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I find myself asking this a lot... but when it came to the corners for the stone, I was pretty nervous, as the 90° corner was sure to chip when I cut into it. You can see in the picture here how we made a dummy cut in a piece we wouldn't use.

I realized that the corner would need to be slightly rounded, so rather than run the blade all the way to the edge, I stopped about 2" short. Once I'd cut all four sides the same way, the middle piece dropped out, leaving four pieces on the side. I used the saw and, rather than coming in straight on, I swayed the saw side to side, creating a nice, rounded, unchipped corner. Brilliant!

# posted by Michael Browne @ 9:46 PM