Drilling Holes in Rocks

Drilling Holes in Rocks. Using a diamond drill bit and drill press Levi shows you how to build a simple dam to keep a pool of water around the drill bit to keep it cool. Also how he uses a diamond bit in a die grinder and a dust extraction system to keep the shop clean.

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I’m Levi Woods, an Armorsmith and artist working in Vancouver, British Columbia. I love creating new videos to share my shop creations with you. I love all fantasy, medieval and science fiction movies and especially love crafting arms and armour for costumes and props departments. I’ve been building custom armor since 2000 and have worked as a professional movie prop costumer all over the world. When I’m home in my shop I love building art out of wood, metal and leather and love to explore new techniques. I focus on crafting custom leather and metal armor for my clients who use them for Films, SCA, LARP, Renaissance Festivals, Cosplay, Costume Contests, and Private Collections. As an artist and craftsman, I am inspired and influenced by artisans and crafts people throughout different cultures and history. Join me on my journey of learning and creating as I craft handmade items. “Subscribe now and let’s get over to the bench!”
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[coolguyca]

like the content!. only thing on the drilling threw the stone.. Loved the plumbers putty idea.. its important to let that pool of water enter the hole well drilling.. (raise the bit and let the water enter hole, cool the stone that has been cored. you can have all that water pooled at the surface but it is doing very little to assist you on your drilling.

[christopherspringmann]

Elegant, excellent, to-the-point. The putty "dam" is an old trick but absolutely essential. I've done this to drill drain holes in ceramic pots.

[janinekuklinski]

Thank you for showing how to do this quick and basic !!

[tklife]

Excellent video, i made it putting a stone inside a water bowl and works like a charm! Easy climbing holds made of rocks :D

[ElGkGoat]

Fantastic tutorial, always had a faint wanting to try this for some reason, now I have to justification. thank you.

[richardlatza]

great idea with the plumbers putty thank you for the info

[cayrick]

I am clearing a property and have to remove large granite boulders from the ground by drilling a series of holes in the rock and splitting them using a wedge and feather tool. I particularly like your idea of using plumbers putty and making a water pool.

[theincredible]

This is how you do a tutorial. Majority of YouTubers spend 10 minutes asking you subscribe, what they are doing, why they are doing, blah blah blah. Just show me what the title says.

[theflywho]

Thanks! I'm looking to make rock sculptures where they are stacked, so I was thinking holes big enough to fit rebar. But might be more drill bits than I can afford!

[johnteems]

I just drilled a hole in a large rock to act as the base to a floor lamp. The putty dam was a great idea. However, it left a stain/residue that stayed on the rock. Have you ever experienced this? If so, how did you remove it?

[jossy]

neato! Good videos. Thank you so much. I never knew about making the putty dam. :-)

[msk]

How did they do this at puma punka a ancient site thousands of years old can this perfect precision be done with hand tools ?

[joeselzer]

what would u use to drill a huge hole like if you want to make a tunnel underground and you be drilling in to rock not sure what kind of rock it is but it is kinda yellow like color maybe it is sandstone do not know it also could be limestone

[siamaklighvani]

I would like to know if you make a home half way through?

[matthewhoran]

I've saved myself a ton of cleanup (and avoided the ire of my fellow makerspace members) by cutting a 2' x 2' sheet of paper/poly dropcloth and putting it under the stone to absorb the water runoff.

[dariorotaclimb]

it seems the bits you use are different than the ones in the link.

[siamaklighvani]

very nice and efficient, but if you want to use a rock as a cabinet handle, you need to go halfway through, how we can do it please?

[DrTheRich]

How did they do this back before we had drills and diamond grinders?

[garymurawski]

Where's the hole? I thought you were going to show how to achieve the diameter needed at end stage with one pass. Did I miss something?

[bashkillszombies]

That gnarly ass thumb fingernail. D:<