stone cutting

[joet1324]

Hi guys im new to the stone counter top cutting world and had a few ? for any one that would know i right now am running a cnc routor for a high end metal mill work company and want to do my own thing on the side so first ? is what is the best machine to cut stone water jet or a ring saw 2nd how do you get the bullnose and diff. egdes on the stone thats all for now thanks for all the help

[DennisCNC]

You can cut stone with a water jet if you have one sitting around, but it will add up quick as it cuts slow, all the straight cuts in stone are done with a diamond blade, the curvs can be done by hand with a concave blade, or with a finger bit on the stone router or water jet. Same thing for the sink cut outs. For the profiling you use a manual router that runs the bit shaped the profile that you want, here is the one I made: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27570

Or a full size stone router that does all the profile work and sink cutouts at once.

[diamondblades]

Originally Posted by joet1324 Hi guys im new to the stone counter top cutting world and had a few ? for any one that would know i right now am running a cnc routor for a high end metal mill work company and want to do my own thing on the side so first ? is what is the best machine to cut stone water jet or a ring saw 2nd how do you get the bullnose and diff. egdes on the stone thats all for now thanks for all the help

Like dennis said you would use diamond blades for straight cuts, concave blades for curve cutting and possibly diamond tipped core bits if you need to do any drilling.

Diamond Resin Polishing Pads also if needed.
Good luck