fragging an encrusting monti

[johnanddawn]

i just had to try - curiosity ya know - is this how others do it or is there an easier way

 

[Leishman]

 

[Purple Haze]

either way, or a dremel.

 

[Cody Ray]

I never thought about using a dremel.

 

[Jovreefer]

holy crap...you used a table saw??? lol... alittle overkill IMO. a dremel or chisel would probably be better. With a table saw dont you cut up like 1/8 an inch with the blade because its so wide?

 

[slojmn]

I saw a link to a very cool little wet table saw for just this thing. It was in a previous thread for propogation. I will go and try to find the link.

BTW, Looks like you did a nice job

 

[copps]

A dremel is a must with the expensive diamond blade... the diamond blade will last through hundreds of cuttings...

Also, by scoring underneath in a part with no living polyps, you could then use a screwdriver or chisel to pop it apart with little carnage... even running a thin diamond blade through living tissue causes uneccesary polyp loss...

And Rik (Leishman), thanks for the photo of the hammer and chisel... without it we'd be lost... do you Brits think of all us Americans like that?

 

[slojmn]

I foudn the link to the wet saw but not to the thread, darn, the thread was a good one on fragging chalices and acans...sort of like an encrusting monti .

Cool little Wet Saw

 

[johnanddawn]

well i'm glad i didn't use the chainsaw.........
no i didn't want the haphazard break of a chisel and it was a bit to big to mess with the rotozip.......so table saw it was
and slogmn that is a cool little wet saw - may need to get one of them........

 

[sadielynn]

John any updated pics of the frags and your figi reef

 

[MiddletonMark]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7194078#post7194078 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by copps
even running a thin diamond blade through living tissue causes uneccesary polyp loss...

Great advice about the dremel.

If you can't run it straight and clear through it - the dremel is a harsh tool. Cutting in back, then splitting with a screwdriver IME led to a quicker recovery/growing along the split edge - with sometimes the cut side recessing a little from the recently dremelled area before growing over that.

I've seen tile saws w/ diamond blades being used to cut corals - which can handle a thick rock and run a fairly thin blade. Really many saws can do it [tile, band, table, hack ] ... but the cleaner you can cut it, the better.