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cutting sandstone

Stone Conversations : Archive 11 : Message 00640

From: Greg Carter <greg@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 20:11:05 -0500
Subject: cutting sandstone

Since he is only cutting 1/2" to 1-1/2" material I believe he is looking
to purchase a lapidary type saw
( http://www.cyberrockhound.com/band_saw.htm ), which should be built to
handle the abrasive cutting.

Diamond wire and water jet are on a whole other level.
Greg.

Simon wrote:

Quoted text begins.There is technology other than band sawing to consider, such as wire sawing:
http://www.diamant-boart.com/stone.cfm?language=En&page=Tools1 and abrasive
waterjet cutting: http://www.flowcorp.com/
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