Has anyone worked Stone.
I know we can buy Soapstone, I've seen it at Yandles and I've also seen Bluejohn turned. But has anyone one the forum turned Stone.
The basic reason for this question is I've made a master for a baluster as used on a Victorian Manor Balcony. It will be used to make a GRP mould and from that cast the necessary number of balusters in a Stone effect Resin.
But the man I did the master for might prefer real stone ones. The Mason has quoted £700 each for them as real stone, a lot less of cast ones. Any price I gave would be somewhere between the 2 but I said I'd try find out some information and offer a price.
The balusters appear to be made out of a local limestone called 'Bath stone'.
I can ask the quarry how much for a number of correctly sized squares, but can the stuff be worked on a lathe, what tooling would I need, HSS or would the newer Carbide tipped tools be better.