Members sewall Posted July 6, 2014 Members Report Posted July 6, 2014 Anyone ever try "cultured marble" instead of granite..... I noticed places like Restore have fireplace surrounds made of that product. Quote
Members keplerts Posted July 10, 2014 Members Report Posted July 10, 2014 I just bought an 15" x 12" piece from Springfield Leather for $18. I bought it and some other supplies to even out the shipping. it is a really nice piece. Although, the first piece I got arrived broken. Just called them up (talked to Emma) and she sent a replacement out right away with a UPS call tag for the broken one. Very pleased with the granite and very pleased with thier service! Tom Quote
Members msdeluca Posted July 10, 2014 Members Report Posted July 10, 2014 I recently picked up a couple of sink cut-outs from my local countertop fabricator. He had a pile of them behind the shop. I used polyurethane "PL" construction adhesive and glued them together, back to back. It is now 2 1/2" thick and solid... as a rock. Quote Michael www.conceptleather.blogspot.com www.temptedthreads@blogspot.com
Members Camerius Posted July 10, 2014 Members Report Posted July 10, 2014 I recently picked up a couple of sink cut-outs from my local countertop fabricator. He had a pile of them behind the shop. What I did too here and ended up getting a good square foot of dark polished tabletop marble, all for free. Quote
Members cgleathercraft Posted July 10, 2014 Members Report Posted July 10, 2014 I picked up four 3/8" thick pieces of flooring granite at Menards and glued them together with Gorilla Glue. Its solid in the center and heavy. Made the mistake of attempting to set a snap close to a corner and took a sizable chunk out of all 4 pieces. Its cheap, total cost was about $15 and the glue was about $10 of it. Its by no mean a permanent solution but works when your on a budget. My brother works construction so i'll have to ask him if he can pick up some scraps from countertops. He salvages tons of lumber from the dumpster for home projects/gifts. It saves the company on landfill costs so they are ok with it. Quote http://www.cgleathercraft.com Member of the Iron Brigade.
Members oltoot Posted July 10, 2014 Members Report Posted July 10, 2014 Anyone ever try "cultured marble" instead of granite..... I noticed places like Restore have fireplace surrounds made of that product. For ~25 years a piece of cultured marble was all I had. I have kept it for an additional 25 yrs and skive on it. My tooling surface is a reject grave marker that I got from a monument place. 12x 24x 3" thick. inlet into a space on a stand that has a truck wheel base with a piece of 6" pipe to a table base of 4x18 C steel (think 1/2 of an H) to a 1" angle iron table frame the top being plywood 2ft x 3ft. 1/2 rubber belting between slab and steel Quote
JohnD Posted July 13, 2014 Report Posted July 13, 2014 I used the free cast offs from a countertop place for a few years, until my brother in law bought out a closed machine shop and ended up with a bunch of granite surface plates that he let me grab a couple of. I built a work bench that the plate fits recessed into from some reclaimed 3x4 oak, so the whole thing cost me only some elbow grease. Quote (rdb):God looked down at the world, and said "See, right there in Witchita, next to the railroad tracks, I didn't put enough dandelions".
Members Palermo Posted August 20, 2014 Members Report Posted August 20, 2014 You can buy prefabricated marble slab for $125 big enough for a work bench You can buy prefabricated marble slab for $125 big enough for a work bench Quote
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