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Khalid
Sat 28 April 2012, 02:29
Hi,
I am watching excellent work done with Mechmate on Aluminum and Wood/MDF.. Has anybody tried carving marble?

I recently did carving marble on MDF CNC machine and i think this surely can be done with Mechmate.

here is the brief video i am currently doing....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hPQarrjmI&feature=youtu.be
smreish
Sat 28 April 2012, 04:55
Marble is relatively soft material, so it is possible.
One machine in the Caribbean islands uses a standard A/C motor as the spindle for specifically this use. I have not seen any photo's of results - but know that a duty purpose machine has been built to date.
KenC
Sat 28 April 2012, 05:36
Its about the spindle design, particularly the bearings.
Khalid
Sat 28 April 2012, 08:59
@KenC:
I am using ordinary wood router for carving the Marble.

@Smreish:
Yes i think Marble is much softer..however Granite is really difficult to carve atleast i think not possible with my machine. It will be pleasure for me to see some marble carving here at this forum..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZkODJjTJnM&feature=youtu.be
Guillermo
Sat 28 April 2012, 15:29
Hi Khalid This could be the bits you need.

http://www.astech-cnctools.com/

Give us a feed back
hennie
Sat 28 April 2012, 22:03
How about carving Ceaser Stone?
KenC
Sat 28 April 2012, 22:33
I would be interested to know what is the long term effect of your router. specifically will marble carving shorten your router bearing life.
Khalid
Sun 29 April 2012, 02:55
@Guillermo:
These are some excellent and low cost tools.. I wish i could purchase have those:(
@hennie:
What is Ceaser Stone?
@KenC:
My router has two bearings both can be easily replace with a cost of 1.5 US dollars..
So far yesterday i did run run the router for 8 hrs straight and no sign of abnormal sound, vibrations etc.
hennie
Sun 29 April 2012, 08:57
Khalid it is a engineered stone made from quartz
Gerald D
Sun 29 April 2012, 10:38
Khalid, it is produced in Caesarea, Israel. I suspect that Pakistan is not a big customer.
Khalid
Sun 29 April 2012, 22:09
@Hennie
Thanks for information :)..I will search on the internet..
@Gerald:
We have large reserves of different types of marbles and granite in Pakistan. You are right we do not import marble from outside.