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Racho Wrote:
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> What caused them to cease working on it? I've cut
> wood with all manner of saws...I agree that a
> reciprocating saw is easily led astray but the
> precision of the other cuts leads me to believe
> that it wasn't that kind of saw used on the rest
> of the box so why would they change - for such an
> important and seemingly last remaining cut to be
> made - to a different saw. Pure speculation is
> what we have but falls back to basic
> argument/theory that some sort of power saw was
> used...to me at least. Quick cuts as Dunn
> postulates and describes...but someone made a
> mistake so junked this one or maybe intended to
> use later? Situation where junk thrown in a pile
> with hope to salvage/correct one day but never get
> around to it?
>
> Having worked with chisels and stone...just know
> that this wasn't the method employed. Just wasn't.
If that (apparently) failed attempt to slice a slab off the granite box was really made with a mechanical circular saw blade, then the cut doesn't seem wide enough to fit a mounting bracket for a small circular blade. Instead, it looks like the blade had a large enough diameter to position the center axle over the top of the stone box, above the cut, with a sideways translation of the cutting edge. That would require something like an 8' diameter blade. I'd sure love to see that beast in action!
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> What caused them to cease working on it? I've cut
> wood with all manner of saws...I agree that a
> reciprocating saw is easily led astray but the
> precision of the other cuts leads me to believe
> that it wasn't that kind of saw used on the rest
> of the box so why would they change - for such an
> important and seemingly last remaining cut to be
> made - to a different saw. Pure speculation is
> what we have but falls back to basic
> argument/theory that some sort of power saw was
> used...to me at least. Quick cuts as Dunn
> postulates and describes...but someone made a
> mistake so junked this one or maybe intended to
> use later? Situation where junk thrown in a pile
> with hope to salvage/correct one day but never get
> around to it?
>
> Having worked with chisels and stone...just know
> that this wasn't the method employed. Just wasn't.
If that (apparently) failed attempt to slice a slab off the granite box was really made with a mechanical circular saw blade, then the cut doesn't seem wide enough to fit a mounting bracket for a small circular blade. Instead, it looks like the blade had a large enough diameter to position the center axle over the top of the stone box, above the cut, with a sideways translation of the cutting edge. That would require something like an 8' diameter blade. I'd sure love to see that beast in action!
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