6'x12' surface plate - Brapton, on - $55k....

[Dan Dubeau]

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One of the shops I used to work in had one in the middle of the shop. It was babied and you'd get scolded for setting anything on it. It was for layout and inspection ONLY. The shop hacker poured a resin layup on it once and if it wasn't for the fact he was the managers brother, the owner would have strung him up like a buck and gutted him in front of everyone. lol.

 

[JustaDB]

That'd make a helluva pool table...

 

[djberta]

Wow, that is crazy big.

 

[Jswain]

Wonder if the wife would be mad if I told her I was gonna buy her a big rock, then showed up with this?...

 

[Susquatch]

Wonder if the wife would be mad if I told her I was gonna buy her a big rock, then showed up with this?...

Don't do it. You will die.

 

[JustaDB]

Wonder if the wife would be mad if I told her I was gonna buy her a big rock, then showed up with this?...

Do it! Just make sure the camera is running.

 

[TorontoBuilder]

That'd make a helluva pool table...

all except for the lack of cut out for the pockets it is ideal..

but you need to build a whole new house around it. Reinforce your concrete floor with 4 large footings too

 

[Dabbler]

Over 30,000 lbs. I don't think my wife would approve.

 

[Tom O]

All that’s missing is….
ba, ba, Ba Badahhhh…….., Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom.

 

[combustable herbage]

Any idea what it was worth new?
On the Starrett site I see a 4X8 for around 15.5K..

 

[JustaDB]

Over 30,000 lbs. I don't think my wife would approve.

Ya don't hafta tell her everything, ya know...

 

[Jswain]

Ya don't hafta tell her everything, ya know...

All I can say honey, is that it'll be the biggest rock on the block....

 

[Megar arc 5040dd]

New kitchen island anyone?

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Wonder if the wife would be mad if I told her I was gonna buy her a big rock, then showed up with this?...

No she wouldn't, she'd love it! You would probably end up with the biggest headstone in the entire cemetery though....

 

[Jswain]

No she wouldn't, she'd love it! You would probably end up with the biggest headstone in the entire cemetery though....

You're not wrong...

 

[Stuart Samuel]

No she wouldn't, she'd love it! You would probably end up with the biggest headstone in the entire cemetery though....

‘It’s for, uh…

Tempering chocolate!’

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Cold cream table for ice cream .....Hmmm, just gave me an idea for over the holidays.......

I could probably get her on my side if I finished the backyard patio/pavilion and used that as a table. We've talked about that before, and she loves the idea. The problem is finding a very cheap large surface plates now. I remember them being super cheap back in the post 2008 recession auctions. I don't remember what the one I talked about above went for, but a lot of the smaller 3x6 plates went for under $200 from that auction, and another shop I worked at too. Some went for under $100. Basically giving them away. Have not see that since, and probably wont ever again. Maybe in the next few years? Hopefully not.....

She'd be pissed if I spent 55k on one though. Not that I have $500, let alone 55k for spending like that anyway lol.

 

[Tom O]

Tell her it’s for when your back acts up….. or as a guest bed for those that just won’t leave, you know
“ The Visitor from Hell.