Whether large or small, it’s a good idea to have a website for your stone shop. Not only is it an affordable form of advertising, but it’s extremely affective. Here are our tips for what makes a great stone shop website. Download the Website Checklist Everything you need for a great website. Print and check off […]
Continue ReadingStart-Up Guide #1: Profiling & Polishing
Welcome to AccuGlide’s Start-Up Guides! Our first guide goes into one of the most valuable lessons for a stone shop: What edge profiles should I offer? And what are the best practices for shaping and polishing?
Continue ReadingMitered Edge Countertops: Tips & Tricks
If you’re a stone fabricator still shying away from mitered edge countertops, you’re not alone. Getting a good miter cut is no easy task. These are the two biggest issues fabricators face with mitered edge countertops, and the solution to make miter cuts fast, easy, and flawless!
Continue ReadingStart-Up Guide #2: the Biggest Sink Cutout Mistakes
All stone fab shops want to produce work with speed and precision. For a new fab shop, bottlenecks in production are a major concern. One of the first bottlenecks fab shops usually face is sink cutouts. They can be one of the slowest and most tedious parts of your production process if you handle it […]
Continue ReadingStart-Up Guide #3: The Sink Cutout System
Our tried-and-true system for sinks is a simple “walk before you run” approach. By breaking up equipment purchases you can expand faster and avoid wasting resources. Here’s what you’ll need.
Continue ReadingMaster Countertop Seams in 4 Steps
Countertop seams: you know you’ve done a good job when your customer doesn’t notice them. Whether it’s in granite or quartz, a high quality countertop seam should be invisible. It makes any countertop look high quality and worthy of referrals. Your AccuGlide stone saw and tracks can be your secret weapon for seam craftsmanship. Here’s […]
Continue ReadingStart-Up Guide #4: All About Sink Templates
More about sink cutouts?! That’s right. We’ve already talked about how sinks are usually the first and biggest bottleneck. Nailing down your sink fabrication is a non-negotiable step to your shop’s success. So we’re sharing the number one shortcut that will take you to a smooth running operation.
Continue ReadingHow to Cut Sintered Stone
At the TISE trade show this year, we picked up on a material that’s gaining a lot of traction. Our industry is getting excited about sintered stone. You might be familiar with it already, one popular manufacturer is Neolith®. What is sintered stone? It’s a man-made ultra compact surface engineered for durability. It’s been around for a few […]
Continue ReadingStart-Up Guide #5: Material Handling
Why should material handling be a top priority on your set-up equipment list? Protecting yourself and your workers from injury is not “optional” nowadays. There are major financial consequences if you cut corners on safety. The other loss factor is the money wasted from inefficient material handling. Download the Material Handling Shop Guide A diagram […]
Continue ReadingDream Kitchen & Bath
From Small Startup to Top Company in One Year Dream Kitchen & Bath is one of the largest stone companies in Eastern and Middle Tennessee. What’s exceptional about Dream Kitchen & Bath is how quickly it grew. We met owner Jonathan Smith as a new shop owner just one year ago. AccuGlide has been with […]
Continue ReadingStart-Up Guide #6: Referrals vs Advertising
The past few start-up guides focused on shop production. But to grow your business, you also need to focus on healthy customer service. It happens all too often. An employee or customer brings up a concern, and you’re too busy to address it. That neglected concern begins to fester and soon pops back up as […]
Continue ReadingStart-Up Guide #7: 5 Steps to 5 Star Reviews
Never underestimate the importance of building your online reviews. If you have a choice of building a beautiful new website or developing reviews – start on reviews first. This will give you accountability from day 1, and keep you on track to build a customer-focused team.
Continue ReadingRodding 101
Why Even Consider Rodding? Rodding stone is an insurance policy for your business. Just like most insurance policies, there is a specific cost that buys a guarantee against some kind of loss. Main image courtesy of https://surfacelink.com/my-granite-cracked-in-front-of-the-sink/ Rodded Granite In the case of rodding granite, the majority of your ‘cost’ would be the time and labor […]
Continue ReadingStart-Up Guide #8: Customer Service Issues
If you’re running a smart, hard-working organization, then honesty is the magic bean that will make it grow. And it all starts with you. If you set an example of delivering on promises, your team will follow your lead. Your customers will then sense that you and your people are trustworthy. If you’re trustworthy you’ll […]
Continue ReadingWhy Step-Cutting is Best
When machinery is engineered with a level of precision that enables step-cutting, the results are dramatically increased cutting speeds and production, along with SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS in tooling and motor life.
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