Granite Slab

[BigBuckLeather]

hello fellow leatherworkers,

I'd like to show off my find from this past weekend. I stopped by a shop that does kitchen counter tops, bathroom, and flooring remodeling; just to see what they had. the owner gave me a tour of the display room and the shop. In the shop I saw that they were cutting the pieces to size. I asked what happens to the piece that doesn't get used, and he said that they get scraped and sometimes they are sold for smaller items.

well, this piece that I got measures 18 inches x 36 inches, and its 1.25 inches thick. I got it for $80 tax included!

So, if you have the time and desire to get a piece of granite slab for your tooling, do some research in your city for shops like the one I described (by the way, it was a father and son shop). Not a big chain or anything of the like.

Happy leathering.

[electrathon]

Wow, for that price I hope he rounded and polished the edges. He was honest when he said the scrap it. They pay to get rid of it, and have a lot of it. If he cut it to size it is a little different. I can buy a prefinished counter top 8' long polished on the front and one end for just over $100. Labor is the main cost on granite counter tops.

[cardinal leather]

Very nice. I contacted a local dealer. She asked what I was using it for. When I explained. She wanted to trade me for a new holster for for her hand gun. I may be able to trade with her for more in the future when I complete my new shop.

[5avan10]

I put a post up on Cragslist looking for remnants and got 8 pieces of it (enough to give lessons, each one between 14" to 22" dimensions) for $5.00, each a different color. Seriously do not buy granite slabs retail!

[shtoink]

Local is the key word here!

There's a very good reason that shipping is not cheap on these things...

[Tree Reaper]

The going rate is about $20/sq/ft.

That's about 4.5 square feet.

[electrathon]

The going rate is about $20/sq/ft.

That's about 4.5 square feet.

That may be true, but remnants are a lot differant than retail price. This remnants are the scraps that are too short to use for counter tops. The shops buy a slab and have little control over the size of it. They charge the customer for the slab, the remnant is just sitting there. Then when comeone comes in and wants a bathroom sink slab they have it to use. If it is too short for that, they take them to the landfill and pay by the ton to dispose if them.

[Dwight]

This is one of those "sore spots" for me.

Couple of years ago, . . . went yard saleing with a buddy, . . . stopped at one where the guy was moving across country after just finishing their new house and selling it (one of those job transfer deals).

There were two beautiful mahogany colored 30 inch by 4 feet pieces of "scrap" there on the side. I saw it, . . . recognized it, . . . put it in the back of my mind to grab on the way out, . . . just flat out forgot, . . . they were mine just for loading them up and hauling them away.

Yeah, . . . UGH !

May God bless,

Dwight

[BigBuckLeather]

Wow, for that price I hope he rounded and polished the edges. He was honest when he said the scrap it. They pay to get rid of it, and have a lot of it. If he cut it to size it is a little different. I can buy a prefinished counter top 8' long polished on the front and one end for just over $100. Labor is the main cost on granite counter tops.

the shop owner was very helpful. he cut it to size 18x36 and polished the edges. i think i got a steal, he made some money on something that was of no use for him.

[electrathon]

the shop owner was very helpful. he cut it to size 18x36 and polished the edges. i think i got a steal, he made some money on something that was of no use for him.

The cut and polish changes everything. Cut to size and polished changes it from scrap to a table top. You were treated fairly.