mcerd1
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| posted on 1/7/11 at 08:14 PM |
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OT - Marble Worktop Offcuts ?
I'm looking for a couple of marble worktop offcuts around 750x500mm preferably ~25mm thick
any ideas where I could find them without paying a fortune ?
also what do you need to drill a small dia. hole part of the way though it ?
cheers
-Robert
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Guinness
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| posted on 1/7/11 at 08:41 PM |
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Is 750 x 500 about the size of a sink / drainer?
Perhaps local kitchen showrooms / fitters?
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designer
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| posted on 1/7/11 at 11:13 PM |
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Marble can be drilled easily using a masonary bit, but no hammer action. Just keep it well lubricated.
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 2/7/11 at 10:35 AM |
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^^^ What he said. Marble is very soft and breaks really easily.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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NigeEss
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| posted on 2/7/11 at 10:47 PM |
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I got a couple of pieces 30mm thick, one about 1500x300mm and other 600x400 (ish) with all the edges
finished for £80.
I went to a local granite supplier and told him what I needed and it was a to be a "cash sale, no rush, even
if I have to wait a few weeks for an offcut"
Only took a week.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 3/7/11 at 10:22 AM |
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cheers guys, I've been looking for the sink/cooker offcuts, but these all seem to be cut in the factory 
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macc man
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| posted on 3/7/11 at 10:29 AM |
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I bought a piece last week for £20, but I was told to cut and polish would be 3x that amount. Did it myself on the tile cutter and polished with wet
& dry. This was a monumental masons who also did kitchen tops.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 3/7/11 at 11:05 AM |
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That is going to be one heavy dashboard!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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mcerd1
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| posted on 3/7/11 at 12:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
That is going to be one heavy dashboard!
lmao 
its actually to make a pastry board.... the ones you can buy just arn't big enough
[Edited on 3/7/2011 by mcerd1]
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clairetoo
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| posted on 3/7/11 at 02:33 PM |
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Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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ashg
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| posted on 3/7/11 at 03:03 PM |
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u2u toltec on here he has loads of spare marble worktop in his garage he may be willing to let go.
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
Haynes Roadster (Finished)
Exocet (Finished & Sold)
New Project (Started)
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mcerd1
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| posted on 3/7/11 at 04:57 PM |
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cow pie
I'll need to try one of them sometime....
but I'll make do with these for now
 
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van cleef
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| posted on 3/7/11 at 08:30 PM |
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I can get off cut's from the local fireplace producer who have quite large piece's left over which they mostly skip
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/7/11 at 09:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by macc man
This was a monumental masons who also did kitchen tops.
Whenever I hear the expression 'monumental masons' I get an image in my mind of incredibly huge blokes wearing silly little aprons covered
with strange insignia...
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