Rescued Plant Stand

The ex's grandpa did some woodwork here and there. Some of it interesting. This stand was covered in a VERY rough cut piece of OSB and had a doily over it.  His woodworking aside, he was a great man and someone I was fortunate to have in my life. It was for that reason I felt compelled to rescue this stand when the family was going to toss it.

The wood parts were just sanded and re-finished.  The granite top was my add.

To make the top, I:

(1) Picked up some granite a fabricator was tossing (sink cutouts, etc.)

(2) Bought a Harbor Freight diamond blade for my angle grinder.

(3) Drew a felt tip circle that would result in about a 1" overhang on the planter stand.

(4) Laid blue painters tape over the felt tip line.

(5) Drew the line over the blue tape

(6) Set up a drip hose with fittings, including a valve, and flexible, clear hose to keep the blade cool and to minimize dust.

(7) I started running around and around the piece of granite with the blade.

(8) Moved my feet out of the way when the granite went south.

(9) Ran 50 grit through 3,000 grit diamond pads around the cut edge, again, with a water drip to cool the pads.

(10) I glued the granite to the stand using construction adhesive (30 years in and going strong).