$5k Granite Layout Table on CL

[KenB]

Looks solid, eh? What would it be used for?
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2584937146.html



Ken

 

[rodm1]

Inspection, But it would make a grate welding table.

 

[CHRIS LUCKYMAN]

Laying out granite.

 

[Jayincali]

Inspection, But it would make a grate welding table.

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My father has a table just like that in his inspection room.

 

[mtkst19]

i seen that listed today too. this may help explain it in more depth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_plate

also--seen some ok deals on some boxes out in mckees rocks listed today as well.

 

[Strouty]

Would it cause some problems if you used it as a welding table? Would the heat hurt the granite? I know concrete pops and explodes from heat.

 

[Gtamazing]

We have 2 of these but bigger in the shop I work in. Finished jobs are put on them then checked with a wireless CMM

 

[djjsr]

They are used in tool & die shops for precision set-ups and measurements. Not a good welding table.

 

[Shipfittin]

Called a Surface Plate and it's for doing precision measurement and layout in machining. I know one of the main reasons they use Granite is because it does not have the expansion and contraction issues you see with wood and metal.

 

[Defender Chassis]

Not a good deal anyway. That can be had for under $1k from surplus dealers.

http://www.hgrinc.com/buyOurs/inven...=1&sel_start_price=&sel_end_price=&priceMode=

 

[mtkst19]

Would it cause some problems if you used it as a welding table? Would the heat hurt the granite? I know concrete pops and explodes from heat.

from my experience granite is heat resistant and scratch resistant. hence granite counter tops in kitchens. I found that cutting right on the granite top instead of a cutting board doesnt scratch the granite. Yet it does dull the knife and piss off the family owner whose house you are in cutting on the counter top and not the board.


would be one hell of an expensive welding table though. id also be worried about beating on the table as i could see a heavy part or missed hammer blow doing some damage.

 

[Outlawmws]

You want a bare steel top table for welding so the parts get their ground from the table...

Of course if you have rusty/painted material this doesn't work so well...

 

[Buckgnarly]

Would it cause some problems if you used it as a welding table? Would the heat hurt the granite? I know concrete pops and explodes from heat.

Not a good idea, you can carve granite with a torch..

http://www.remusicas.org/videos/carving-granite-with-torch-;st82EHYTxNA.html

 

[jeffmoss26]

We have several at work for inspection of parts. They come in and measure the granite slabs and certify that they are perfectly level.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

TV stand

 

[Steve from Socal]

Not a good welding table and, not a good price for it either. I knew a guy who bought several big plates here in L.A. from Lockheed for a few hundred bucks a piece. The smallest one was 5X10

Steve

 

[butina_doc]

I was thinking coffee table.

 

[byoungblood]

GM plant I used to work at had some of their precision measuring equipment in their body measurement lab (they'd pull random bodies off the line to ensure proper dimensions, they could also check tooling as well) mounted on granite slabs like that. As mentioned, their mass and stability is why they are preferred in such applications.

 

[2oolhound]

pool table when you're done inspecting