New tooling station

[Tugadude]

Smart the way you angled it.  I've seen lots of flat ones where you basically have to be looking down on them to find anything.

nice setup!

[bikermutt07]

On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 5:58 AM, stu925 said:

Local stone cutter here gouged me $50 for a 13"x19"x 1.25" piece of granite so if you got a piece that big for free you got a hell of a deal.  The bench looks great, the inset granite is a great idea, I may have to consider that when I build my next bench. 

 

Stu

Did he clean up the edges for you?

[msdeluca]

I went down to the local granite countertop fabricator to find that he had a pile of sink cut outs (approx. 33" x 20" x 1 1/4") stacked up behind his shop that he was more than happy to give me as many as I could carry off for free.  I took two and polyurethane glued them together (rough side to rough side).  The resulting 2 1/2 thick slab seems more than adequate to the job.  I mostly use a smaller 1 1/4" thick piece though.  Just wanted to add this for those looking for some free granite.

I do like the way you recessed your stone into the table.

[bikermutt07]

I work in a granite shop. Anyone in the Arklatex feel free to contact me. I got some free ones in the back yard.

I posted a thread about it, but nobody replied.

[Colt W Knight]

23 hours ago, Tugadude said:

Smart the way you angled it.  I've seen lots of flat ones where you basically have to be looking down on them to find anything.

nice setup!

Thanks yall. 

Yeah, I wanted to be able to find all my stamps while sitting and tooling. I can't tell you how much time I spent fiddling with that spray can paint lid looking for tools. 

[CaptQuirk]

I feel your pain Colt. All my tools are stuffed into the starter kit box from RealLeather. All my leather is stuffed into another box, and my dyes are stuffed into yet another small box. I have about a 2'x3' section of table to work on. I am so ready to get a workshop shed!

[stu925]

On 9/1/2016 at 3:59 PM, bikermutt07 said:

Did he clean up the edges for you?

I wish.  Basically it's a chunk of counter top that they didn't use.  Oh well he's about the only game in town unfortunately.

[Colt W Knight]

I started with a granite sink cutout. Those sharp edges sucked! The thin material broke eventually. I ordered a surface plate stone off amazon and it was great. My brother saw that, and said hey, you need anymore of this? I said he'll yeah, I'd like a big chunk so my longer work pieceso could fit on it without falling over the side. 2 days later, he brought me that huge chunk of granite. 

[plinkercases]

I was looking in Tandy at a second granite and decided not to go fro it yet and then drove 15 feet from their unit to back of a granite counter shop and got 4 large thick pieces of different dimensions (square to long rectangle good for belts) out of their dumpster for free...with permission. If you have a shop near you go in and explain what you are up to and ask to see their dumpster.

[bikermutt07]

1 hour ago, stu925 said:

I wish.  Basically it's a chunk of counter top that they didn't use.  Oh well he's about the only game in town unfortunately.

Well, that's pretty crappy. Granite goes for 40 sqft. Around here, but nobody would charge that for a scrap piece unless they cleaned up and polished the edges. Granite is very physical work (even on small pieces). I could see him charging that for a decent square or rectangle piece that he made presentable. Guess he was a jerk.

1 hour ago, stu925 said:

I wish.  Basically it's a chunk of counter top that they didn't use.  Oh well he's about the only game in town unfortunately.

How big was the piece?