CNC Sculptor: Jon Isherwood
For most stone sculptors, the chisel becomes the tool of choice. For Jon Isherwood, it’s a five-axes CNC machine.
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Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, Ohio
By M.W. Penn
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage was conceived as a celebration of the Jewish immigrant experience in northeast Ohio, but the scope of museum exhibits encompasses the entire history of Judaism. To symbolically connect the museum with the heritage of the people it honors, the building’s facing is more than 126 tons of Gold Jerusalem limestone from the Ramon Mitzpeh quarry in southern Israel.
Closing With YES!, Part I
By Mark Lauzon
By far, the most important thing any business does is sell. A shop might have the best gear, best fabricators and best slabs in the world, and still not survive in the modern marketplace.
‘Til The End of … When?
One of the great things about selling stone is you can tell a customer that – unlike almost any product extant on our planet – what they’re buying can last forever.
Statehouse Stone Swept Under Rug?
TOPEKA, Kan. – Some modern renovations usually involved tearing out old flooring and replacing it with stone, but recent work at the state capitol here revealed an installation nobody knew about. The Associated Press...
Rock of Ages Divests N.J. Retail
CONCORD, N.H. – Rock of Ages Corp. (ROAC) announced in early January that it sold four New Jersey retail locations, and also continued good sales of granite to China. The quarrier/producer/retailer sold the four...
Indian District: Low Productivity
KRISHNAGIRI, India –The granite industry in the Krishnagiri is slumping due to low productivity, a slump in exports and increased production cost, reports The Hindu newspaper. Of a total of 200 quarries, about 25...
Alpha Professional Tools® Makes N.J. Move
Alpha Professional Tools made the move to a larger facility in Oakland, N.J., effective in early December. The new address is: 103 Bauer Drive Oakland NJ 07436 The new main telephone number is 201-337-3343,...
Company Briefs – February 2006
• Anton Associates of Denton, Texas, will represent Trotec Laser Inc. for industrial and UID-marking applications in the states of Texas and Oklahoma. Also, Woodcraft of Hawaii will include Trotec in their extensive line...
People – February 2006
• The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) recently appointed Gary Bond, chief engineer at Wood’s Powr-Grip Co. in Laurel, Mont., to the ASME subcommittee concerning B30.20, the code of standards for vacuum lifting...