Tracey Dobbins on fri 1 may 98
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Morning all...
Has any one out there ever tried to cut shelf stilts? If so, what kind of =
tool
was best for the job? Were the results good or did it tend to fracture or
anything? Thanks for any input on this=21
Tracey
tracey=5Fdobbins=40nols.edu
Dave Eitel on sat 2 may 98
>Has any one out there ever tried to cut shelf stilts? If so, what kind of
>tool
>was best for the job? Were the results good or did it tend to fracture or
>anything? Thanks for any input on this!
I rented a masonry saw with a diamond blade. Water cooled thing. It cut
AP Green hardbricks like they were butter (well, almost). I already had
the bricks, which were used, and they make great posts. I cut the
straights into splits, then made shorter versions of the splits, so all the
posts are approximately 2 1/2" square. Very cost effective way of making
posts.
Dave
Dave Eitel
Cedar Creek Pottery
Cedarburg, WI USA
http://www.cedarcreekpottery.com
David Hendley on sat 2 may 98
Yes,
Motorized miter box, known around these parts as a 'chop saw'.
Masonary blade. Go slow.
I had 24 2" stilts with boogered up ends. Cut 1/4" off of each
end, to end up with 1 1/2" stilts.
Good results, nice smooth cuts, no fractures.
48 cuts wore out the $4 blade.
Be careful, wear goggles and mask.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
At 08:43 AM 5/1/98 EDT, you wrote:
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>Morning all...
>
>Has any one out there ever tried to cut shelf stilts? If so, what kind of
tool
>was best for the job? Were the results good or did it tend to fracture or
>anything? Thanks for any input on this!
>
>Tracey
>tracey_dobbins@nols.edu
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gambaru on sat 2 may 98
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Borrow or rent a cut-off saw. Get a blade for masonry/ceramics. ( they look
like they are woven fibre) Get two if you have lots of posts to do as they =
wear
down quickly if cutting firebrick soaps. Make sure you have really good =
safety
glasses or full face coverage and tight fitting gloves and a tight hat/scarf=
is
also a good idea.
Do it outside with the wind at your back. Measure and mark well. Go slow =
and
steady. Does a really good job. Also useful for cleaning up the ends of =
grungy
used posts. I have only cut new posts, have a vague recollection that =
cutting
fired posts does not work.
Noisy and dusty. MB
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From: Tracey Dobbins =3Ctracey=5Fdobbins=40gateway.nols.edu=3E
To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART =3CCLAYART=40LSV.UKY.EDU=3E
Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 8:32 AM
Subject: Cutting stilts?
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Morning all...
Has any one out there ever tried to cut shelf stilts? If so, what kind of =
tool
was best for the job? Were the results good or did it tend to fracture or
anything? Thanks for any input on this=21
Tracey
tracey=5Fdobbins=40nols.edu
Craig Martell on sun 3 may 98
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>Has any one out there ever tried to cut shelf stilts? If so, what kind of tool
>was best for the job? Were the results good or did it tend to fracture or
>anything? Thanks for any input on this!
Hi:
I rented a tile wet saw that had a 10" diamond blade and cut hard bricks and
all kinds of posts and stilts. The cuts were very smooth and polished and
the saw did an excellent job. Because of the water jet being sprayed on the
stuff I was cutting, there was no dust hazard to worry about. The saw costs
about $25.00 a day.
regards, Craig Martell-Oregon
OWL POTTER on sun 3 may 98
Although I never tried cutting kiln shelf supports myself, I have taken them
to the local monument cutting guy (like in cemetery markers) and they cut them
for me. When I explained what I wanted, they didn't charge me anything and I
gave them some mugs. They cut up some k28's hard brick splits, that I had on
hand, into shelf supports, also.
Carolynn Palmer, Somerset Center, Michigan
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