Cutting Montana Agate on a Tile Saw.
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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Can you cut Montana Agate on a tile saw? That is the question of this video. Cutting slabs in general is something I no longer do on my 10 inch tile saw, let alone slabs of extra hard agate. But let's test this new blade I purchased a couple of weeks ago and see how it holds up.
Chapters:
00:00 Begin
00:26 Introduction and Video Purpose
02:16 Cutting Montana Agate
05:54 Second Cut
10:52 Changing the Blade
11:48 Finish Second Cut
17:22 Quality of the Cut
20:27 End
Filmed with Sony A6400, Gopro 8, and Iphone XR. 
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Good job 👏! I have seen many videos on Utube. Have to say this is the only one that I have seen that talks about which saw blade (on a tile saw) to cut what hardness of rock. It's good to know a porcelain tile blade will cut through an Agate. None that I have seen really talk about their blades & what rocks they can cut. They just cut them to show what's in the rocks! Im sure there are many people who do know this. But to the ones that don't, this is informative. You also take the time to show a normal real-time cutting video of how long the blade and your saw takes to cut through a rock! I just recently purchased a used MK 100 & love it! Thanks for sharing! Great video! You have a subscriber. 👊😎
Thanks and welcome to the channel!
MK100 looks like a nice sturdy saw. I'm sure it'll give you years of service. The only thing ever to go wrong on my Felker tile saw was the power switch. I've pondered modifying my saw to bring the blade rpms lower to something more in line with lapidary speeds (3450 vs 1750). Someday perhaps..
I'm in the market for a new "thin" 10 inch blade for the tile saw. Currently looking at Highland Park' s offerings. What blade are you running?
Ha, can't tell? Like I said, I bought this used. So the blade printing is pretty warn out. I can't read it...,,Doesn't give any indication of what it is? The previous owner threw in a brand new MK 225 porcelain & tile 10 inch diamond blade. So i'm thinking maybe that's what's on it now?
MK 225 Hotdog blades are my favorite! Look for the little hot dog shaped cutout on the blade, same as your new one. The cost of these blades have gone up so much since I first started buying them. From $25 to $70+ basically. Still better than the MK/BD 305? agate cutter blades that are $135. Lol, they look and perhaps are the same blade. I wonder if the 225's will eventually be gone forever.
@camplapidary oh wow! I just looked on the blade cover and it does say MK 225 hot dog! Lol...cool! I'm really glad I purchased this from that guy then. This is good to know, thanks for the advice. I might have to buy me several of these hot dog blades before they go away. Lol 😆.
You are very informative, and I appreciate all the advice. Thank you so much!
I loved the way you explained by doing it as an amateur could possibly though to do it.
So the audience can learn without second thoughts.
Love your video.
Thank you, I love the way you came here and left this lovely comment. I really appreciate it, makes all the difference in the world to me. :D
Very nice stones, I really like it
Thank you! Much appreciated! :D
Very nice, thank you.
Most welcome! :D
thank you for the tips,, i never used a tile saw to cut rocks,, your right about that agate nothing was screaming cut a cab here to me either, thank you for sharing this with us
Most welcome, Yooper Mann. Sometimes you get a good one and sometimes you don't. Just the way it is.. Thanks for the comment!
I am just beginning to cut rocks and I know I need a bigger saw! I figured I would try a cheap tile saw first to see if I wanted to do this. So far cutting small rocks has been ok but I would like to cut larger rocks and I am looking at a larger tile saw. I did get the porcelain diamond blade for You made it look so smooth and easy!
If you are looking at saws, you can do worse than looking for one of these Felkers. Or an MK brand saw that looks similar. Heavy frame and big motor.
These saws are great at cutting open good size rocks really quickly. Not as smooth as an oil bath lapidary saw though. An old tile saw like mine could be found for a couple hundred dollars. I see them on Facebook marketplace fairly often in my area.
@@camplapidary thank you for the advice, I have been searching for a good used saw to be able to cut geods open, we have really hard geods here if you hit one with a hammer it has been known to bounce back so bad that you can hit yourself in the head! When the water goes down I will have to find one for you and send it your way, they do not look like geods I have seen on videos. They have a bubbly exterior that is smooth, some people have used them to paint Santa Claus on them because it makes them look like curly beards lol. Iron out is a must for the geods here since there is so much iron in the soil. KY Agates in Eastern KY are the prize with their black, red, yellow and orange bands (they are geods too).
Good morning, Patricia.
I have a slice or two of fancy Kentucky Agate with the black, red, and yellow. It was expensive at about $100 a pound. I was supposed to cut it up and make cabs, but like with other costly materials I just tend to hoard it.
@@camplapidary I can totally understand hoarding that agate, they are really rare and very difficult to find. I watched a video on finding them and found one location in Estill County Kentucky that is suppose to have them. Some rockhounds around there sound discouraging about finding them and I am wondering if they are just trying to keep people from going there to look for them. I am planning a short trip over there to check it out as soon as the storm season ends and Lake Cumberland is lowered. As long as that lake is full the creeks and rivers that feed into it will have higher levels of water. Wish they would open the Dam to help drain some of the water off. That dam can save people who live below it from flooding but at the same time create flooding for people who live above it. I guess Nashville Tennessee is more important?
