How to cut a stone?

Hi guys.

I need to cut the stones into pieces. I have tried bandsaw and regular handsaws with obvious results
What is the best way to cut a piece of the stone? I was thinking about using Dremel diamond cutting discs. What do you think?

 

I wouldn't want to use dremel, because it's way too underpowered for such task. But if you have a angle grinder, than you just need a silicon carbide disk

 

I have only done it once and used a tile saw with a diamond blade.

 

Thanks, Anton. Now I remember that I have tried angle grinder as well, but with a different disc. I ended up with broken stone. MattS I think that it would be a waste of material because of a thickness of the tile saw.

 

I've never cut a stone like you want to cut, but I have cut many different types of building stone in various densities and textures, I used an angle grinder with either a stone cutting disc like Anton mentioned or a diamond disc fitted. If you have a 115mm grinder then the diamond discs are not very expensive.

Main thing is to make sure the stone is very well clamped, I sometimes put a piece of plywood above and below the stone just either side of where I want to cut then clamp it down, this prevented breaks in some delicate stone I was cutting.
Very light pressure and let the blade do the work as well, apologies if you know that already!

 

I've cut a lot of stones a lot of different ways but my favorite is using a hack saw with a carbide blade. It's not fast but it's safe and accurate. What are you cutting?

 

You can do what that guy (ksskss/ken123) who cuts up EdgePro stones does and use a wet tile saw. You can rent the same thing from Home Depot....

http://www.homedepotrents.com/diyTools/tile_saw.asp


Here's some discussions he had with people when he was starting out and looking for info. Maybe this will help some...

http://www.contractortalk.com/f73/ri...in-cuts-64690/

http://www.contractortalk.com/f73/sl...ws-rpms-65939/

http://www.johnbridge.com/vbulletin/...ad.php?t=77120

 

I suppose you are right in reference to material waste. My tile saw is 2mm thick. I have a hard time thinking it can be done for less than 2mm of waste in a timely fashion, but I am sure there is something.

 

I'd use an 4.5 inch angle grinder with a diamond wheel as Warren suggests. can't be done with no waste. As Matt mentions, it is only a couple of millimeters

 

Using a wet saw allows you to collect the material and dry it out for use as polishing powder. An angle grinder will just blow most of it away.

 

That's a good point Rick! Forgot to say I always wet cut with the angle grinder where possible, mainly to keep dust down in my scenarios but would have the extra benefit of making a nice paste to scoop up for the type of stone mentioned here.

 

Hi guys. Thank you for all answers. I bought a diamond cutting disc and it went into the stones like a butter. Very happy with the result.



Thanks again!!

 

Great to hear, Greg! Stones are looking good