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Question in aquarium drilling and stony coral fragging.
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RichConley
Attack of the Killer Cute
For drilling holes, I used one of the cheap ($8) chinese bits off of ebay. I've drilled more than a dozen holes, and had no problems.
RichConley
Attack of the Killer Cute
I used it on an old powerdrill I had. Just go slow, take you're time, and keep the hole wet.
If you want to use a dremel, they make small diamond tip jewlery tips, which do a pretty good job. Theyre about $12 IIRC.
If you want to use a dremel, they make small diamond tip jewlery tips, which do a pretty good job. Theyre about $12 IIRC.
For fragging stoney coral, a diamond cut-off saw in a dremel works great.
Here's a link to a thread I posted a while back reagarding inexpensive hole saws on Ebay.
http://bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21377&highlight=diamond
Steve
Here's a link to a thread I posted a while back reagarding inexpensive hole saws on Ebay.
http://bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21377&highlight=diamond
Steve
mloebl
Non-member
Same here... just a cheap $8 diamond hole saw bit off eBay and a corded drill. Depending on the glass thickness takes 5 - 20mins for the hole. I picked up a cheap drill press at HD which worked well when I just drilled out a 10g tank for a sump. I've only cracked an old 10g tank when drilling by hand once. I drilled a 70mm hole and 54mm hole in my 75g tank while it was half full of water without a problem. Usually a two person job where one drills while the other sprays it with water.
-Mike
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Puffer
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Thanks guys for all the great info and link. What I don't quite understand is that, can I use a corded drill as a dremel, or a dremel as a drill? Or do I have to have both in order to cut corals and to drill holes in glass aquarium?
The other thing, What is the power (watt, amp or voltage) that I should be looking for in both of these items (drill and dremel)?
The other thing, What is the power (watt, amp or voltage) that I should be looking for in both of these items (drill and dremel)?
You really don't want to use a dremel cutting tool in a conventional hand drill; it's clumsy and doesn't have the RPM's to properly run the tool. You really don't want to run a hole saw in a Dremel either; it doesn't have the low RPM's and torque needed to make the hole saw run properly.
In a pinch though, you may be able to run the dremel bit in a hand drill... but definately not the hole saw in the dremel.
Steve
In a pinch though, you may be able to run the dremel bit in a hand drill... but definately not the hole saw in the dremel.
Steve
mloebl
Non-member
I agree with StevenP. As for the power of the drill... doesn't matter. I've drilled glass with a wireless Dewalt a friend had, as well as a Black and Decker hammer drill in standard drilling mode. I would recommended don't do cordless as many don't have enough juice IMHO. I'm am not the most handy of people at all (computer geek to be exact), and I found drilling a tank not too bad at all.
As for the corals, not as familair with that so don't have anything to add there. I usually snap off a piece if I want to frag.
-Mike
As for the corals, not as familair with that so don't have anything to add there. I usually snap off a piece if I want to frag.
-Mike
muddskipper
Non-member
and if you dont like to order things...( i will in the future) you can use a 7134 diamond bit for a dremel to cut holes in glass.. paid $9 at home depot.. BEAWARE it took 45 mins and alot of water to drill one hole in a 65 almost 2 hours for both holes... go slow at the beginning and real slow before you go through.. but in the future i will be ordering hole cutters from ebay...
Scuba_Dave
Non-member
About 15-20 minutes with a diamond hole saw from Ameriglass
RichConley
Attack of the Killer Cute
nhbloke said:
A couple of sponsors have bonecutters.
