Wood carving accents in jade

[Jon McElwain]

I know this is a wood carving forum, but I'm playing with some jade that I would like to insert in some carvings and bowls. Having a hard (forgive the pun) time carving it with even diamond bits, as all the ones I have only have a thin layer of industrial diamond on them. Does anyone have any experience carving jade? Tools, techniques, advice appreciated. Thanks!

[Chuck Nickerson]

I have no direct experience with Jade or Jadite.

However, I do also hang out at the TikiCentral forums (www.tikiroom.com), and people there do beautiful work with stone, including Jade.

Please come back and let us know what they say.

Chuck

[mike holden]

Jon,
Watched them carve Jade in China. They used a rubber wheel with an abrasive fluid drip over it to carve it. Obviously this is the modern method, somehow it was done by hand in the past.
Mike