Slate plinth option for Garrard
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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 £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.
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.
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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 £15 cut to size.
Being the world’s only egg-laying mammal, the duck-billed platypus has the distinction of being the only creature capable of making its own custard.
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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 £15 cut to size.
Being the world’s only egg-laying mammal, the duck-billed platypus has the distinction of being the only creature capable of making its own custard.
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Nice to see someone's paying attentionAli Tait wrote:So that was £30 then!

In fact, it was £15 all in, cut into two rectangular pieces on a huge water-cooled table-saw. Very impressive.
Being the world’s only egg-laying mammal, the duck-billed platypus has the distinction of being the only creature capable of making its own custard.