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I was wondering if anyone here has created stonewrok other than just the process of etching it's surface?
I feel kind of alone with this and have not been able to find much information on the creation of statues and things, in regard to stone. I am talking in terms of smaller scale items in the range of 6" tall or so.
There is a world of tips on wood materials though. has anyone ever tried?
Be well, Steve....
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Hi Steve, welcome you can use Silicon Carbide grinding Stones they are the (blue/green) ones. Also you can use Diamond Wheel Points. Thats about all I know.
Doug 
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Thanks for the welcome Doug.. yeah I've tried almost all kinds of tips to be honest and stone plays **** on 99% of them... I saw that there is a 20 piece diamong tip set on ebay and I'm going to be buying that soon I hope. The project I just started tonight is an african grey parrot. It was going to be a scaled 3d statue, but I wasn't able to aquire the material thick enough to do it. So it will be etched into the 8" by 8" marble piece I picked up today from a local shop... The edge of the etching will range from 1/8" to almost 5/8'". The material is almost 1 1/4" thick. With a small diamond tip it's going to take awhile thats for sure. But I can see just how one of a kind it will be. Lots of planning, drawing, grinding, drawing, planning etc etc....
Good to be here on this forum....
If I get some webspace somehow I will post pictures as it progresses. I took one tonight of the top drawing to hopefully show what it will look like someday....
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Just seeing if this works... here's my alien chess pieces. Blurry but you get the idea. And yes. I didnt realize I could use the attatchment option here..lol I will post my grey parrot project in here later...
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Here is my Parrot project in stage 1.... I hope you like. keeo in my feathers are many and will be etched near the end of the project. what you see id just a visual guide for the outline reference....
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Hey Steve,
Alien chess pieces look awesome! What bits/speeds did you use for it? I'm wondering for each step from cutting the basic shape, to adding detail and sanding/polishing and everything. If you could detail your process that'd be a great help to others here (including myself). As you said, there's not a lot of information on using a stone medium so the more that you could post the better. Also, what stone did you use in that case? And how did you do the eyes? I assume they're just bits of black obsidian or something that you glued in place? Let me know, thanks.
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Thanks for the comment...
Well as far as material goes, I actually used a leftover piece of a marble sill, which is generally used in construction as a window sill or a shower step covering. This particular piece is only about 5/8" thick which kind of forces you to work in miniature.. This marble is one of the many variants of Travertine. I find travertine to be a good shape-able stone. Although at first it can seem you will get nowhere, upon starting its shaping you will see how good it is to create things with.
I started the process by using the small sandpaper drums that come with all dremel kits and models. I believe it was 60 grit.The one I used was the 1/4" size. I don't know it's number but the 1/2" equivalent is #407. This sandpaper is great for working away the square shapes and giving the rounded look.
The cutting and detail work of the piece was achieved by using 2 other tips. The first and main one used is a diamond tip which is #7144.. This one is used throughout the entire project and is also responsible for the final seperation of the piece from the bulk slab. It just takes a little time and patience..
For the edge lines of the eye sockets which are actually cut deeper, I used the engraving tip #106. It doesnt respond all to well on stone, but it is sufficient for tiny etching and getting the lines abit sharper than bulkier tips...i then dig more depth with the diamond tip again.
The spine that the middle piece (pawn) has, was just crafted with the diamond also. It took a little fore-thought, but actually turned out better than I expected..
The eyes by the way are just painted in with a base acrylic paint and a small brush. If I had precious or semi-precious stones I would surely try to mount them..
The only polishing that I used for these was a car wax which I had in the garage and using one of the buffing wheels from the kit. I would highly recommend using stone enhancer/sealer. This would bring out the color and vein depth of stone and give it a long lasting sheen.... The stuff can be quite expensive though and I just didnt have any on hand........
I hope this helps.....
Steve
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| By the way, I have failed to mention in all of my posts that in order to achieve small pieces efficiently, I always use the dremel flex shaft.... Having such a small and mobile tool to keep control is pretty important.. As the bulk of the dremels motor can make it cumbersome for sure.....
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i actually just bought my first dremel for this specific purpose as im very intrigued by stone art. so far i've been working with 2 varieties of stone (one is obviously sandstone while the other i cant place my finger on, possibly a kind of slate or even mixed grade bluestone) both of which i buy at a local dollar store in the form of stone candle holders/coasters and they make an excellent canvas to work on also i have been working on a stone life size granite salamander for a while now and so far have the rough shape of the head carved out
i dont have much time at the moment to go into more detail than that i use the green bits for the sandstone and orange bits for the unknown stone and also the metal and industrial cutting wheels are excellent for both etching lines as well as shaving down large areas and also even shaping in the case of my salamander. ill get back when i have more time and elaborate on things some but if youd like to check some of my work out you can find pictures of it located here
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=186823923&albumId=1472095
lemme know what you think so far. the ones shown here are also wall hangings i should also add.
happy carving
Ash
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| I work with native Kansas limestone. I have been doing stone carving as a hooby for about 15 years. I use the multipro 300 and also the multipro single speed. Generally I use high speed cutters 114 and 100. I have experimented with the 119,190,191,192, and also the 117. Personally, I have not tried any sculpture. My emphasis has been college mascot and personal etching. I am lucky to have as abundant supply of native stone to work with. There are different hardnesses of rock depending on where I get it. The rock in the western part of the state is somewhat chalkier, with fewer aquatic media, while the central Kansas rock is heavy with s****s,etc. I would invite anyone that shares my hobby to respond. Thank you, rockchalk.......
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