Australia to Ban Engineered Stone

Re:Australia to Ban Engineered Stone by newaccount74 on Thursday December 14, 2023 @03:11AM (#38638983)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that nobody tries to cut granite on site with an angle grinder. It's so difficult because the material is so hard.

Granite countertops are typically cut off-site with a waterjet, which creates zero dust.

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Re:Australia to Ban Engineered Stone by rbanffy on Thursday December 14, 2023 @06:24AM (#38640180)

I wonder why those parts are not made in the desired shape already with no need to cut or sand in place.

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Re:Australia to Ban Engineered Stone by NoGravitas on Thursday December 14, 2023 @08:01AM (#38640850)

I assume it's because kitchens and bathrooms aren't made in standardized sizes to fit standardized counters.

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Re:Australia to Ban Engineered Stone by xxs on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:29AM (#38643146)

No perfect walls (also changes w/ temperature/humidity), drilling holes, misalignment, imperfect measurements...

Since it's a luxury but not a super expensive product, the more expensive process of precise measurement, off-site waterjet/laser cutting is not suitable.

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Re:Australia to Ban Engineered Stone by caf on Thursday December 14, 2023 @08:39PM (#38650054)

This I suspect nails the question of "why doesn't natural silica-containing stone cause the same problems?" asked several times elsethread.

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