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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Lapidary
Cutting stones, need advice on equipment... Dont want to lose an eye..
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<blockquote data-quote="LONEWOLF" data-source="post: 427640" data-attributes="member: 6309"><p>One advantage with Aussie Sapphire Budget saws is they have a new deck installed that suits the thinner blades and has a smaller gap around the blade as mentioned and can be used wet... Bunnings don't have this feature and some cannot be used wet...Risk of Electric Shock..... When cutting anything safety glasses and wear a mask as with a lot of stones, their dust is Toxic... Even if used wet...Mask is to be worn IMO...</p><p></p><p> One of the issues is you will get stones caught in the gap around the blades of Bunnings saws and this can lead to a very bent shaft quite quickly or worse an injury to your fingers and a saw that wont cut properly after... Aussie Sapphire saws ARE made for Lapidary... For around $110-$170 you can get a saw ready to plug in and start cutting.... </p><p> You wont cut your finger on a Lapidary saw blade believe it or not, or if you do then you did something really silly to get cut, but you Will on the blade supplied with Bunnings Tile saws... :Y: </p><p></p><p> LW....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LONEWOLF, post: 427640, member: 6309"] One advantage with Aussie Sapphire Budget saws is they have a new deck installed that suits the thinner blades and has a smaller gap around the blade as mentioned and can be used wet... Bunnings don't have this feature and some cannot be used wet...Risk of Electric Shock..... When cutting anything safety glasses and wear a mask as with a lot of stones, their dust is Toxic... Even if used wet...Mask is to be worn IMO... One of the issues is you will get stones caught in the gap around the blades of Bunnings saws and this can lead to a very bent shaft quite quickly or worse an injury to your fingers and a saw that wont cut properly after... Aussie Sapphire saws ARE made for Lapidary... For around $110-$170 you can get a saw ready to plug in and start cutting.... You wont cut your finger on a Lapidary saw blade believe it or not, or if you do then you did something really silly to get cut, but you Will on the blade supplied with Bunnings Tile saws... :Y: LW.... [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Lapidary
Cutting stones, need advice on equipment... Dont want to lose an eye..
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