A couple three years back I saw a granite surfacing up for auction
somewhere near Boston. The thing was 6 feet wide, 12 feet long and a
couple of feet thick I think. I remember at the time thinking that it
would have made an extraordinary glue-up surface. You needed a rigger
to go get it (pickup only) but it never sold at something like a $1000
starting price. That would have been the mother-of-all-ScarySharp
surfaces too.
JP
I received a scrap piece of granite during a kitchen re-do about
12"X18" that gets used for "scary sharp" on my chisels.
Jay Pique wrote:
> A couple three years back I saw a granite surfacing up for auction
> somewhere near Boston. The thing was 6 feet wide, 12 feet long and a
> couple of feet thick I think. I remember at the time thinking that it
> would have made an extraordinary glue-up surface. You needed a rigger
> to go get it (pickup only) but it never sold at something like a $1000
> starting price. That would have been the mother-of-all-ScarySharp
> surfaces too.
>
> JP
On 9 Mar 2006 20:58:18 -0800, "Jay Pique" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>A couple three years back I saw a granite surfacing up for auction
>somewhere near Boston. The thing was 6 feet wide, 12 feet long and a
>couple of feet thick I think. I remember at the time thinking that it
>would have made an extraordinary glue-up surface. You needed a rigger
>to go get it (pickup only) but it never sold at something like a $1000
>starting price. That would have been the mother-of-all-ScarySharp
>surfaces too.
>
>JP
Granite runs at 225 lbs/cubic ft. 6 x 12 x 2 x225=32400 pounds=16.2
tons. It'd be a fun job to bring it down the stairs to the basement
shop.
On the other hand, it'd make a swell tombstone.
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:56:35 GMT, sadler <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 9 Mar 2006 20:58:18 -0800, "Jay Pique" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>A couple three years back I saw a granite surfacing up for auction
>>somewhere near Boston. The thing was 6 feet wide, 12 feet long and a
>>couple of feet thick I think. I remember at the time thinking that it
>>would have made an extraordinary glue-up surface. You needed a rigger
>>to go get it (pickup only) but it never sold at something like a $1000
>>starting price. That would have been the mother-of-all-ScarySharp
>>surfaces too.
>>
>>JP
>
>Granite runs at 225 lbs/cubic ft. 6 x 12 x 2 x225=32400 pounds=16.2
>tons. It'd be a fun job to bring it down the stairs to the basement
>shop.
>
>On the other hand, it'd make a swell tombstone.
When I worked for an Airline I brought home a scrapped Beoing front
windshield for a honing plate. It is about 3/4 inch thick, dead flat
and most important for me, not cumbersome. jesse