How to Cut & Polish Granite Countertop DIY – Undermount Sink
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:24Posted in category DIY
From www.toolocity.com, this is part of a 28 minute video on how to fabricate granite undermount kitchen sink for Do-It-Yourselfers. The project was to replace a top mount granite kitchen sink with an undermount granite kitchen sink. We took a piece of matching “pre-fabbed” granite slab (by pre-fabbed we mean the edge has been pre-fabricated), cut the sink hole and polished the entire sink edges. In the full 28 minute video, Buren Smith, our 25-year veteran stone fabricator, demonstrates the …
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yumyumsashimi says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Looked like he spent alot of time doing this is their a faster way? im going with a drop in sink.
MrGraniteTops says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
hi dont do it your self you might get hurt…
SometimesSamurai says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
This guy hacked the fuk outta that sink. Total Rookie!
Did he bring that home depot granite in that fuk’n Minian !? Prefabricated bullnosed bullshit
jinglebuddy says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
No, that isn’t rude, calling me an idiot was. And thanks for asking, yeah, I’ve done it before when I did kitchens for people’s house.
microfly2008 says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
I am one of those super skilled people but with granite and marble and i have manufactured a polish undermount bowl apperture in granite by hand and with a CNC machine .And if you havnt done it before ie(DIY)forget it.Sorry if that is sounding rude but thats life
jinglebuddy says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
You have no need to be rude. I was a a tool maker in my past life, worked with a lot of NCs. We had some old fashioned machinists who wouldn’t go near NCs, and I saw one of them turn a set of prototype cam shafts on the manual lathe, by hand, and it was better than the production ones made on NCs. In presence of those who are super skilled, you’d be humbled, they’ll shut your big mouth right up. You have no idea what skilled hands are capable of.
microfly2008 says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
You dont know what your talking about are you saying you know masons who can cut stone better than a CNC machine .if your next reply is yes then your an idiot
jinglebuddy says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
er, despite what people say, you can do it this way and can do it pretty well. you just have to be super duper good with a grinder, and i only know two people who’d cut with grinder better than any cutting tools. i know i know, but it’s true. question of if it’s worth doing it, that’s another story…
phartattack says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
My suggestion is to put some cross support between the saw horses, Granit has a lot of veins and there is a chance it may snap while you’re doing these thin cuts.
MZ-HANDYMAN
brovin10 says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
I think that this is for the professionals. If you need granite countertops I would advise to use a professional. You must have the template and lots of other stuff done! Check out my channel for video tutorials on kitchen makeovers.
mooninquirer says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
That grinder is a very versatile tool.
mooninquirer says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Well, usually the granite countertop supplier does this, according to the specs that YOU provide, for the sink hole.
For example, I know Home Depot and Lowe’s provide this service.
theshreks says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
sink cut outs shud be done on a CNC machine not with a grinder, joint cuts shud be done on a proper saw so they are straight an tight, all of this is done useing water also even polishing he has not done a good job. TRADITIONAL MASONRY NORTH SHIELDS.
thebigsee says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
I’m a pretty experienced do-it-yourselfer (dad is a general contracter) and this is not something I’d want to tackle. If you’re just making a straight line that is going to be hidden under an overmount sink, I’d say go for it, but if it’s going to be on display, have someone experienced do it. The disks and bits alone would probably cost hundreds of dollars, hardly worth it, and you’d no doubt ruin a few sheets of expensive granite in the process.
thejonsonator says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
he must of polished that back some. i do this for a living and if i cut out a bowl with chips as big as he had id be laughed at by everyone. He makes it sound easy, i remembermy 1st bowl cut out!!!! just pay someone to do it properly.
Cabinetmaker09 says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Ive worked in a Granite countertop business for a while. You should have mention A.) Where a dust mask the dust is very Bad for your health as it will just build up in your lungs. B.) Best to use water cooling for several reasons to not have the dust flying all over and in your lungs but also cooling the granite cause the heat will crystalize the granite and it will not look good. not to mention you left out what type of Blade you were using when cutting for people who never done this before.
paulcan38 says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
I am a ‘professional’ and we will say it is easy – why? because it takes years of building skill levels so now I can say it’s EASY!
iglamar says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Great info!!! thanks
sevenseventysevencus says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
no you yupie 80% of the price is in the tooling 10%is raw material ang the rest labor and profit if you relly want to spend 50k on a bridge saw and 300k for a CNC line polisher and 15k in hand tools poliser blades pads cemicals ect. go for it this is a skiled trade not a DIY wekend project. thers no secret abought it
cadenoh says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
I have had professionals telll me its so easy to do this work they don’t even deserve the money I think with a little knowledge and this guys anybody can do it. Why don’t you see a how to book on granite? Cause theyare trying to keep this stuff a secret
ARMY832 says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
I have worked in granite,marble and other naturla stones for jest over 2 years and it not as ease as this guy makes it sound. it can be very costly if you don’t have a clue on what you are doing. let alone hazurdes to your health with the (dust,glues,cleaners,enhencers,sealers and all the other chemacls.) so please leve it to the pros or in my case the people who work with the pros.
betterpaths says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
cool demo, thanks for the info!
mattslammer says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
bet this guy is popular with his neighbours!!!
ive been in the trade for ten years now and i agree with yip9876,this is a job for a pro!!
yip9876 says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
i have been a fabricator for 4 years now… if its a small job and your a diy guy then do it.. but if its your whole kitchen use your head and get it done somewhere. i have fixed so many things that people try to do themselves and by that time they have spent twice the amount cus they didnt take it to a pro the first time. and bought all the tools for nothing
colejoshrocks says:
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Water jet yeah great how many Mexican granite guys come to your house with their water jet? Most are cut at the site in similar fashion to this, maybe slightly more pro tools
granite polish says:
November 11th, 2009 at 2:26 AM
cool demo, thanks for the info!