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Posted by JR-jred on July 25, 2005, 8:42 am
> >
> > - nospambob -
> >> I use a scrap about 12" X 18" for sharpening wood chisels using
> >> wet/dry sandpaper. Post to rec.woodworking as might be some interest
> >> there. Include your location in the post.
> >
> >
> > - Nehmo -
> >> >I just came across a place that regularly throws away granite.
> >> >Here's a couple of pieces:
> >> >http://home.kc.rr.com/vegetable/stone/granite_pieces.jpg
> >> >And there's plenty of it.
> >> >
> >> >It seems I could get a lot of pieces 1.25" thick, 30" wide, with
> > varying
> >> >broken-off lengths (from would-be counters). There are lots of
> > smaller
> >> >pieces too.
> >> >
> >> >I don't have a wet saw, and I'm not familiar with laying stone, but I
> >> >suppose I could get one and learn.
> >> >
> >> >What can I use this stuff for?
> >
> > Let’s say I was going to make something bigger, for example, a desk top.
> > What’s the basic construction technique using granite? For starters, how
> > do you piece together a surface? You could place plywood, backer board,
> > mastic, pieces of granite, grout in between, and that would do it. But
> > are there better techniques?
> >
> > I'm in Kansas City.
> >
> > --
> > |||||||||||||||| Nehmo Sergheyev ||||||||||||||||
> >
> >
>
> Cut it into 16 x 20 slabs, polish the edges, give it Sorbothane feet and
> market it to audiophiles with turntables (for vibration damping purposes).
>
> George
> BTW--The business advice will cost you one of these!
>
>
That's a great idea. There must be a market for at least....30(?) of
those!!
--
-JR
Hung like Einstein and smart as a horse
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