I have quite a few things on my list which I'd like to make. Many of the items involve casting and so I started by slicing a chunk of soapstone into pieces. I hadn't tried using ta miter saw before. Worked rather nice. The saw has very small teeth and didn't scar the stone as much as I thought it might. With very little sanding the surface should smooth out nicely.
I kept all the dust from the sawing for more future experiments in pounce to be done later…