Cutting a Chalkboard - Is It Feasible?

[IHateMayonnaise]

Hello friends,

I am in the process of acquiring a 4'x14' blackboard for free. The problem: it's a 4'x14' blackboard. I want a one for my apartment, however something of this magnitude would challenge the dimensions of my living quarters (not to mention I would have to rent a uhaul to move it). My question: how feasible would it be to cut the board in two to make two 4'x7' blackboards?

I imagine that cutting ceramic would be an arduous task to say the least, seeing as how it is the same material used as brake pads for many supercars. Also I am not sure what the ceramic is mounted on (stainless?) and how that will affect the cutting. All I want to know is whether or not this is worth my trouble, basically. I will clearly seek the advice of professions in the near future, but I thought Id throw it out here first :)

Smooches,
IHateMayonnaise

 

[Integral]

Are you sure it is ceramic? Chalkboards I have dealt with were surprisingly, glass.

 

[IHateMayonnaise]

Are you sure it is ceramic? Chalkboards I have dealt with were surprisingly, glass.

That's a good question..

it looked like what I think a ceramic board looks like. Then again, I am no expert. Seems to be made of the same material as what they used at all the schools I went to

 

[xxChrisxx]

Aren't blackboards a bit like slate, surely you could just score and cut it like a tile (only an a larger scale.

 

[brewnog]

Or it might just be wood, painted in blackboard paint.

In any event, it's not made of anything you can't cut. If it's wood, use a saw. If it's glass, use a glass cutter. If it's ceramic, use a tile saw or tile cutter.

 

[IHateMayonnaise]

Or it might just be wood, painted in blackboard paint.

In any event, it's not made of anything you can't cut. If it's wood, use a saw. If it's glass, use a glass cutter. If it's ceramic, use a tile saw or tile cutter.

killer that's the answer i was looking for. thanks yall

 

[turbo]

My new kitchen counter-top is slate from recycled blackboards recovered from an old school. You can rent a saw to cut slate. I borrowed one from a nice flooring guy in town. It looks like a miniature skill saw with a diamond blade and a long piece of Tygon tubing with a garden hose fitting and a valve to supply cooling water to the blade. If the board you have is not slate, but a ceramic material with a matte glaze, that water-cooled saw would cut that as well.

 

[negitron]

Blackboards are rarely made of slate anymore. New single-purpose boards are usually wood clad with steel sheet, and coated with a rough paint. Dual-sided boards with a whiteboard are sometimes made of coated glass.

 

[junglebeast]

Steel coated wood...that sounds like the most undesirable material to cut. Hopefully you don't have to resort to a hack saw!

 

[Chronos]

Scribe both sides and give it a swift kick. This won't work worth a crap if its laminar construction, but, will make you feel better.