Paipo's Stone Tikis - 1st Thread - Jun 06 - May 08 - Tiki Carving

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Sun, Jun 25, 2006 4:04 PM Thanks again to everyone for the positive feedback. On 2006-06-25 06:02, Benzart wrote: Paipo, Excellent step-by-step. Thanks for taking the time to do that. You use water to cool the tool when doing the heavy carving? How do you introduce the water to the piece, a spray, or a continuous dunk? The second piece is really tight with very precise machining going on. Can't wait to see more! Yep, if you look carefully at my handpiece in the first pic of the "how-to" post you'll see I've taped a thin hose to it that tapers right down at the end. This sprays a fine stream of water directly on to the burr. Once I've made all my cuts and then cleaned them up, I often run the burrs dry at very low revs (

Thanks again to everyone for the positive feedback.

On 2006-06-25 06:02, Benzart wrote:
Paipo, Excellent step-by-step. Thanks for taking the time to do that.
You use water to cool the tool when doing the heavy carving? How do you introduce the water to the piece, a spray, or a continuous dunk?
The second piece is really tight with very precise machining going on. Can't wait to see more!

Yep, if you look carefully at my handpiece in the first pic of the "how-to" post you'll see I've taped a thin hose to it that tapers right down at the end. This sprays a fine stream of water directly on to the burr. Once I've made all my cuts and then cleaned them up, I often run the burrs dry at very low revs (

Post #239618 by Paipo on Sun, Jun 25, 2006 4:04 PM