Cutting Cultured Marble With Angle Grinder
It cuts by grinding more than what we think of cutting.
Cutting cultured marble with angle grinder. How to cut marble with a grinder step 1. Secure the cultured marble with clamps and vice grips to keep it from slipping while you drill. Thick piece of rigid foam. With light pressure begin drilling through the duct tape and into the cultured marble on the pencil mark.
You must be patient and apply a firm and constant pressure to the saw grip handle. In this video house renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut a marble countertop. Press a 50 grit diamond grinding disk against the angle grinder s round pad. It would quickly clog up with a thermoplastic material.
It shows how to cut using both dry and wet techniques. Beyond simply choosing the tools themselves there are a variety of ways to cut cultured marble depending on where it will be installed. Mark your cutting line with a marker on a wide piece of tape. 3 place the angle grinder against the edge of the marble and move the.
Diy how to cut quartz granite or marble countertops with a circular saw. Make accurate marks. It turns out cutting the cultured marble is fairly easy but slow. Attach a diamond cutting blade to an angle grinder.
All you need is a circular saw with a diamond tipped blade. Put on your eye protection and make your cut. Adjust the angle grinder s speed to 2 800 r p m. A carbide wood blade stays sharper longer and would make a clean cut on cultured marble.
Most home improvement centers sell a wide variety of. However if you push too hard it slows the saw motor or worse it can break the blade. Hold the drill upright at a 90 degree angle. With such a wide variety of products available knowing which tools to choose when it comes to cutting cultured marble can be somewhat confusing.
A new good quality wood blade would do it too but might get. Place the marble on a sturdy workbench or table with an area large enough to hold the marble so that it does not. Using a hand clamp to hold the hose in place direct a trickle of water on the front of the diamond blade to cool it. A diamond blade like used for tilework is basically microscopic diamond dust.