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My BIG Project ( part 1 )  I never drempt this project would take so long nor be so tedious.. Over several days this "Martha Stewart" undertaking stretched out.  You might remember me purchasing these shelves at a thrift store for cheap. I gilded them allowing the paint to dry over night.  I selected a piece of pink marble. This type of marble is very fragile and needs special care when working with it.  I found an old saucer to use as a template. The oval shape working well to cut from the marble.  I carefully selected the area I desired for the first cutting. Plenty of pink along the edge piece for the first cutting.  Roger this is the diamond imbued blade I mounted to cut with on the table saw. It is very challenging and time consuming to cut an oval .  I used a belt sander to even out the edges and remove the saw marks.  Good old Elmer's glue would hold the marble in place. |
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A cold front moved through over night dumping quite a bit of rain with gusty winds..Rosie let me know there was THUNDER !
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Darter, thanks for posting about the saw blade used to cut the marble. I can well imagine how time consuming it would be to cut an oval shape. You did a mighty fine job.
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The guilding you did on those pieces looks fabulous. Great for display in your mansion.
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A cold front moved through over night dumping quite a bit of rain with gusty winds..Rosie let me know there was THUNDER !
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Darter, thanks for posting about the saw blade used to cut the marble. I can well imagine how time consuming it would be to cut an oval shape. You did a mighty fine job.
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The guilding you did on those pieces looks fabulous. Great for display in your mansion.
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I got 6" of snow overnight and had to dig my snow shovel out of storage to deal with it. Temp reached a high of 33F only. Going down to 17F tonight. It's supposed to be sproing.
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Cool work there little buddy
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Cool work there little buddy
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I love marble stuff. My late bf wanted a small fireplace heater to keep warm in the living room. The day before it arrived, I happened to see a piece of marble sitting all lonely in Home Depot. Impulsively I bought it. Rich said what r U going to do with that ? I said I don't know yet. The next day he got his heater. That is what I used it for, it looked absolutely beautiful under the fireplace heater. He got to never question my impulse things. Especially when I would make money on things
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I love marble stuff. My late bf wanted a small fireplace heater to keep warm in the living room. The day before it arrived, I happened to see a piece of marble sitting all lonely in Home Depot. Impulsively I bought it. Rich said what r U going to do with that ? I said I don't know yet. The next day he got his heater. That is what I used it for, it looked absolutely beautiful under the fireplace heater. He got to never question my impulse things. Especially when I would make money on things
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