Can I cut cultured marble?

I have an old vanity top left over from my bathroom remodeling project. The top has the sink built in and it is made of cultured marble. Can I cut out the sink into a new oval shape and reuse it? I have a few non-carbide router bits that I would be willing to use (sacrifice). But I was wondering if anyone else has tried this. Thanks for the help.

--Jon

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Jon Wood
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try carbide after the non-type carbide. Someday, it'll all be over....

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Tom

Forget the router. I have cut cultured marble with a sabre saw blade that has carbide granules welded to the cutting edge. I am not sure if they still make them. An abrasive blade in a skilsaw will make straight cuts.

Mule-Tracks > I have an old vanity top left over from my bathroom remodeling project. The

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Tom

I seriously doubt that will work well. Diamond-tipped bits would work, but it would certainly make a dusty mess and possibly ruin your router. Take the top to a specialist in cutting counter tops, probably cost less than you think.

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Phisherman

Jon,

I have used a sabersaw with a metal cutting blade for cultured marble without any problem. Everything from window sills to vanities.

Rob

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rob

The pros that installed my cultured marble shower stall used a sabre saw with abrasive blade to cut the hole for the wall-mounted soap dish, adn for trimming end pieces. I kept all the scraps form that job and have cut several pieces with an abrasive crcular saw blade. No problem, just lots of dust.

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Frankie

Thanks, I'll try that on a short piece.

--Jon

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Jon Wood

Frankie, When you say "abrasive cicular saw blade" do you mean the kind that is used to cut concrete?

--Jon

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Jon Wood

Phisherman, You are just showing your ignorance. You are making speculation on something you have no experience with. I have professionally installed cultured on several occasions. A diamond cutting edge of any kind that moves the speed of a router would plug up. I have yet to see a router made to work with a water feed.

Mule-Tracks

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Tom

replying to rob, william harrison wrote: By "sabre saw" do you mean a jigsaw or a sawsall?

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william harrison

No telling how old this post is but you can use a disk cut off wheel, disk sander, or belt sander to cut cultured marble.

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Leon

A "sabre saw" was a brand name as I recall - might be in honor of the F-86 Sabre Jet. It is a hand saw that is up/down sawing motion. You might call it a jigsaw a generic name.

To me a jigsaw is a bench machine that uses blades up/down to saw materials.

I want to say Black And Decker owned the trademark name Sabre Saw.

Mart> reply> By "sabre saw" do you mean a jigsaw or a sawsall?

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Martin Eastburn

As I recall the jigsaw, that we know today, was always called a saber saw. And the jig saw was what we now call a scroll saw today.

I think saber describes the appearance/action of the blade. Like saber knife and or saber tooth.

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Leon

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Scott Lurndal

And there you have it!

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Leon

I once saw, on a Govt surplus site, a 36" bandsaw listed as a jig saw, so it depends on who you ax.

Sonny

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Sonny

A lot like biscuit cutter. It really does not cut the biscuits so much as the slots to receive biscuits. I prefer Plate Joiner.

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Leon

I looked and it's about 14 years old. Question was adequately answered the same year it was posted. Carbide blade was the answer. Mounted in whatever will prove the best cut for the OP's purposes.

I do wish that some of these clowns would learn to read the posting date before responding.

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Unquestionably Confused

I thought you'd prefer a Domino Joiner. ;-)

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krw

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