Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Oct 22, 2017 11:03:04 GMT -5
I have a chunk of IPS that I want to cut up but it's way too big for my 10" push-thru saw using water.
I can cut it on the 18" saw but I'm worried about using oil with the porosity of the material being what it is. Will it change the color? Would I ever be able to get the oil out of the material?
Has anyone cut IPS using mineral oil?
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Post by manofglass on Oct 22, 2017 12:12:26 GMT -5
Well do a test cut off a little drop it in oil
See if it cleans up
Walt
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Post by captbob on Oct 22, 2017 12:15:05 GMT -5
^ That's pretty good thinkin' right there! I hadn't thought of that before.
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Post by Tommy on Oct 22, 2017 12:41:45 GMT -5
Well do a test cut off a little drop it in oil See if it cleans up Walt Now that is good thinking - it's rounded like a cobble but I think I can get a corner cut off on the 10" water saw. |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 22, 2017 13:38:39 GMT -5
I've slabbed it with Covington Rocksaw oil, no problem except the blade tends to run drier and maybe bind in the cut more often. Rock was not stained at all after the kitty litter and dish soap wash....Mel
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Post by Tommy on Oct 22, 2017 13:40:21 GMT -5
I've slabbed it with Covington Rocksaw oil, no problem except the blade tends to run drier and maybe bind in the cut more often. Rock was not stained at all after the kitty litter and dish soap wash....Mel Great, thanks Mel. Did you do anything special like leaving it in the kitty litter longer than usual or just normal? |
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 25, 2017 10:14:35 GMT -5
Nope,I just drop it in the litter until the excess oil is off it, then I put in in my tub with dawn dishwasher soap for an hour or so. After that I just set the slabs in the sun to dry a day or so. No staining at all. Used to be a booger to cut on my 20 inch saw though. If the workpiece had the blade running through a long cut with a lot of blade edge contact, the paint rock seemed too draw the oil away from the blade a bit making it bog down. I've noticed some wonderstone does this too....Mel
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Post by Tommy on Oct 25, 2017 10:55:47 GMT -5
Thanks for your help Mel - so far so good. I added some extra oil to the saw before starting and haven't experienced dry blade yet but I know what you mean. I've been washing new slabs in a bucket of dawn soap and water, into the kitty litter for two days, then a final dawn soap wash. Good looking stuff and maybe less porous than other pieces I've had in the past.  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 25, 2017 10:57:28 GMT -5
Tommy, that is beautiful! Glad things are going smoothly with the cutting.  Thanks for sharing! |
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Post by orrum on Oct 25, 2017 17:28:55 GMT -5
X2 Jean!!!
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Post by zarguy on Oct 25, 2017 18:10:46 GMT -5
Tommy - That's a very colorful slice of Indian Paint Stone. You could also soak it in oil before cutting so it can't absorb any more during the cut. Lynn
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Post by radio on Oct 25, 2017 19:06:17 GMT -5
One killer piece of IPS!!!  Ever time I see something like that, I spot a cab there, there and one over there!   |
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 25, 2017 20:10:47 GMT -5
Nice cut with great color and pattern. I did notice a multi hardness thing in all the slabs I cut. Some light sections seemed to be much softer than other darker sections. Have not cut a lot so because I had such a hard time getting a decent polish, so I don't now if that is typical or not...Mel
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Post by Psycho on Nov 12, 2017 1:14:32 GMT -5
Tommy, that sure is a damn pretty slab,wow
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Ever time I see something like that, I spot a cab there, there and one over there! 
