Note: If your rock is large enough, you can make two sets of bookends from a single rock. When you have them aligned properly, slab through for completion of the base and final cut. Use wedges, if necessary, when clamping the halves into the vise to keep them from moving during this last cut. The halves should be even and lined up to match the designs on the face of the set. Use your carpenters level to be sure the saw blade and the plywood is at right angles exactly. Check if this marked base line is parallel with the saw blade. Place the halves on the saw carriage, face down, with the halves separated with a piece of plywood. Orient the pair of halves for the final slab cut for the base of the bookends. Proceed to slab the center line which will divide the rock into a matched pair of bookends. With the use of a straight edge, check to see the extension of the center line is parallel to the saw blade.
Make sure the center line at the top of the rock is lined up with the blade of the saw. Orient your rock with the cut face down on the vise/carriage. This will be the saw line for the base of the bookends. Draw another line at the base of the bookends at a 90 degree angel from the center line. This centerline will mark the division for a matched set of bookends. Use a carpenters level and draw a saw line down the center of the flat face of the rock. If you have a large rock, see note below. For instance, if using petrified wood, do you want the growth rings, or the grain to show on the polished face? 1. will be the best choice for your bookends. (Apply shims under the legs to level the saw if necessary.) Study your rock and decide what pattern, shape, etc. It is important to have the saw arbor level to get good results. © 1997 - 2023 Museum Store Company.Sawing matched bookends will be simple once you know a few basics.
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