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• Cut the polished Black Absolute #granite stair risers. #
• Cutting 2 of the bush hammered Black Absolute #granite stair treads. #
• Bush hammering another partial slab of Black Absolute #granite This piece was previously leathered. #
• Polishing the edges of the polished Black Absolute #granite stair risers & bush hammered Black Absolute #granite stair treads. #
• Hand finishing the ¼” Double Bevel edges on the Juperana Santa Cecilia #granite islands & desks. #
• Here is another pic of the polished White Carrara #marble block vanity & legs. http://t.co/eVatG4ML #
• And here it is again with the faucet & drain set in place. http://t.co/FeZ4d2om #

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• Still fighting with the new Tenax glue… #
• Just finished setting up for the curved Colorado Rose Red #granite peninsula with a @elkayusa 3120R sink cutout. #
• Calcutta Gold #marble island with the 2½” mitered apron edge is almost finished in the back, then just need to do the cooktop on the CNC. #
• Colorado Rose Red #granite peninsula is off the CNC and ready for some hand finishing. It is getting a 4cm ¼” Single Bevel edge detail. #
• Just programmed the cooktop cutout in the Calcutta Gold #marble island. Almost done with it. Should be installing it on Wednesday next week. #
• Making progress on the White Carrara #marble block vanity. Hand polishing the sink basin (C pic). http://t.co/ukxtZn2k #
• Here is a pic of the Colorado Rose Red #granite peninsula with the @elkayusa 3120R sink cut-out done. http://t.co/93Bqn8PN #

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• Installing a book-matched Calcutta Gold #marble island with an Italian edge detail today. #
• Gluing the 2½” mitered aprons on another Calcutta Gold #marble island now. #
• Hand finishing the White Spring #granite counter tops. They a have an Eased & Polished edge on them. #
• Hand finishing a #leathered Emperado Dark #marble fireplace surround that will be installed tomorrow. #
• Just ran a Lenova sst sink cut-out in a Pietra de Serena #schist laundry top that we will be installing tomorrow. #
• Flat polishing some edges of the Vyara (Viara) #granite counter tops (by the stove & fridge). Most of the edges are OG Bullnose though. #
• Setting up to run the @EclipseSinks 501R sink cut-out in the Vyara (Viara) #granite Also running an OG Bullnose edge on this piece. #
• Polishing the White Carrara #marble block sink vanity. Working on the sink bowl now. Still have the front & 2 sides of the block 2 polish. #

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• It is Monday! Getting ready to run the final program on the block vanity. Here is a pic of where we are on it now. http://t.co/Azkwbqvh #
• Cutting a piece of Azul [Imperial] #granite for a vanity. #
• Cut a piece of Pietra de Serena #shist for a vanity. #
• Hoping to have a chance today to update some of our photo galleries. #
• Cutting a Nordic Black #granite vanity now. #
• Programming 2 @Kohler & 1 Toto sink cutouts in 3 different vanities (#honed Serena #schist Azul [Imperial] & Nordic Black #granite . #
• Running the last piece of #honed Calcutta Gold #marble with an Italian edge detail on the CNC now. #
• Been doing a little @wordpress blog post SEO work. Been updating all the “twitter -> blog” post with tags & categories. #
• Cut some samples of Seafoam Green #granite #

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• Had to unplug a couple drains at the end of the day. #maintenance #
• Working on the program for the top side of the block vanity. This will be the actual sink bowl when finished. #
• Running the left half of a #honed Calcuatta Gold #marble island on the CNC for an Italian edge detail. #
• Running the right ½ of a #honed Calcuatta Gold #marble island on the CNC 4 an Italian edge detail. Pieces are book-matched. #

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• Got the White Carrara #marble block rolled over. Just finished measuring it so I can program how much to take off the top. #
• Another big install this morning. It will take 4 guys to get some of the pieces in the house & in place. #
• Block is off the CNC and on the radial arm polisher now. Will be running 2 pieces of Original Pennsylvania soapstone on the CNC after lunch. #
• Large Penn. soapstone island is on the CNC now for the curved seating area as well as the cooktop cutout. Edge is an Ease & Hone. #
• Almost done polishing, correction just finished the edges of the Santa Fe Tan #Chroma on R @parkindustries Pro Edge III. #
• Finished cutting the recycled glass samples & returning the saw to it’s normal RPMs (by switching the pulley back). #

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• Re-honing a piece of Calcutta Gold #marble Luckily we caught it before we installed it. #
• Making slow progress on the block… At least it is progress. #
• Ready to flip the block (ok more like roll) over tomorrow & gauge the top. Then on to the polisher. #
• Cut some vanities & shower seats out of Santa Fe Tan #Chroma #
• Cutting samples of a recycled glass product. Had to change the pulley to increase the RPMs to cut it decently. Its slow, but nice clean cut. #

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• Forklift training today. Should be getting started in a few minutes. #
• TGIF! It has been quite the week. #
• Started the first level of mass material removal from the block sink we are machining out of White Carrara #marble #

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• Starting to program the first machining operation for the White Carrara #marble block vanity. #
• Re-honing pieces of Soapstone. #

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• Steel frame for White Carrara #marble block vanity got welded up this weekend. #
• Just finished honing the backside & leathering the top side of a Nordic Black #granite upper bar piece that has a shop joint in it. #
• Finishing up polishing the edges on the Mesa #Chroma counter tops. #
• Cutting some 2cm & 3cm Polar White #marble vanites. #
• Hand leathering the curved edge of the #leathered Nordic Black #granite island. #
• Is it appropriate for me to thank myself for the #ff from my personal account (@4t7ford)? #
• Running the 2nd (of 2) New Venetian Gold #granite slab package sink cutout on our CNC now. #
• Polished the edges of some Cotton White #Chroma counter tops. #
• Honed the underneath of the #leathered Brownie #granite upper bar top. #
• Cut the Cloud White #Zodiac (a @DuPont_News engineered stone) counters. #

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