Corian uses?

[Bob Riefer]

My in laws are replacing LOTS of perfectly new-condition corian countertops as they prefer granite instead. Shrug. My gain!

I have some ideas of how to use it in a woodworking shop, but would love to hear from the group here for more ideas

[Quinn McCarthy]

Jig jigs jigs.

Jigs for the router, shaper, and disc sander.

You can use your normal WW tools to cut it.

Quinn

[Nathan Palenski]

It definately makes great sliding surfaces. So line your tablesaw fence with it. Also it makes great signs. ADA signs etc.

[Eric DeSilva]

Wilson Audio's WATT and PUPPY speaker combinations--acknowledged by a lot of people as being some of the most accurate speakers around--use corian cabinets.

[Dick Strauss]

I definitely would make a router table top and fence with it.

[Dennis Lopeman]

Make a vacuum hold down thing... Bill Wyko i think has a home made one using his vacuum can "clamp" piece down to his worktable without using clamps... good to sanding and you don't want the surface to have the clamps in the way!

And...

you can send a nice piece to me... to do above!

[Jason Hallowell]

Also makes great ZCI's.

[Dennis Lopeman]

well - I hope Bill won't mind me posting this - it is published on his festool owners group album... So I'm quoting:

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This is a picture of my simple vacuum clamp. It's a plastic block with a hole drilled through and another hole on the side which intersects it. Foam tape is added to both sides encompassing the hole and a brass barb fitting is screwed into the side. Apply the vac to it for 1500 lbs per sq ft of clamping preasure.
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[Dennis Lopeman]

I'm going to make this myself - and want a piece of corian or granite (but granite might be too hard to drill)

[Bob Riefer]

Hey Jason, Forgive my question if it's extremely stupid (highly possible), but what are ZCI's?

[Nathan Palenski]

Zero Clearance Insert.

[Van Huskey]

Wilson Audio's WATT and PUPPY speaker combinations--acknowledged by a lot of people as being some of the most accurate speakers around--use corian cabinets.

I think Dave Wilson just had a little infarction though he probably doesn't know why. I don't know of any iteration of WATT/PUPPY that used a solid surface material as a cabinet material, though the first WATT enclosure was a PMMA if memory serves. While the upper level speakers WAMMS, SLAMMS, Alexandria and the like use X material the mid and lower lines used M material which is now M4 and isn't anything like Corian. Alas the WATT/PUPPY is dead but Sasha is very much alive.


Sorry for the jack. Corian has almost limitless uses and as mentioned the best part is it plays so well with woodworking tooling. You can also make all manner of stuff for the kitchen out of it. It turns really well also.

[Keith Outten]

My in laws are replacing LOTS of perfectly new-condition corian countertops as they prefer granite instead. Shrug. My gain!

I have some ideas of how to use it in a woodworking shop, but would love to hear from the group here for more ideas

Cutting boards
Candy dishes
Pens
light cover plates
tooth brush holders
towel bars
soap dishes
shower shelves
desk signs
router/drill bit holders
yard ornaments
Christmas ornaments
mirror and picture frames
paper towel holders
toilet paper holders
cup holders
coffee cups
decorative boxes
bottle stoppers
router table tops
sander table tops
router templates
circle templates
radius templates
carpenter squares
large shop triangles
french curves
doll furniture
height guages
router bit profiles
thermal bending projects
chairs and tables
turn tables
house signs
dash boards
project story sticks
shelving boards
lap desks and tv tables
trophies and awards
bathroom or exterior trim moulding
small built-in cabinets and spice cabinets
solid surface nuts and bolts, U-bolts, Eye bolts
gun racks
wedding boxes and cake toppers
sliding inserts for table saws and band saws
bar accessories

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[Dave MacArthur]

Give some to this guy
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=141154

[Keith Outten]

I would be glad to give him a couple hundred pounds of Corian if he would drop by my shop and pick it up.

For a long time i was giving it away shipping it in USPS flat rate boxes. Cutting Corian to fit in the boxes became to big of a job.
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