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   RSRose | Aug 02, 2002 11:24pm | #1

   Yes. Rent a water-cooled diamond saw.

   Rich

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   forestgirl | Aug 02, 2002 11:43pm | #2

   Greg, thanks for posting this question, I'll be watching the answers.  I've heard that marble can be edge-formed with router bits the way wood can, but have not talked to anyone who's actually done it.  Maybe someone who has experience with marble can give some details.  I have 3 pieces of marble that might be useful someday.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

   
   

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   Edited 8/2/2002 4:44:11 PM ET by forest_girl

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   JPGrout | Aug 03, 2002 04:16am | #3

   I have cut marble before with a circular saw and a cheap carbide blade I do not recommened it though because it is a very slow tedius and dusty job. After I finished I chamfered all the edges with a 45 degree router bit and thought that part went really well. If I were to cut one again I think I would just use a straight router bit (1/2" shank 1/2" upcut stagger tooth) and make a few passes. I think it would be just as fast as a saw. Joe

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   bobhallsr | Aug 03, 2002 06:58am | #4

   I used to watch my Spanish neighbors cut marble and granite. Diamond blade in the sidewinder. Poke a nail hole in the bottom of a gallon milk jug filled with water. The guy with the saw pulls the saw throught the stone backwards. Other guy holding the jug pees a stream of water onto the point where the blade in entering the kerf. This pulls the cooling water into the kerf where it cools and carries off the grit. I've watched them cut granite at full blade depth at about the same rate as cutting a hardwood timber. A 4 inch diamond blade on a small angle grinder is handy for rounding corners and smoothing out rough spots.

   So the answer to you question is, "Yes, if your tile blade is a diamond blade."

   BJ

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