Slate plinth option for Garrard

Mr. Spock's beard · Post by **Mr. Spock's beard** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:03 pm

I also was looking for slate plinths recently. Apart from slateage in Burnley there is also Northwest Analogue in Preston.

andrew Ivimey · Post by **andrew Ivimey** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:18 pm

Yeah but how much?????

Reffc · Post by **Reffc** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:51 am

Just thought it worth pointing some of you guys in the direction of perhaps local slate suppliers for you...I was after a large piece as a base to sit my TT on and got a 75Kg lump from a local monumental stonemason for Â£20. He even cut it for me.

Well worth a try as they often have off-cuts but even if they don't some will be more than happy to cut and polish slate for you much cheaper than buying it from a specialist Hifi supplier.

shane · Post by **shane** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:11 am

Very true. When I built Fakedeck I approached one of the local monumtenal masons. The girl in the front office quoted well into 3 figures, but when I went round the back to the workshop I spotted a spare bit that they let me have for Â£15 cut to size.

shane · Post by **shane** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:13 am

Very true. When I built Fakedeck I approached one of the local monumtenal masons. The girl in the front office quoted well into 3 figures, but when I went round the back to the workshop I spotted a spare bit that they let me have for Â£15 cut to size.

Ali Tait · Post by **Ali Tait** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:03 pm

So that was Â£30 then!

Paul Barker · Post by **Paul Barker** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:12 pm

Or he has a spare piece for sale.

shane · Post by **shane** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:20 pm

Ali Tait wrote:So that was Â£30 then!

Nice to see someone's paying attention

In fact, it was Â£15 all in, cut into two rectangular pieces on a huge water-cooled table-saw. Very impressive.

Ali Tait · Post by **Ali Tait** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:11 pm

Good price. If you'd had a template, you could have had it cut out for the TT.