Jack Aubert wrote:
<snip> By trial and error, however, I discovered that I could incise
fairly deep V-shaped grooves by making multiple passes with a tool
pulled toward me by alternating left and right sides. I ground the
tool to a shape that looked like a V""""""""""""""==== where the
==== represents the handle. It was hard to do the roman numerals,
particularly the serifs this way,<snip>
I had similar results with slate using a tool for cutting
tiles I found in the hardware store. It has two v-shaped tungsten
carbide cutters welded to either end of a 't' attached to a handle,
much like what I think Jack is describing. It cut the slate very
easily and, again as Jack describes, it was easy to make the cuts
deeper and wider on successive passes.
Peter
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