[Jewelry making - Article 00779] - Re: [Orchid] Cutting Slate

[Karen Olsen Ramsey]

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    I have cut  1/4" thick and up to 1" thick slate slabs with a
    Craftsman circular saw using a carbide blade.  Cut slowly and it's a
    piece of (dusty) cake.  Wear a mask. 

    For the natural broken edge, try a few sample cuts, but my guess
    would be that if you made a thin score cut on the backside and then
    broke it through, you'd get the edge that you want. Or else you
    could use a chisel or some other type of blade or flint and flake
    the edges by hand after you have cut the shapes, similar to the way
    you would knap an arrowhead to shape. 

Karen
Karen Olsen Ramsey
http://www.artjeweler.com


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