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Originally Posted by look 171

So not buy that Makita cordless saw. It will take aboout 2 years to cut your 1" thick slab. That thing is good for cutting a little of 1/4 thick tile. You need a saw with a bit of power. Check out a worm drive saw. They run a about $160 at home centers, I like skill or Bosch. Pretty much the same saw. A 4 1/2 inch angle grinder will work. but slow for 1" thick stuff.

Thanks for that tip. I've built many stained glass panels and am familiar with scoring and breaking, and, with slab glass, chipping with hammer blows to close in on a shape. I'd intended to use the Makita I showed only for tight, small scale detailing where necessary. Still a bad idea? Do I really "need" a power saw at all? Primitive peoples laid a lot of flagstone before electricity was ever discovered .

Am I getting this right, you want to saw cut the slab that's already there? Expansion joints? Why.

It's a 2 week old, 4" slab. It was saw cut with a Skil Saw w/diamond blade to a depth of about 1 1/2" into quadrants a couple days after it was poured. It's s.o.p. with slabs, in this region at any rate.

YOu want to set it directly on top of an the slab that's there, right?

Yup.

Am I trying youse guy's patience with all my question?