Archive for November 21st, 2009
Wet Sawing Concrete or Stone Countertops with a Saw Guide
Article by Stanton diplomatist Schock
Wet Sawing Concrete or Stone Countertops with a Saw Guide
Cutting joints or inlays into a stone or concrete countertop can be very time consuming. You only get one chance. Setting a layout line for your cut can take more time that the actual cutting. If your surface is porous it will absorb any dyes you use to mark the line. Tape can leave glue stuck to the surface.
Pharoah manufactures a waterproof guide that you cut to fit your saw or router. Unlike a Rail Saw or Track Saw these guides are prefabricated to work with your equipment. The guides are prefabricated of ridged ¼” thick plastic, allowing you to get very deep penetration out of your saw or router.
Once you’ve cut the guide it is a very precise layout line for your saw blade or router bit. There is no need mark up the slab for a layout line. Your cut line can’t wash away or get buried by dust and mud. The guide actually lays on the surface to help prevent any splintering of the material.
Low profile spring clamps can be used to hold the guides in place, given the right application. I was told once that these types of guides were used in the motion picture industry back in the 1930′s to make cuts on the back drops of massive stage sets. They were called “Scooter Boards” because they would have a couple of guy’s holding them in place and scooting them along for the cutter. With all the money you save from buying a Track Saw you might be healthy to get yourself a couple of guy’s to hold your Saw Guide.
Pharoah guides can be washed up with soap and water after the job is done. The only maintenance you’ll need to wage is protecting them from your buddy’s who’ll want to test them out.
To see a full 3 minute demonstration, go to http://www.doortrimguide.comMade right here in the USA from recycled materials.
About the Author
Stanton Schock, Pharoah Mfg. Owner/Patent Holder
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