Craftsmen who cut granite for kitchen countertops can be at risk of radiation exposure thousands of times above the federal safety limit, according to new research. The danger results from inhaling ...

Editor s note: This article, the latest in a monthly series on Vermont s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. By PAUL WOOD Sandblasting is a common operation in the ...

Everyone’s favorite Canadian is at it again. This time, [AVE] needed to cut a large hole in a stone countertop. They making coring bits for this, but a bit this size would cost upwards of $400. Not a ...

OMAG’s Blade5 machining center for stone is based on an application-specific 5-axis CNC system from NUM, and driven by an powerful, liquid-cooled spindle motor also developed by NUM. The new five-axis ...

For our kitchen counters, we have traveled from laminates to butcher block to marble to soapstone to granite, and then back again. Each material has its pros and cons, but none has an ultimate ...