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Post by Cher on Oct 5, 2004 17:47:14 GMT -5
I was looking at some different saws and found this page that shows various sizes of saws and their depth of cut. One was for a 7 inch blade and it said it had a 2 inch depth of cut and one with a 4 inch blade only had a 1 1/8th inch depth of cut. These are for MK tile saws, here's the page. www.contractorstools.com/mkhome.htmlKD ... You have a 6 inch saw, what's the thickest rock you can cut? [glow=red,2,300] ~ Cher ~[/glow] pages.prodigy.net/bestsmileys1/signs/RockOn.gif [/img]
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Post by docone31 on Oct 5, 2004 19:12:46 GMT -5
The thing with tile saws is the thickness of the kerf. the finer trim saws have a very narrow kerf. For our purposes, especially cutting a stone, a tile saw will work. The diamond blade is much coarser than a trim saw blade and will leave marks. For me, cutting precious stones the less kerf the better. I do not see why a good overhead blade tile saw would not work for most of tumbling purposes. The best way to see is to get an inexpensive tile saw and try a few. I have found trim saws are much slower than tile saws. A person could even score the stone to be cut with a tile saw and break it the rest of hte way.
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Post by krazydiamond on Oct 5, 2004 19:23:30 GMT -5
i think i push the envelope with my 6" saw.......but i can get almost 2-1/2" thru it, and i can get larger ones at least to a fracture depth, then apply chisel and hammer.....i have got some slabbed material which is what one is supposed to cut with a trim saw.....ahem....now that i know better i want a BIGGER SAW.........but for now, i do ok with what i am doing, a grinder is next on my list.....
KD
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 5, 2004 19:47:50 GMT -5
hmmmmmmmmmmm well maybe i'm doing bad but i have a mk 170 with 7" blade and if the rock fits i cut. 2" huh? if it was 2" i wouldn't need to cut it!
kim
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Post by Cher on Oct 5, 2004 20:16:26 GMT -5
Kim, how do you like that mk 170?
Doc, why do you say the overhead saw? Better than the kind that has the blade down in the table?
Cher
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Post by docone31 on Oct 5, 2004 20:56:16 GMT -5
I prefer a table type saw. The overhead style tile saw has a deeper potential for cuts however.
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 5, 2004 22:04:45 GMT -5
cher my husband lays tile and passed this one down to me when he got a bigger one. it was much used and i've had no trouble with it. the only change i made was to put a lapidary blade on it. i use it to cut big rocks into tumbling size pieces.
kim
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