[TheForge] Drilling stone

[Jerry Smith]

Don,

I use those spade or flat carbide bits and lots of
water when drilling stone. It will take a while. 
Pratice on another piece of stone before doing the
customers. I have ended up with a star drill and a 3
pound hammer on a couple of projects.

Jerry

--- PlumDon at aol.com wrote:

> My Main Line customer wants a boot scraper in the
> shape of a canary  (Her 
> small mansion is "Canary Cottage"). No problem
> making the  scraper. She also gave 
> me one of her driveway Belgian blocks to mount it
> in. My  pretty good 
> Milwaukee hammer drill doesn't even dent this stone.
> I dont know  what they are 
> typically cut from but it is REALLY hard.;
>  
> Anyone know of a way to drill it or should I just
> try to convince her I  need 
> to use another stone. 
>  
> Kindest thanks for any help. 
>  
> Don Plummer
> 
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