How to Cut & Polish Granite Countertop DIY - Undermount Sink

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 following skills and techniques:

1. Templating;
2. Using variable speed angle grinder;
3. Straight cutting with grinder and turbo blade;
4. Curved cutting with contour blade;
5. Smoothing curve cuts with drum wheel;
6. Polishing undermount sink with dry polishing pads;
7. Drill a faucet hole with Sure-Guide and dry core bit.

This video demonstrates fabrication of a rectangular undermount sink. These skills and tools can also be applied to fabricating oval undermount sinks and vessel bowls.

Please visit our website http://www.toolocity.com or call us at 1-800-980-7808 to order the full version of this video, or if you have questions regarding our diamond tools and granite fabrication.

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• fabricate
• granite
• countertop
• cut
• polish
• undermount
• sink
• Do It Yourself
• DIY Network

[redyj91]

I've read through most of the comments and I think it's safe to say that there are a lot of opinionated people in this industry who are either afraid of do-it-yourselfers cutting into their business and of posting their own videos because their methods might be critiqued just as harshly. If this guy's methods work for him and achieve the desired outcome and he hasn't killed himself yet, then fine. This isn't a safety training video.

[generatrix999]

Not simply, and nothing is easy.

Don't even try this if you've never worked with granite b/f

[iounatta]

25-year veteran stone fabricator??? You surely haven't been doing granite counters that long or you would know a much better way. Most people can cut and polish an edge. Even profile an edge to polish but when it comes to sink cut outs it is much more difficult until you have the needed experience. Especially a 60/40 bowl or the similar. A zero tolerance wheel would be a good investment. Also why in the he*l aren't you using water???

[thankennedy]

water works wonders...

[billygoatUK]

@rob99rst you mean can hardly.

[TilemanSD]

That was a very small granite slab. Usually the sink slab is much larger. Try picking one up and installing it without breaking it. This is not for the weekend warrior type. There is much more to this than you were shown in this video.

[chesterarebest]

Thought it was excellent in that he shows what you can achieve with basic grinder but recognise that there is not enough detail given regarding type of grinder and finishing discs etc

However for me as a hands on guy this is a good start.

On filming aspect though, it leaves om for improvement. A proper microphone may be a good start...Thanks though. Excellent

[911crackdaddy]

Haters gonna hate. I thought it was an awesome job, considering the tools he was using. I was under the impression it should be done using a wet saw, but hey if it works, it works!

[trip832000]

umm how lang have u been doing this? cause u look like u dont know what ur doing ive been doing granite for 7 years and the onlything u use dry pads for is to polyse splash and u polyse a sink with water

[pokeyj37846]

no water  no mask no brains

[NuestroMexicoEnVivo]

My boss says: juts put the template, mark with pencil, cut and polish.. thats it.. easy easy... jeje... I never have cut undermounth before he is very cheap and dont want to pay professional.