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zanemoseley
03/27/2006, 06:52 PM
I have a purple cap that grows in large flat plates that are hard to break by hand without it breaking into tons of pieces. What other options do I have to frag it? Taking it out of the water is not an option. I don't want to frag it but its about 1/2" away from a ORA tort branch. What would happen if I let them touch, I think the tort would win but I'd be afraid the cap would grow around the tort and start bothering it. Anyone tried the little exacto saw blade?

Here's a recent pic. You can kinda make out the tort branches in the background.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/zanemoseley/purplecap2.jpg
Sk8r
03/27/2006, 06:56 PM
Guy I know uses garden shears. You don't know what you're going to get, but it's a renewable resource.
jay24k
03/27/2006, 07:11 PM
Use a razor blade and you can carve it out fairly easy. Either that or score it a few times and it will break generally where you scored it.
jsbzmcdaniel
03/27/2006, 07:22 PM
zanemoseley,

Sweet piece by the way!
shelburn61
03/27/2006, 07:33 PM
bone shears?
drake66
03/27/2006, 07:35 PM
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Kubi
03/27/2006, 07:46 PM
"edit"
ClownReef®
03/27/2006, 07:57 PM
Tile saw..
fishdoc11
03/27/2006, 09:05 PM
An old pair of scissors allways worked well for me, but not perfect by any means. If you want exact you will most likely have to take it out and use some sort of saw like a dremel of a tile cutting bit.
Chris
zanemoseley
03/27/2006, 09:05 PM
What is a tile saw?
ClownReef®
03/27/2006, 09:11 PM
A saw to cut tiles :D
zanemoseley
03/27/2006, 10:46 PM
Well I kinda figured that. I was just wondering how they work. I just searched tile saws on google and all I can find is motorized ones.
Dubbin1
03/27/2006, 10:51 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7057171#post7057171 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by zanemoseley
Well I kinda figured that. I was just wondering how they work. I just searched tile saws on google and all I can find is motorized ones.

I think it was a joke.

I use bone cutter on all my SPS.
Ti
03/27/2006, 11:03 PM
clippers
zanemoseley
03/27/2006, 11:05 PM
Well I just fragged it using a razor blade to score it then break it. The area I was fragging was about 4x1" I and I felt like I would be more than lucky if it would break into 2 pieces. I ended up with a 2x1" piece, a aprox 1x1 and about 4 smaller pieces. I just glued them to some small rocks. Thanks for the help.
FastFish720
03/27/2006, 11:24 PM
Screwdriver and tap it :) it will break into a few pieces. Oh btw nice avatar, reminds me of a piece I had.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/fastfish720/coral.jpg
ClownReef®
03/28/2006, 08:40 AM
No, no joke..a friend of mine uses a tile saw..apparenty it works great.

Fastfish- Thats a crazy milli..(drools..)
MiddletonMark
03/28/2006, 09:50 AM
A tile saw would be for out-of-tank fragging - but given you can get very thin diamond blades for it - probably the best method of cutting thick/LPS types.

Personally, for friable stonies - I prefer a dremel w/ diamond wheel - but that's outside of the tank.