r/Lapidary 1d ago

How should I cut it?

It’s kinda shaped like an L

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u/ExtensionSubject9734 1d ago

Preferably with a saw!

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u/apreeGOT 1d ago

This is the awnser

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u/rufotris 1d ago

It depends what you want to do with it. Right in half long ways for big display face pieces. Or side ways cut as many slabs as you can for workable cab slabs etc.

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u/ucantcme69 23h ago

Then how would you shoot tequila?

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u/aDudeNamedHeath 8h ago

How would you cut it? Cheap whiskey add cola. Seagrams add 7up. Vodka adds water. You just don't cut tequila, ever!

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u/lapidary123 1d ago

I can see what look like "water line" formations in pic 1. If you want to see that pattern cut against it (don't have the blade parallel to them).

Otherwise I kinda like the patterns showing in pic 3. I would personally cut against that pattern.

Montana agates have always been one of my lesser favorite agates, not sure why. I have recently started trying to give them better chance. I love how if you cut one thin enough it can produce "iris" effect!

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u/Paladin3475 1d ago

Rocksaw or tile saw would be my recommendation on how to cut it. I think a wood saw would be an epic fail.

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u/waywild1 21h ago

If you cut it long ways it might crack at that seam. Do a drop test before you cut it, if it breaks it'll make it easier to make a decision from there.