Patent ID: 7909028

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an inlaid stone composite having at least two stone layers, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a longitudinally extending groove in a first one of the stone layers with a dado-cutting device, with the groove extending inwardly between adjacent first edge surfaces of the first stone layer; (b) securing a second one of the stone layers within the elongated groove to form an inlaid margin that includes the layers, with the second layer presenting a second edge surface positioned between the adjacent first edge surfaces; (c) after steps (a) and (b), machining the adjacent first edge surfaces and second edge surface at the same time in a single milling pass with a milling device to remove part of the margin and thereby form a longitudinally extending finished layered edge surface cooperatively defined by the machined layers; and (d) removing part of the second layer from the inlaid margin after securing the second layer within the groove to position the second edge surface adjacent the first edge surface, step (d) being performed before step (c).