Looking For Marble Or Granite

[BIGGUNDOCTOR]

Watch your local Craigslist free section, or materials for sale. I see a lot of granite countertops, sink cutouts etc. I was just given some the other week, and a coworker offered me another one. If it isn't thick enough, just laminate a couple together.

My big surface plate is 36"x60"X10" thick, and NOBODY is pounding anything on that!

[Thumper]

Maaaannnnnnn!!! You folks are GREAT.!!!!!!

I'm searching around now. I am a woodworker with a fully outfitted shop (www.beautifulwood.net) but I never thought about Grizzly and granite. I'll check them out.

[Double U Leather]

As was already mentioned, I got my slab at the local cemetary. It's about 4 x 24 and I inlaid into my workbench. It was actually an old military marker so it was pretty square. I told 'em what I was doing, and they said if you can lift it into your truck, it's yours!!

[BAD HIDE]

I actually scrounged a piece of smooth faced 2" thick concrete out of an alley. Worked great till I started hitting it really hard with bigger stamps one day and it cracked into 4 pieces. Still works since each piece is about 8" or so across, but I need something else for larger work.

Edited August 13, 2010 by BAD HIDE

[TroyS]

I went to a local marble/granite countertop company and bought a "LARGE SINK CUTOUT". It's 17" x 20" x 1 1/4" thick and works fine! It's small enough to be portable if necessary but large enough for bigger projects. The BEST part is that it only cost $10!!!

[Johnny B]

Dang if you lived close by I would give you a piece for free. I do marble and granite work on occasion and have several large pieces out back. My entire leather work table top is marble. It is about 2' X 4' X 1.5".

[coiledup]

I founds a local marble shop and asked if they had any small broken scraps and if they would sell them to me. The guy took me out to where the dumpster is and said have at. He said I could dumpster dive any time I want.

[marblesturk]

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[Cattle Hide]

My Experience:

I managed to get two nice 1-1/4" thick pieces for free from a counter top fabricator. He was the second place I asked. Got them from the dumpster. Be sure to ask for scrap.

Production Tool Supply has the 12"x18"x3" granite surface plates at about $43 if one is near you, no shipping. Grizzly is less expensive, but shipping is high due to weight over 70 Lbs.

[woodandsteel]

I bought a nice piece for $10 from a construction surplus store. Plus they had jars of local honey.