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Rockhobbit fully equipped rock polisher God is GREAT! Member since April 2011 Posts: 1,655	Cutting help! Mar 4, 2016 14:57:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rockhobbit on Mar 4, 2016 14:57:22 GMT -5 What is the best way to cut Marfa Boquet and Woodward Ranch biscuits? One will expose flower boquets and the other, beautiful red plumes! Sheri
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micellular has rocks in the head Rock fever is curable with more rocks. Member since September 2015 Posts: 640	Cutting help! Mar 4, 2016 18:05:35 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by micellular on Mar 4, 2016 18:05:35 GMT -5 Is that why they are called biscuits?

spiceman fully equipped rock polisher Member since February 2016 Posts: 1,251	Cutting help! Mar 4, 2016 18:16:23 GMT -5 Fossilman likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by spiceman on Mar 4, 2016 18:16:23 GMT -5 Yes, glue to a board and then cut it. Do a web search on rock cutting and that may help. It tells what type of glue to use.

johnjsgems gets rocks for Christmas Member since August 2007 Posts: 6,959	Cutting help! Mar 4, 2016 20:14:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by johnjsgems on Mar 4, 2016 20:14:19 GMT -5 Trey tumbled them to better see which way to orient cut. They are small enough to cut by hand I think. The finished ones he showed me were all finished flat (like a lot of Montanas) because the inclusion is so thin.
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Cutting help! Mar 5, 2016 10:18:03 GMT -5

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They are small enough to cut on my tile saw. I am not sure which orientation to cut them. They are flat on the bottom. Do I cut along the bottom or from top to bottom. The bouquet are the same, not sure if the flowers are along the bottom skin or if they project up into the agate. I don't want to ruin the flowers.
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Cutting help! Mar 7, 2016 23:33:22 GMT -5

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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 7, 2016 23:33:22 GMT -5

Woodward biscuits are easier to cut than Marfa stuff but both often have the best plume running parallel to the top and bottom and therefore have to be cut open like biscuits. Thing that, to me, makes some Marfa bouquet tougher to cut is the plume is just under the skin, in a thin layer, and often more porous. Many bouquets are much nicer done as a doublet or triplet.....Mel

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Cutting help! Mar 8, 2016 11:58:04 GMT -5

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Mar 4, 2016 18:16:23 GMT -5 spiceman said:

Yes, glue to a board and then cut it. Do a web search on rock cutting and that may help. It tells what type of glue to use.

I use good Ol' Carpenters glue (Elmers),works like a charm and inexpensive..Leave it set for a week (To get a good cure)..Can cut it off the board,stick or etc,or just let it soak in water for a few days (it will pop off)..

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