<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I got a slab from a monument place, for free.<div>It had obviously broken when they were making a gravestone. It is about 9" X 18" X 1 1/2". 3 sides are square and the third side broken.</div><div>I don't know what kind, but it is flat and heavy so it doesn't move. Might be marble.</div><div>It would have just gone in their trash.</div><div>Not long enough for an action, but good when a flat surface is needed when sanding to true a surface.</div><div>John Ross</div><div>Windsor, Nova Scotia</div><div><br><div><div>On 10-10-2012, at 10:54 AM, Euphonious Thumpe <<a href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I have an extremely thick piece of plate glass on a flat as I can make it workbench (a granite slab would be even better ) for various tasks. The stack could be set on something like this, checked for wobble and under-feet gaps, and errantly tall feet filed down until all level, non? ( I generally use this for cutting felt strips on, and for gluing operations where an easy-to-clean surface is a help. For the felt cutting operation, by the way, I use the cheap strips of vinyl base-board molding available at home improvement centers --- at about $2 each --- with an aluminum straight edge clamped across everything, and the wheel type cutter.)<br><br>Thumpe</td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">On 10/10/2012 5:56 AM, Ed Foote wrote:<br><br>> The treble end<br>> doesn't allow this, so if you need a guide there, use a small Forstner<br>> bit. (now that I think about, a Forstner in a drill press might be the<br>> best way to lower all the cleats!).<br><br>That was my first take.Bore depth guides, removing as much material as possible, and chisel/shim to fit. That's assuming the stack is uniformly high throughout, or making allowance at each individual bracket. A fair amount of time spent in any case.<br>Ron N<br></td>
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