Hi,
Hi,
I've removed an old slate hearth and I'm not sure what to do with it -
so I've decided to make some nice tables. I'm not sure how to get a
clean edge but that could be there charm !!

Any ideas on how to cut slate into sections, its about 1/2inch thick ?

Angle grinder ?? if so buy a cheapie(ebay ?)or hire one for they day ?

how can I feather/bevelle the edge ?


One I get the slate sections I'm then planning to put holes in the top
so I can screw the legs on.
These would need to be quite neat so any ideas on how I can do this ?
What type of drill bit ?

Cheers
l.c1

On 23 Sep 2004 12:16:45 -0700, (Lc) wrote:

Hi,
Hi,
I've removed an old slate hearth and I'm not sure what to do with it -
so I've decided to make some nice tables. I'm not sure how to get a
clean edge but that could be there charm !!

Any ideas on how to cut slate into sections, its about 1/2inch thick ?

Angle grinder ?? if so buy a cheapie(ebay ?)or hire one for they day ?

how can I feather/bevelle the edge ?


One I get the slate sections I'm then planning to put holes in the top
so I can screw the legs on.
These would need to be quite neat so any ideas on how I can do this ?
What type of drill bit ?

Cheers
l.c1

Sir,

Diamond blade on angle grinder. There was a guy here who said you can
work the edgces with a router, treating it like HARD wood, but I an't
tried this.

Rick

Rick Dipper wrote in message . ..


Diamond blade on angle grinder. There was a guy here who said you can
work the edgces with a router, treating it like HARD wood, but I an't
tried this.

Rick


A router can be used ( carefully ) to produce a lovely bevel or curved
edge on slate.

A friend of mine is very proud of his routed slate worktop which
exactly matches the profile of his wooden worktop elsewhere in the
kitchen.

Try it on some scrap to see how you get on.

On 25 Sep 2004 15:50:40 -0700, (Roly) wrote:

A router can be used ( carefully ) to produce a lovely bevel or curved
edge on slate.

It all depends on your slate.

Some Welsh stuff will work beautifully (look at old 1920's electrical
panels). Lakeland slate might take the finish, but it's hard enough
to destroy most tooling. Other slates, especially recycled roofing
slates, will just collapse into shards when you look at them.

The best slate I've found for machining was old stuff used for cold
water tanks (1900's Liverpool this wasn't uncommon - lead joints to
seal them). It even made it worth the trouble of getting the slabs
out of the roofspace without ust breaking them in situ.

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Smert' spamionam