Quote Originally Posted by victorf View Post
Consider a slab of granite. Find a custom countertop builder and check out their inventory. I live in a small town in upstate New York and there are at least two locations that have ample supplies of granite in various thicknesses and color.
Thanks. This sounds great, but we are looking for cheaper and easily workable materials.

At $0.80 per lb, Epoxy/Quartz is hard to beat. Castable to any shape.

We are far away from granite-like performance, and it'll take a while but that's where we're headed.

In a year or two we should be able to build this frame:



We are going to cheat and use massive steel reinforcements, but this is the look and performance we're after.


Larry,
I don't recall the percentages on the latest samples, but they were mighty tasty.
Now wait till I get my shaker going...