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2. Diamond blade - Wikipedia

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   Diamond blade. A close-up of a diamond blade, showing worn metal behind the diamonds on the blade. A diamond blade is a saw blade which has diamonds fixed on its edge for cutting hard or abrasive materials. There are many types of diamond blade, and they have many uses, including cutting stone, concrete, asphalt, bricks, coal balls, glass, and ...

3. Diamond tool - Wikipedia

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   Diamond tool. A close-up of a segment of a diamond saw blade. A diamond tool is a cutting tool with diamond grains fixed on the functional parts of the tool via a bonding material or another method. As diamond is a superhard material, diamond tools have many advantages as compared with tools made with common abrasives such as corundum and ...

4. Concrete saw - Wikipedia

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   A substantial engine powers the unit. Picture of kerf left by a diamond blade used to cut control joints in concrete. A concrete saw (also known as a consaw, road saw, cut-off saw, slab saw or quick cut) is a power tool used for cutting concrete, masonry, brick, asphalt, tile, and other solid materials. There are many types ranging from small ...

5. Stone flaming - Wikipedia

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   The saw leaves flat surfaces with circular marks. Flaming is done by wetting, and then running an oxygen-acetylene or oxygen-propane torch over the surface. As shown in both pictures, the torch is usually held at a 45-degree angle to the stone, so that released glowing sand grains are blown away in a harmless direction.

6. Lapidary - Wikipedia

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   Positioning rough stone in a holder, and holding the stone against the edge of a revolving saw or lapidary slitter impregnated with diamond dust to cut and slit stone. Removing cut stone and placing it in lapidary stick. A gemcutter then selects the shaping wheel and applies abrasive compound. They hold a lapidary stick against the revolving ...

7. Knapping - Wikipedia

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   Knapping is the shaping of flint, chert, obsidian, or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools, strikers for flintlock firearms, or to produce flat-faced stones for building or facing walls, and flushwork decoration. The original Germanic term knopp meant to strike, shape, or work, so ...