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pentapus

20/06/2014 11:18 AM

Granite top project

My local restore (Habitat for Humanity) had a lot of scrap granite, many
2' x 2' and a 1.5" thick or so, $5.

Seems like there should be a small profit project in there somewhere.

I have no shortage of ideas for that, but am clueless about what might
sell for a small profit. I have a marble end table I've made and there
is granite tile in the kitchen, so I know it makes an indestructible top
and have a clue in how to work with it.

I tend to make one offs that I find interesting but wouldn't have
commercial appeal. What might be a nice project for this and the stack
of cypress I have?

Seems like Target and IKEA have relatively cheap kitchen carts covered:
http://www.target.com/p/granite-top-kitchen-cart/-/A-11117074

And lots of stone end tables in the discount furniture stores.

Maybe something outdoors?

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GR

"G. Ross"

in reply to pentapus on 20/06/2014 11:18 AM

20/06/2014 2:23 PM

pentapus wrote:
> My local restore (Habitat for Humanity) had a lot of scrap granite, many
> 2' x 2' and a 1.5" thick or so, $5.
>
> Seems like there should be a small profit project in there somewhere.
>
> I have no shortage of ideas for that, but am clueless about what might
> sell for a small profit. I have a marble end table I've made and there
> is granite tile in the kitchen, so I know it makes an indestructible top
> and have a clue in how to work with it.
>
> I tend to make one offs that I find interesting but wouldn't have
> commercial appeal. What might be a nice project for this and the stack
> of cypress I have?
>
> Seems like Target and IKEA have relatively cheap kitchen carts covered:
> http://www.target.com/p/granite-top-kitchen-cart/-/A-11117074
>
> And lots of stone end tables in the discount furniture stores.
>
> Maybe something outdoors?
>

How about a granite dog house? A one-up on the three little pigs.

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 GW Ross 

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BL

"Bob La Londe"

in reply to pentapus on 20/06/2014 11:18 AM

20/06/2014 10:14 AM

"pentapus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My local restore (Habitat for Humanity) had a lot of scrap granite, many
> 2' x 2' and a 1.5" thick or so, $5.
>
> Seems like there should be a small profit project in there somewhere.
>
> I have no shortage of ideas for that, but am clueless about what might
> sell for a small profit. I have a marble end table I've made and there is
> granite tile in the kitchen, so I know it makes an indestructible top and
> have a clue in how to work with it.
>
> I tend to make one offs that I find interesting but wouldn't have
> commercial appeal. What might be a nice project for this and the stack of
> cypress I have?
>
> Seems like Target and IKEA have relatively cheap kitchen carts covered:
> http://www.target.com/p/granite-top-kitchen-cart/-/A-11117074
>
> And lots of stone end tables in the discount furniture stores.
>
> Maybe something outdoors?
>
> --
> pentapus

Granite frame work assembly for a high speed low cutting force CNC machine?
Talk about dimensionally stable over a wide range of working environments.
. LOL.








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pentapus

in reply to pentapus on 20/06/2014 11:18 AM

20/06/2014 1:35 PM

On 6/20/2014 1:14 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> "pentapus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> My local restore (Habitat for Humanity) had a lot of scrap granite,
>> many 2' x 2' and a 1.5" thick or so, $5.
>>
>> Seems like there should be a small profit project in there somewhere.
>>
>> I have no shortage of ideas for that, but am clueless about what might
>> sell for a small profit. I have a marble end table I've made and there
>> is granite tile in the kitchen, so I know it makes an indestructible
>> top and have a clue in how to work with it.
>>
>> I tend to make one offs that I find interesting but wouldn't have
>> commercial appeal. What might be a nice project for this and the stack
>> of cypress I have?
>>
>> Seems like Target and IKEA have relatively cheap kitchen carts covered:
>> http://www.target.com/p/granite-top-kitchen-cart/-/A-11117074
>>
>> And lots of stone end tables in the discount furniture stores.
>>
>> Maybe something outdoors?
>>
>> --
>> pentapus
>
> Granite frame work assembly for a high speed low cutting force CNC
> machine? Talk about dimensionally stable over a wide range of working
> environments. . LOL.

I have a table on the deck made of cement blocks and a large tombstone,
I don't believe that it has moved a millimeter, no matter what!
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dd

"dadiOH"

in reply to pentapus on 20/06/2014 11:18 AM

20/06/2014 3:21 PM

"pentapus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> My local restore (Habitat for Humanity) had a lot of scrap granite, many
> 2' x 2' and a 1.5" thick or so, $5.
>
> Seems like there should be a small profit project in there somewhere.
>
> I have no shortage of ideas for that, but am clueless about what might
> sell for a small profit. I have a marble end table I've made and there
> is granite tile in the kitchen, so I know it makes an indestructible top
> and have a clue in how to work with it.
>
> I tend to make one offs that I find interesting but wouldn't have
> commercial appeal. What might be a nice project for this and the stack
> of cypress I have?
>
> Seems like Target and IKEA have relatively cheap kitchen carts covered:
> http://www.target.com/p/granite-top-kitchen-cart/-/A-11117074
>
> And lots of stone end tables in the discount furniture stores.
>
> Maybe something outdoors?

Bookends

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"Bob La Londe"

in reply to pentapus on 20/06/2014 11:18 AM

20/06/2014 3:16 PM

"pentapus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 6/20/2014 1:14 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> "pentapus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> My local restore (Habitat for Humanity) had a lot of scrap granite,
>>> many 2' x 2' and a 1.5" thick or so, $5.
>>>
>>> Seems like there should be a small profit project in there somewhere.
>>>
>>> I have no shortage of ideas for that, but am clueless about what might
>>> sell for a small profit. I have a marble end table I've made and there
>>> is granite tile in the kitchen, so I know it makes an indestructible
>>> top and have a clue in how to work with it.
>>>
>>> I tend to make one offs that I find interesting but wouldn't have
>>> commercial appeal. What might be a nice project for this and the stack
>>> of cypress I have?
>>>
>>> Seems like Target and IKEA have relatively cheap kitchen carts covered:
>>> http://www.target.com/p/granite-top-kitchen-cart/-/A-11117074
>>>
>>> And lots of stone end tables in the discount furniture stores.
>>>
>>> Maybe something outdoors?
>>>
>>> --
>>> pentapus
>>
>> Granite frame work assembly for a high speed low cutting force CNC
>> machine? Talk about dimensionally stable over a wide range of working
>> environments. . LOL.
>
> I have a table on the deck made of cement blocks and a large tombstone, I
> don't believe that it has moved a millimeter, no matter what!


There is a reason surface plates are usually made of granite. LOL.



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