Cutting Hole in Stone Flag...

[AlexW]

Tried the method without dicing into segments and it nearly worked! But I only used a small bit of stone (not willing to nail a big flag).

Using the "cake cutting" technique, and about 10 segments, scoring 1/3rd the way through each side, used a cold chisel and club hammer in the scored grooves ... worked a treat.

The 4 1/2 inch grinder had a diamond blade on and actually made the curvature quite well, in the end this was a lot easier than I thought and the result is fine for my purposes (when pointed in).

See

for result.

Cheers,

Alex.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Nah. Diamond all the way. Nothing else touches it.

[The Natural Philosopher]

"'Kinaida, you done well there, buoy!"

As they say in Suffolk...;-)

[Rob Morley]

Looks like a round hole in a square slab - excellent :-) I think the soil needs a load of well rotted horse manure though.