How To Cut Soapstone By Hand

Woodworking expert George Vondriska teaches you how to properly prepare mount and cut soapstone blanks on the lathe in your workshop.

How to cut soapstone by hand. Messy and cuts very well. All you need is an old circular saw a hose with a Nosle a level two clamps and some blue tape. Use just enough oil to spread a thin coat onto the surface by hand.

Move along the cut -- cutting the line 132 to 116 inch deep with each pass. Set up a straight edge to guide you as you use the saw. You want to make sure you are rubbing enough so that the heat of your hands will transfer to the rock.

Tung oil or furniture polishing oil. Its a good thing to do this before smoking a pipe any way. Cut 34 inch down on a 1 12-inch thickness soapstone slab then return to the starting point and cut the remaining depth.

Boiling the pipe bowl first. You must wear a mask during this process. Slice the blocks into smaller sections with the chain saw.

Cut along the marked lines with a steady hand Image 1. Cut the stone using a circular saw with a dry cutting diamond blade. Make the sections the same width or length you want the bricks to have.

How to cut a stone countertop with a circular saw. Mark your cutting lines to split the sections into smaller blocks or bricks with the pencil. Hold the hammer in your dominant hand and the chisel in the other.