I need to take two inches off the width of a baking stone so it can fit in my oven. Are there any hand tools that would be good for this?
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I need to take two inches off the width of a baking stone so it can fit in my oven. Are there any hand tools that would be good for this?
Do you not have a Makita grinder and a smooth rim diamond blade?
No, and I want to avoid power tools. I can only work indoors in an apartment and I'm concerned about noise and dust.
Can a tile cutter cut through a 3/4" FibraMent baking stone made of "patented blend of kiln-fired high temperature and conductive raw materials?"
>Can a tile cutter cut through a 3/4" FibraMent baking stone
I'd be very surprised if the average tile cutter could manage a 3/4" stone. Unless, by "tile cutter", that guy meant a bridge saw.
If you don't care about edge quality (which you shouldn't), the best way to do this would be to use a carbide scoring tool to deeply score a cut line, then use a mallet to break off the edge. Basically the same thing a tile cutter does, but less automatic. Only other real option would be to get a carbide/diamond grit hand saw and hate yourself for the next several hours.
Maybe the handheld tile cutter would work if OP scored it super hard like 20 times on both sides and then cracked it along the straight edge of a granite counter or something. But the “fibra” thing makes me think the edge would be messy.
I would go with cheap HF angle grinder and diamond blade. Handheld tile cutters are fricking annoying even on 1/4” thick tile. I bought a $100 Skil wet tile table saw after using the handheld one for one job.
It will take literally less than 30s, I'm sure your neighbors will survive
like said, get a grinder and a diamond wheel, or use a wet saw, or get a battery powered grinder and do it out in a field somewhere, it will be dusty unless you use a wet saw
I can't use a wet saw because the baking stone gets damaged by moisture. And I don't even have access to a field. If I have to use power tools, then I have to go to a professional.
I'm afraid of damaging the stone if I use a mallet. A saw might work. It took this mason fifteen minutes to cut ten inches off the length of a 1"-thick stone with a saw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIUubwu8oc
>the baking stone gets damaged by moisture
How can a baking stone get damaged by water?!?
Isn't dough made with flour and water?
You heat the baking stone while the oven is warming. Moisture never really gets a chance to work itself into the stone
You're so fussy man, DYI isnt for you, send that shit back and measure it properly this time.
I'm not OP dipshit. Maybe a message board isn't for you.
well you're just as gay as OP
Yeah only gays know how firebrick works. Fricking ninny.
A mexican with a tile cutter.
I'd use a cutting disc on a 6" angle grinder while wearing a dust mask but if you've access to nothing a tile or monument shop should be able to do the cut.
>Anon how do I do this with no tools or experience, especially no power tools
>take it to a pro?
>nooooooo
>diy?
>noooo
Frick you op. Op is a homosexual.
OP should send it back and buy one that fits, dumbass can't even use a tape measure.
take the angle grinder to the oven to make it wider
think outside the box
carbide blades for the hacksaw exist, you can clean up the cut with regular sandpaper
Just mark where you wanna cut it with a sharpie then carefully line it up with with the edge of a table or counter. get a large claw hammer(perfect tool btw) and from left to right start hitting it firmly every three inches.