@@camplapidary oh and Good Morning to you to! We are having better weather this morning. Storms have been horrific this spring.
I use a Agate Kutter Diamond Blade from Kingsley North
It's not cheap but if you're slabbing with a tile saw, it's worth the price
Hi, Nancy! Agate Kutter Diamond Blade 10" currently $129.50 at Kingsley North. Very expensive! Also, it looks suspiciously just like the "Hot Dog" blades I used to get for $25.00 to $40.00. I wonder if they are the same.. For large rock, or precision slabbing I have a 16" Highland Park slab saw. But I'm not above doing some down and dirty quick cuts to smaller stones and slabs using the tile saw. Welcome to the channel!
How is that blade holding up Nancy ?
good job marc thats tough stuff to work with , crazy me and you were playing with montanas at the same time
Thanks! I would love to get up to the Yellowstone, maybe self collect a few rocks. Might find some as fine as yours!
Ya never know..
Thanks for sharing, I can't afford anything other than a tile saw but it seems to work alright, nothing like an actual rock saw though, the blade gets dull pretty quickly but a trick I do is I use a rubbing stone, grind the blade through a couple times and it's like a brand new blade again, that trick will save you a lot of money on blade's.
Hi, Freethinker 4021. Thanks for the comment and welcome to the channel!
What saw do you have? Size? What blades do you use?
In real day to day use, my tile saw only trims slabs to cabochon size and shape. Seems like just trimming slabs down doesn't dull the blades much at all. I really like my tile saw, I feel it's extremely efficient doing what I ask of it and I doubt I'd prefer some other saw. I do have a 16 inch slab saw that I use, and some other smaller rock saws I picked up in an estate sale last year. Those sit in wait for when I can expand my lapidary footprint into the carport, I'd like to enclose it.
Cutting rough rock into slabs is tough on a blade, and it does dull quickly. I have seen and heard of the cutting brick, cinderblock, silicon carbide, etc. as a means to sharpen a diamond blade. I'll be making a video of the pinging method, where a file is used to smack the blade edge disturbing the metal and exposing more diamond bearing material.
When shopping for a tile saw blade I do recommend getting one marked for use on porcelain tile, they seem to hold up better. This Hitachi blade was only marked for use on tile.
@@camplapidary I use the cheapest I could find, harbor freight 10 inch Diamondback wet tile saw, but I'm using a dewalt diamond masonry blade, for porcelain, stone etc, a rubbing stone from home depot or lowes exposes new diamond when you notice it cutting slower, it's like brand new, you should definitely give it a try.
@@IveGotStones, interesting looking saw. How is the motor noise on it?
@@camplapidary motor isn't to loud, for the money it's rather quiet, what's loud is the cutting, I don't know how yours is but I have to wear ear plugs when I'm cutting, the blade grinding into agate/chalcedony literally hurts your ears without them, definitely do ear damage if not go deaf without them.
@@IveGotStones Yes the cutting is definitely loud. I use the 3M over the ear muff, the best Home Depot had. Cutting outdoors helps a little, but I have mine inside. That sound seems like it goes directly to your spine! lol.
Dude! Almost 100 subs! Nice work! I've cut very similar material and drilled holes to make pendants. Then throw in the tumbler and hides all the rough cuts.
Thanks, Ragnar. Drilling holes in that agate doesn't sound like fun to me.. lol.
@@camplapidary oh it's not but cheaper and better looking thank any other type of pendant attachment
Thanks!! I'm way more knowledgeable about tilesaw blades!! Great video!!
Best use for this tile saw and blades is trimming slabs for cabbing and such, quick down and dirty smaller size rock cutting. And when I need to, I'll use it to halve or quarter larger rocks that won't fit into the vice of the slabbing saw.
As always, Karl. Thanks for the comment and supporting the channel! :D
Gosto muito de pedras agatas cornalina meu amigo like abraços AMIGO BRASIL
Thank you and welcome to the channel, Gilberto! :D
It looks like a petrified potato
As good a description as any!
I was thinking the same thing.
Also, completely effed my blade as well :/
I was cutting a slab apart today to make a cab and used the Hitachi blade, was pretty dull but worked. Might be time to do some pinging. Perhaps make a video of it.
@@camplapidary Good call! I did that to mine and it actually worked!
I think it's too hard to cut by tile saw and lots of water sprays .
Cutting agates of this size on this saw, is perhaps too hard for the average user. Smaller or softer rocks can be more effectively cut and slabbed.
Many people start with a tile saw for budget reasons, and I thought this video might help some who are new to the hobby or business.
While there is some water spray and splashing associated with these style saws, it's really not too bad, IMHO..
Thanks for the comment, Pooxtra! Much appreciated.