Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] gravestones was Re: re:defiance vmc

I don't know about cost, but it's definitely going to be heavy! I've got a
3 x 12 x 18 unused grave marker (cheap) that I use for a leather stamping
bench. I don't even like having to move it now and then...but it sure beats
marble for leatherwork!

Smoke
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From: ballendo@... <ballendo@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 10:20 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] gravestones was Re: re:defiance vmc

>Marcus,
>
>Granite and marble grave stones can often be had VERY inexpensively.
>Three sobering thoughts go with it, though.
>1)They have been used. And replaced, or upgraded, or the cemetary has
>switched to "easier to mow" flat markers.
>2)They are "misprints". Sorta like the printer who got your phone
>number wrong when he printed your business cards.
>3)They MAY be, but are NOT necessarily FLAT!
>
>Re:cutting an L shape, nowadays most monument companies are similar
>to modern sign shops.(they bring in standard materials, use a couple
>of standard processes to mfr, and put the work out) Although you may
>find a true "letterhead"(master sign painter) or "granitehead"(master
>granite craftsman??), the odds get lower every day. And the price
>goes up.
>
>However, embedding bolts in granite is a lot like bolts in concrete.
>And this means bolting together two plates is prob'ly a better way to
>achieve your goal.
>
>BTW, "raw" gravestones are at least as expensive as the import
>surface plates I mentioned in an earlier thread.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Ballendo
>
>>I wonder if a stone cutting company (someone who makes
>>gravestones??) could chop out a nice "L" shaped chunk of granite for
>>a machine base?? How expensive are gravestones, anyway?? Might end
>>up cheaper than patterns,castings and machining.
>>Just a thought
>>Marcus
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