In an EGG SHELL

[DukeNukem]

Hav'nt had much time to get online with the in-laws in town,But my mother in-law showed this to me and I think it's amazing there's a woman in Hawaii who cuts theses out in real egg shells the only thing I could say was wow. Here's the catch she does'nt tell what she used to cut them so I have no detait for you.I'm going to try to look into it further let you all know if I find anything out,Or maybe you know?I just thought that this was awsome work BTWgreat work to everyone who has posted reasent projects.Jerry

[Haggard3230]

That is really delicate fretwork. Do you think she frets over it?
Merle

[tcleckler]

Hey Jerry, that's really cool. The ones that I've seen have been cut with air drills, high end dremels with real fine bits. This person used ostrich eggs, seems like I remember that she soaked them in something to make them not so brittle but still looks like tedious work. Hers look sort of like lace or something.

[lucky788scroller]

I would think with a fine rotary tool, much like a dentists tool.Much like this http://www.powercrafter.biz/ Dale

[Rolf]

It is very typical to do this type of cutting with an abrasive wand.
http://www.airbrasive.net/products.html
I have a system at work I used to use for cutting holes in silicon wafers.
the nozzle I used was about .5 mm (.02")
The SSwhite company used to have artists at the trade shows demonstrate their tools by doing decorative stuff in Egg shells.

I also found this link so I guess they do use a rotary tool.
http://www.elegantintrigues.com/ei.html

[PuzzledMoose]

Fascinating stuff - thanks Jerry for posting the original and to Dale and Rolf for adding info. Looks like you certainly need a steady hand to do those!