Thread: Hone cutting vid

What kind of stone? What kind of blade? What surface speed? Why dry?

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

What kind of stone? What kind of blade? What surface speed? Why dry?

Those are all very valid questions, but the vid is not mine and I can't answer them.
I thought that the dry cutting of the stone would be interesting for people to see. I somehow imagined this would be done with water for lubrication.
I'll see if I can get more info.

I used to work at a quarry and we used water to cut everything. My cutting blade was approx 8ft across, we ran 2 in parallel, and it wasnt the largest we had. A friend of mine still working there says in years gone by they used to makes hones there but its all building stone now with the occasional piece used for sculptures. It was, without a doubt, the loudest place i've ever worked

ian

Great vid!

Even more interesting is where the off switch is located. I certainly hope there is no emergency.

I been there! He was out of town on business though, so all i could do was look. His wife's very nice, though.