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16 September 2011

Got the steel & the drawings for the White Carrara #marble block vanity. Once the steel frame is welded I can start machining the block. #
Finished cutting the Mesa #Chroma kitchen perimeter as well as the #leathered Brownie #granite island pcs today. #
Cutting a Cotton White #Chroma vanity now. #
Polishing the edges of the Mesa #Chroma on R @parkindustries Pro Edge III using Alpha TwinCur ES abrasives. #
Did another template today. #
Cleaned (hand honed) & re-sealed a White Carrara #marble kitchen we installed a few years ago. #
Installing the last bit of tile backsplash 4 a job we installed the kitchen counters last week. Will need to finish grouting on Monday. #

Working on a slab & tile bathroom near Evergreen. #
Got 4 templates to do today. #
Finishing a tile backsplash on the #leathered Betularie #granite kitchen we installed last week. #
Trimming the polished White Carrara #marble legs for the block vanity we are making. Next step is the steel frame. #
Here R the White Carrara #marble legs (see attached picture) mentioned in my previous tweet. http://t.co/MifLnPX #

Trimming the 48″x20″x10½” block down to size (45″) now. Then will machine top and bottom on the CNC to finish out between 9½” & 10″ thick. #
Running the 2nd half of the Emperado Dark #marble tub deck on the CNC now. #
Honing the edge of the last piece of #honed Rosemary @CaesarStone for the moment. #
Programming more sink cutouts & edges 4 the CNC. #
Just finished honing the Calcutta Gold #marble island piece. Need to program both the sink cut-out & an Italian edge detail 4 it. #
Cutting the #leathered Nordic Black #granite kitchen now. #

Leathering a slab of 2cm Emperador Dark from The Stone Collection. #
Cut up a 2cm Juperana Columbo #granite remenant for a vanity, splashes & window sill. Build-up strips are being glued on now. #
Made a revision to a 2cm Polar White window jamb/sill drawing. #
Did final drawing of 3cm Graphite #marble pieces for an angled 3D fireplace surround. #
Making revisions to the White Carrara #marble block vanity w/legs #
Looking @ how 2 use 1¼” sq tubing in place of 2″ sq & 3″x1½” tubing 4 a frame 2 support a block White Carrara #marble vanity we R making. #