this video arts and crafts with a plastic jug
@cuforming
Ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