Fissure Cut Bait (June 2007)
By Tom McNall
OK, how many times a month do you hear the question being
asked: “Is this a fissure or a crack?”
Category: Articles
Gas Bags
Granite can, if you happen to be stuck between a slab and the ground on the short side of gravity’s rainbow, kill you. But can it give you cancer by just being there in the kitchen?
Continuous Production: Shops in Action
By K. Schipper
Today’s booming market owes its existence to two things: more-plentiful, less-costly stone, and the technology to speed up fabrication. Stone may not get any cheaper than it is today … but production machines will get quicker.
Coverings 2007 Nears 37,000 Mark
CHICAGO – The registration count went up for this year’s Coverings tile-and-stone event here in April – and nearly half the names turned out to be new to the big show. National Trade Productions,...
Cable Tie
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life. – Oscar Wilde
It’s a pity that Oscar didn’t live to see television. Then again, he might’ve wished that some statements – even his own – shouldn’t be proven true.
So Take My Job ….
(Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series on starting a templating service.)
You’ve established yourself as a templater/installer. You’ve purchased an electronic templating system and learned how to use it. You’ve even got a few fabricators who are willing to give you a job to try out your service.
What’s the next step? What do you need to do to turn a promising start into a profitable and long-term enterprise?
Neutral Parties (May 2007)
By Tom McNall
One of the frequent calls I get in today’s explosion of commercial stone-flooring applications is, “We have this blotchy white look to the floor,” or something along those lines. I’ve heard it so often that I’ve given it a name: White Floor Phenomena (WFP).
Domestic Quarrying: Just Say USA?
By K. Schipper
Dimensional stone today may seem like endless containers full of foreign-extracted granite, but there’s plenty of material from a source that’s easy to overlook – right here in the United States.
Stone Specialties Inc., Mobile, Ala.
By Cathie Beck
MOBILE, Ala. – Ryan Lott, president and owner Stone Specialties Inc., knows a lot about granite fabrication – but he also knows about the futility of blowing nearly half-a-million dollars to hold back Mother Nature.
Flight 93 Memorial, Union City, Calif.
By K. Schipper
UNION CITY, Calif. – It’s human nature to want to see some good come from the worst of situations. Certainly the Flight 93 Memorial, scheduled to be dedicated here this summer, goes a long way toward duplicating the determined spirit exemplified by the passengers who refused to let their aircraft be used as a weapon on Sept. 11, 2001.