Thread: Cutting a coticule?

Does anyone have any advice for cutting a coticule with a damaged end? I'd like to take the damaged end off to use as a rubbing stone on it, but not sure what I could use to cut it off as cleanly as possible. Has anyone got any experience with this?

Never cut a hone. But cut lots of other stones. Tile saw or concrete saw would be my weapons of choice.

Yep!
I got a friend that is a tile man. I needed a little cutting and he stopped by with his tile saw. Tossed a little water in the tray and cut the stone in one whack. So if you don't have a tile saw or a friend with one, just go to somewhere that works with tile. I bet they would cut it for a min cost.

I have a inexpensive tile saw with a diamond coated blade that I have used to cut ceramic tile. If you try to cut a Coticule, the biggest problem is that the yellow Coticule side is usually thin and fragile. If you do attempt to cut your hone, be sure the yellow side is down to minimize cracking. Also you might want to cut the hone in several shallow passes rather than trying to cut the full thickness at once. Don't rush it.

I once cut a piece off of mine with a regular hacksaw, seemed to work perfectly fine ime
Probably not as clean as it can be, but after sanding the ends and edges is was pretty good

You can get diamond hacksaw blades. They are less than $15 US

Any hack saw blade will cut it, will trash the blade though.

Diamond blades are inexpensive as said or if you have a lot to cut or a hard stone, next time you see guys doing a remodel, they usually set up the tile saw outside, a six pack, couple bucks or offer to sharpen a pocket knife will get all the stones you want cut, quickly and cleanly.

I have sharpened many a pocket knife in trade.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Any hack saw blade will cut it, will trash the blade though.

Diamond blades are inexpensive as said or if you have a lot to cut or a hard stone, next time you see guys doing a remodel, they usually set up the tile saw outside, a six pack, couple bucks or offer to sharpen a pocket knife will get all the stones you want cut, quickly and cleanly.

I have sharpened many a pocket knife in trade.

Done that. They are usually amazed at how little time it takes.

Great advice as usual. It sounds like the easiest way for me might be a hacksaw then...have a few of those around the house so if a blade gets trashed I'll have others until I get around to buying a new blade.

The other option is if you have a local college with a Geology Dept. There's a good chance they will have a Lapidary Saw which is specifically designed to cut rock. Usually they have a gravity feed system and liquid cooling so you can cut the most delicate of rock safely.