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Incorporate Natural Stone

How to Incorporate Natural Stone Into Your Home’s Design

“Sure, natural stone is a nice feature. But how can I incorporate natural stone into my home’s design without breaking the budget?” It may be that you have asked yourself that very question a time or two. Or, you might be wondering how you could answer that question if you are a fabricator. In this article we will consider some simple ways that natural stone can be worked into and existing home without gutting the house and doing a TV show-like renovation project.
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Fabricating With Sintered Materials

Sintered Materials and Fabrication

Many fabriactors use a variety of materials. In your fabrication shop, you probably use more than one material to create just the right design for your customer. Sintered stone is one of the relatively new materials. You may or may not have heard of this material or used it in your shop. For readers that have not used it, we will take a look at sintered materials. Along the way, we will consider how the characteristics of this unique material and how they affect your decision regarding your blade choices.
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Diamond Blades for Dekton

Best DEKTON® Diamond Blades

When it comes to cutting ultracompact surfaces, fabricators seek diamond tooling that designed specifically for cutting these types of surfaces. Even very dense materials like porcelain and ceramic can require special cutting equipment. It stand to reason then that DEKTON® would need a very tailored tool set. In this post, we are going to analyze some of the features of DEKTON® surfaces and consider some blades that have been specifically designed for use on this material that seems to be taking the stone industry by storm.
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Stone Presence

Maintaining A Stone Industry Online Presence

Running a successful business in the stone fabrication industry takes a lot of work and attention from the owner of the business. And if the business is to gain significant ‘traction’ online, there is even more work involved. Some stone fabricators wonder what goes into maintaining a successful business presence online? There are a number aspects to managing an online presence of any kind. In this post, we will look at some things that stone professionals will need to keep in mind if they are thinking of running a website; particularly one that has a blog. This will help explain how to maintain a stone industry online presence.
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Good Transport Equipment

Benefits of Good Material Handling Equipment

Fabricators of that operate high volume establishments are aware that good quality equipment plays a large role in the shop’s success. Not only that, keeping your equipment in good working order is also imperative. For that reason, we thought we would take a few minutes to go over some of the key benefits of good material handling equipment.
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Diamond Blade Features

Diamond Blade Features

When it comes to choosing a diamond blade, it helps to know a bit about the various features of them. Why? Because each part of the diamond blade contributes to the way it performs. Which materials it cuts well and how long it lasts are only a couple of the performance measures. Does it cut straight? If you are a high production shop, then the speed of each cut has a direct bearing on your efficiency. And as we know, efficiency translates into profits. Knowing a little bit about diamond blades can help you choose the right blade for a given project.
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Diamond Blade Basics

What You Need to Know About Diamond Blades

The topic “what you need to know about diamond blades” is vast and could be explored to virtually infinite depth. In this post, we will explore three basic things you need to know about diamond blades that can affect your day-to-day usage.
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Customer Service Ideas

Stone Fabrication Customer Service

Stone fabrication has a lot of unique factors that separate it from other service related industries. However, in many ways stone fabricators have to give attention to the same aspects of business as any other company. One such area is customer service. Service tips is one of the aspects of stone fabrication mentioned on Granite Polishing Pads. But if you are going to provide a memorable experience for your customers, you must help them to feel understood. Let’s look at some basic customer service ideas that help accomplish this.
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How to Fill Holes In Travertine

Filling Travertine Holes

Lovers of the natural stone travertine have no doubt been drawn to this marvelous, relatively soft, stone. Yet, when travertine ages, the need can arise for some repairs or restoration to be made keeping it in the nest condition.
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Granite Home Value

How Can Granite Improve the Value of Homes

Fabricators from all over the world appreciate the benefits of including natural stone in construction. However, some home owners are not aware of the value that natural stone can infuse into a property. This article considers some specific ways stone can be used to boost the value (or equity) in a home.
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