carved stone

[reidy320]

G'day guys and girls,
So I got a bit bored today and decided i'd try and make a small pot out of a rock, I carved it out with my angle grinder and die grinder and am quite pleased with the result, my main question is should I seal the inside of the rock?, I have some pond tite that I use to seal my fish pond with, would that be ok or should I use something else?, that's if I have to,
oh yeah there is a drainage hole in it, just behind the front wall, that was the lowest point,
thankyou Scott

Sharpened version.jpg

pot.jpg

[ben17487]

That looks awesome! How dense is the rock?

[reidy320]

thanks Ben,
the rock feels pretty damn solid, though I thought it carved reasonably easy, its about 20mm round most of the walls and the base,
cheers Scott

[peterb]

hi ben
that looks good mate , what size is the bowl part
cheers
peterb

[Lane]

That looks awesome.

Sitting next to that XXXX can it almost looks like an ashtray!

[reidy320]

ha ha ha it does look like an ash tray!!
Peterb the bowl size is 18cm x 13cm and 4cm deep

[reidy320]

pot1.jpg

a view from the top

[dibly_w]

Looks great ... What sort of rock is it
I'm thinking the only reason you may want to seal it would be to protect the outside from the elements.
Also depends on the stone if it's a porous rock it may soak up water from your soil , so watch out for that .
I'm no rock expert either ... But if it's sandstone it will leech and possibly increase the ph levels highly of your soil . I only know this because keeping African cichlids adding sandstone naturally kept the ph at a high level which was great ... Possibly not so great for bonsai
Cheers looks awesome sealing it couldn't do any harm anyway

[reidy320]

thanks Dibly,
you've just answered the things I have been wondering, so I may as well seal it'
not sure what type of rock it is but I know sandstone being from the central coast, originally , and it seems different to that,
thanks for your reply
Scott.

[dibly_w]

Thats ok mate .
Glad I could be of some help ...
You could be onto a winner and maybe share with us a bit more detail next time you do one .
Very interesting project
What tree is intended for it ?
Perhaps share that when its all potted up .
Waide

[reidy320]

Well to tell you the truth Waide I didn't think i'd get as far as I did, but it was relatively easy with the right tools.
I'm already looking for another rock, so i'll do a step by step for those who are interested.
not sure what tree, but I think the natives suit this kind of thing, I'm working on a kunzea at the moment that might suit,
cheers Scott.

[kvan64]

Looks great. I was wondering what carving bit you used for this?

[Andrew Legg]

Scott,

What sort of bit did you use in the die grinder?

Can you perhaps post a pic of the bit?

Thanks,

Andrew

[reidy320]

die grinder.jpg

these were the main tools that I used, the angle grinder done the bulk of it where the die grinder got to the hard to reach sections.
the die grinder bit was a 10mm diamond piece, pretty cheap on ebay and the angle grinder blade is just a tilers ceramic blade 5_10 bucks at the green shed