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Limestone Bullnose crhras 08-16-2006
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Posted by crhras on August 16, 2006, 10:49 am
I need to put a bullnose on some rectangular (2 1/4" x 12 1/2" x 8')
limestone which are being used as treads on an exterior staircase. Does
anyone know of a tool or method which could do this ?

Thanks,
Curt




Posted by dpb on August 16, 2006, 1:53 pm

crhras wrote:
> I need to put a bullnose on some rectangular (2 1/4" x 12 1/2" x 8')
> limestone which are being used as treads on an exterior staircase. Does
> anyone know of a tool or method which could do this ?
...

The stonecutters/shapers use industrial diamond tooling...ain't cheap
but if you're doing more than one it would undoubtedly pay. Carbide
_can_ serve in a pinch, but it'll eat it up in a hurry for anything of
any size.

http://www.abrasive-tech.com/Pages/EdgeShape.html

You might find it cheaper if you're in a large metro area to find a
stone supplier to do the shaping operation for you. If it's relatively
a small operation it's also possible a monument (as in gravestones)
supplier would be willing to do it for you.


Posted by crhras on August 16, 2006, 3:27 pm

Excellent !! Thanks for the ideas.


>
> crhras wrote:
>> I need to put a bullnose on some rectangular (2 1/4" x 12 1/2" x 8')
>> limestone which are being used as treads on an exterior staircase. Does
>> anyone know of a tool or method which could do this ?
> ...
>
> The stonecutters/shapers use industrial diamond tooling...ain't cheap
> but if you're doing more than one it would undoubtedly pay. Carbide
> _can_ serve in a pinch, but it'll eat it up in a hurry for anything of
> any size.
>
> http://www.abrasive-tech.com/Pages/EdgeShape.html
>
> You might find it cheaper if you're in a large metro area to find a
> stone supplier to do the shaping operation for you. If it's relatively
> a small operation it's also possible a monument (as in gravestones)
> supplier would be willing to do it for you.
>



Posted by Bill on August 16, 2006, 3:14 pm
If you have not picked the steps up, then have the supplier do it for you.

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remove one of the @'s unless you are a spammer.
>I need to put a bullnose on some rectangular (2 1/4" x 12 1/2" x 8')
>limestone which are being used as treads on an exterior staircase. Does
>anyone know of a tool or method which could do this ?
>
> Thanks,
> Curt
>
>
>



Posted by crhras on August 17, 2006, 8:45 am

The supplier said that it would take 4 weeks to get the bullnose done. I
can pick up the rectangular limestone today.


> If you have not picked the steps up, then have the supplier do it for you.
>
> --
> remove one of the @'s unless you are a spammer.
>>I need to put a bullnose on some rectangular (2 1/4" x 12 1/2" x 8')
>>limestone which are being used as treads on an exterior staircase. Does
>>anyone know of a tool or method which could do this ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Curt
>>
>>
>>
>
>



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