Fab-Slab’s first kitchen countertops delivered and installed!

Jim Ojamaa and I delivered our first kitchen countertop suite today.
Both Jim and I were nervous, hoping we had thought of every fabrication detail and finish detail.
The fitment turned out beautifully, the surfaces sumptuous and unusual… we are very pleased with the outcome!
These pictures were been taken prior to artist Toni De Lisa, of the [...]

Part of doing business…

Jim and I were concerned with transporting heavy concrete slabs safely and effectively in my pick up truck.
We designed and fabricated an A-frame slab caddy out of scrap steel and wood 2×4’s.
Jim masterminded the wood slider sections and I fabbed up the the steel A-frames.
Here’s a picture of the unit with or very first kitchen [...]

Process picture… countertops set up and polished.

Here are some casts… farther along in the process.

The sink and return counter to the stove, polished with back splashes.

A small left side of stove counter with back splashes.

A detail of the sink cut out and faucet holes.

There were existing surface mounted water pipes we had to cast a channel in the back sides [...]

Our first kitchen countertop castings…

Fab-Slab has been busy putting together our first kitchen countertop installation.
Preparation is key, and I think we, Jim Ojamaa and I, did all of the proper head scratching… prior to mixing the concrete. We even glued bits of colored glass aggregate to the molds edges, before filling the cast.

This sink section the largest run of [...]

Good news… Fab-Slab sold it’s first concrete and steel table!

Good news!
Dwellings, in Asheville, NC sold a Fab-Slab concrete coffee table today!
It’s only been on the retail floor for 3 days! What a shot in the arm!
The other cool thing…. I just received Dwellings’ PO for the replacement coffee table!
Turn the production machine on and crank it up!
On another exciting front….
I am gathering [...]

A sweet/suite of cast concrete furniture.

I have finished Chris McMillan’s/Dwellings furniture suite.
The pieces are simple, versatile, and very nice looking.
I have taken some photos taken at Dwellings… the pieces look much better than they did in my basement!
As an aside, the coffee table slab is 8 square feet. At 18.75 lbs. per sq. foot, that would be 150 lbs. of [...]

What’s going on? Pretty much!

I have some concrete process breakthroughs I want to share with you…
First, I am now a concrete aggregate exposer…
I bought a diamond cup wheel for my water fed grinder/polisher. It is a aggressive way to remove concrete or stone surface material. The method is not for the meek though! The cup wheel cuts through concrete [...]