Stone Carving: Q&A + Gallery... - Tiki Carving

F flynny Tiki Socialite Devon, UK Joined: Jun 19, 2006 Posts: 275	F flynny Posted posted on Fri, Feb 23, 2007 11:42 AM Hi Guys - Toggles A lady I work with saw some of my work and wanted me to produce something in Ameythyst with a matching toggle and plaited cord. Is this stuff harder than Jade on the old scale, because it took me ages to put 2 holes through the toggle using diamond burrs. Question is how do you see something so small when drilling with water ( will post a pic to this thread, I know it's a little bit non tiki) Also what speed do you cut jade at, I have a 6 inch diamond trim saw with variable speed but the settings are min/max, not much help I know, whilst cutting a small slab I noticed the point of contact on the stone momentarily glowing, Am I pushing the stone through to quickly?, the saw was set about half speed, I guess around 2700 rpm or should I increase the speed. There was plenty of coolant. Regards Flynny

Hi Guys - Toggles
A lady I work with saw some of my work and wanted me to produce something in Ameythyst with a matching toggle and plaited cord. Is this stuff harder than Jade on the old scale, because it took me ages to put 2 holes through the toggle using diamond burrs. Question is how do you see something so small when drilling with water ( will post a pic to this thread, I know it's a little bit non tiki)

Also what speed do you cut jade at, I have a 6 inch diamond trim saw with variable speed but the settings are min/max, not much help I know, whilst cutting a small slab I noticed the point of contact on the stone momentarily glowing, Am I pushing the stone through to quickly?, the saw was set about half speed, I guess around 2700 rpm or should I increase the speed. There was plenty of coolant.
Regards
Flynny

Post #287691 by flynny on Fri, Feb 23, 2007 11:42 AM