Mag 77 worm drive skill saw with a diamond blade on it, garden hose, a couple of saw horses in my carport, Milwaukee grinder and diamond pads. Doing everything wrong at least once. Learning through the bruises. Me too, also 1988 start. The first time i cored a faucet hole I used a 300 lb concrete c...

Hi Jim,
Nothing will hurt the soapstone, we resand all our slabs before installing. 80,120 sometimes 220 grit and thats it. Match the finish to one of these grits and go over the whole slab.
Feel free to contact me with questions anytime.
Best,
Greg 760 802-1992

X2! I've used the above on natural quartzite to, works great. Cam really knows his stuff and shares it freely, great guy!

This comment is so late it probably doesnt matter anymore, but we have cut some real hard quartzites with our Accuglide saw and miter system. It is amazing! We may have to step cut up to 4 times , with extremely hard Quartzite but very little if any chipping and super straight and tight seams.We wil...

Man are you guys patient! I need more popcorn since this has gone into entertainment mode, what a wasted opportunity shown to a huge resource of knowledge and the willingness to share it! Very sad, but hopefully not the end. John please re -evaluate what you have in this forum. “Ah, how the seeds of...

Wow! Mark that was you? I heard something happened to Greg, that he got sick or something but not sure what happened.
He was very helpful, nice guy ,too bad!

I bought two Xtreme Haulers in Vegas 5 or 7 years ago ,one with bike wheels and one with lower wheels.Never really used the lower solid wheels but I use the bike wheel one all the time! Rated for 600 lbs but had 750 on it pleenty of times. We get 4-500 lb'rs going up stairs all the time too. Soapsto...

Joey, that is Amazing! Those infinity , helix pieces are very difficult, Bravo! I've sculpted in stone,bronze and multi media, then I started my own shop and stopped :( carpal tunnel got too bad, but I have a new carving I'm starting and I'm excited about after all these years, maybe I'll post some ...

Thanks Mark, I'll check it out.
Cheers!

I know this an old thread but where could I get a couple of those? I have a couple of granite pieces I need to finish and they would be great!
Thanks
Else Flex?

My Metabo's got hot and when dead hard to get anyone to repair, both v/speed grinder and polishers. My Milwakee's dropped in rpms when under load, kinda long too. My Makita's have been getting hot too lately but they said send them back and have replaced or repaired all of them so far, about 4 of th...

Thanks guys! I just joined up last week and didn't know if I'd get these answers outside of the members lounge (Dan assures me ill get permission this week hopefully, I know everyone is busy with the shows) What a pleasant surprise. I talked with one of Mark's people at DeFusco Supply and he recomme...

I'm wondering what others are using for setting slab shower walls and lids over floated mud? White modified thinset is what ive always used plus wire anchoring.Polyester knife grade,poly epoxy,a,b epoxy? I want a good stick to resin back slabs,some have suggested grinding resined mesh off but wonder...