waterboysh
spending too much on rocks
Member since April 2021
Posts: 386
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Post by waterboysh on Aug 24, 2021 7:36:38 GMT -5
At the moment, I'm not really interested in getting anything other than my tumblers... but, I would like a way to easily cut off bad pieces of rocks. Hammer and chisel works sometimes, especially if there is a nice crack to place it in, but sometimes it's just the shape of the rock I want to alter a bit to make it better for tumbling and want to shave off a little piece here or there. What is the best way to do this? I'd like to get something that is relatively small and hopefully not very expensive. I realize something like this may cut slower, but like I said I'm not really interested atm in making slabs or anything. Plus I don't really have anywhere to put equipment.
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RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,556
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 24, 2021 8:27:37 GMT -5
A tile saw could work nicely. Some of them are light and handy, plus fairly affordable.
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huskeric
spending too much on rocks
Member since May 2016
Posts: 353
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Post by huskeric on Aug 24, 2021 13:17:26 GMT -5
I started with an angle grinder and you can buy 4" diamond sintered blades pretty economically. When I started out, I used it a LOT to take off cracked areas of rocks or just to smooth off stones that would take months in the tumbler. For smaller stones, I clamped the grinder into my workmate table and used it like a vertical lap, and then (as carefully as possible) edged the stones in to smoothe them out.
I will say in advance that I didn't always follow the best safety rules, but as long as you can tread the line between "stupid" and "completely moronic" you should be able to keep all of your fingers! Good luck!
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