What would you do with this?

silver · Dec 16, 2013

Now I have posted this on another forum quite a while ago.

I still haven't found anything to use it for apart from a door stop.. and tried cutting it a few years ago with a standard 9" angle grinder with cutting disk.. :vangry:

What would you use this for? Apart from what its already used for... :rolling:

It's a rather large piece of drilled limestone.. my dad used some of it for clock faces.. Not sure if I fancy doing any of them..

bellringer · Dec 16, 2013

the best way to cut it is probably a petrol cut off saw but no idea what to do with it :nooidea:

Jim · Dec 16, 2013

I have no idea to be honest Eamonn, i am sure something will come to mind thou ... :thumbs:

paulm · Dec 16, 2013

Polish it up, sink it into the garden and put a nice table top on it. Get the beers... :funny:

turnaround360 · Dec 17, 2013

If it could be sliced you could male tea light holders or table centre peice.

turnaround360 · Dec 17, 2013

As Alex said sthil saw diamond tip blade cut it
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Grump · Dec 17, 2013

I really don't know what you would do with it Nor why you would want it.
Do you want any more? I have to keep core samples from many buildings I have put up over the years, so if you do find a good use for it let me know.
I could fill a garden or two for you.

Doug · Dec 17, 2013

silver said:
What would you use this for?

It's a rather large piece of drilled limestone..

If it weighs as much as the limestone I've been using recently I could definitely recommend you don't go swimming with it :doh: :whistling:

How about cutting it into thin slices & making coasters or insetting the slices into turned circular frames & making trivets ?

Woody · Dec 17, 2013

Hire a large industrial angle grinder with a water feed and a diamond disk that will cut it but then it wont do if its over about 6" or 7" thick

silver · Dec 17, 2013

Thanks gents.... Looks like it's going to be the door stop for a little longer then... :sob:

Apparently there are very small fossils in the limestone that date back a few million years or two..(Would be a good talking point I guess..geologist informed me today that it is likely to be over 300 million years old) then I fell asleep.. :face:

I'm sure it will out live me and I might leave it in my will for my grandchildren.. Really torment there parents.. :devil:

I have a 9" diamond blade angle grinder.. I might just attack it one day..:wink:

Grump · Dec 17, 2013

Have you tried turning a chunk to see how it comes out with lots of ca on it?

If it's that old you might find Woody's school cap in there.:wink::wink:

Jim · Dec 17, 2013

silver said:
Apparently there are very small fossils in the limestone that date back a few million years or two..(Would be a good talking point I guess..geologist informed me today that it is likely to be over 300 million years old)

Terry's era i see .... :frenchkiss:

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