Breton Contourfive turns a Corinthian column

Good morning,

Today I’d like to show you a small Corinthian column realized with our machining centre Breton Contourfive with 5 axes, equipped with a lathe.

As you can see, most of the work has been carried out by the disk while the diamond tool executed grooves and inlays.

When equipped with the lathe, Contourfive becomes a real production centre, ideal for architectural elements, funerary art and machining operations that require a deep pocketing, all this taking up a minimal amount of space as you can see here under:

Do you agree?
Write to mail@breton.it for further info or quotations, we’ll get back to you promptly.
Thank you for the attention and best regards.
Bye-bye 
Sergio Prior

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Defining the granite industry by marketing with social media

Owner Chad Briles of The Stone Shop in Ankeny, IA, has grown a successful company fairly quickly by using platforms such as Facebook to promote and get jobs
By Jason Kamery - Stone World

Chad Briles’ grandfather has been in the tile and stone industry for over 60 years, and Chad started working for him when he was 13. “Growing up, my grandfather taught me what it takes to make a successful business, and the key is honesty and quality,” said Briles. “When we started The Stone Shop, we drove to Kentucky and bought an old Sawing System bridge saw and a 1964 fork lift and brought it up here and started in a single-car garage. We worked night and day to build a brand that would define the granite industry. We specialize in pushing the limit with stone and creating things that define the stone industry.”

Three short years later, The Stone Shop — located in Ankeny, IA — is quickly growing market share and has become one of the premier fabricators in the state of Iowa. “We have had to learn a lot of things the hard way, but we have been very blessed to be surrounded by a talented team and my family,” said Briles. “My grandfather and father-in-law came out of retirement to help me build what we have today. We are a family business built on the core values that my grandfather taught me over 16 years ago. We do our best to treat every one of our customers and employees as just another member of the family.”

Recently, the shop purchased all brand new Breton machinery, including the new 5-axis Combicut, the CNC Counterbreton NC300 K40 Robocup and the Easyedge vertical edge polisher. “Going from a complete hand shop to a complete digital shop in four months has had its challenges, but Breton’s customer service has been top notch,” said Briles, adding they buy all their CNC tooling from Regent Stone Products of Virginia Beach, VA. 

“We are very analytical, we analyze everything to see what gets the best production versus dollars versus life of the tool. When we started, we did a lot of straight polish edges. 

I would say 70% of our basic work is straight polish edge, aside from our custom work. We get about four weeks of life out of the Marmo Tool and around 7,000 to 8,000 linear feet running about 300 inches a minute. I was very doubtful, but Scott at Regent Products is very knowledgeable, and they stand behind their products.”

The Stone Shop 
Ankeny, IA

Type of work: residential, retail and high-end custom building

Machinery: 

- a 5-axis Combicut, 

- a CNC Counterbreton NC300 K40 Robocup router 

- a Easyedge vertical edge polisher

all from Breton of Italy; 

CNC tooling from Regent Stone Products of Virginia Beach, VA; a 2D3D and LT-55 digital templating systems from Laser Products of Romeoville, IL

Number of team members: 31

Production rate: 35 kitchens a week, with the minimum kitchen size being 30 to 40 square feet. 

Here you can read the complete article

Thanks to Stone World.

Bye-bye

Sergio Prior

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NEW Breton Combicut with Breton Multi Touch

Hello everyone,

today I want to show you last video about Combicut cutting line, where the operator is using the new graphic user interface Breton Multi Touch to program the cuts on the slab.

What do you think about it?
Breton Multi Touch is a revolutionary software for Breton Smart-Cut bridge saws and Combicut.

Why don’t you ask for the new Combicut and Breton Multi Touch ?
Write NOW at mail@breton.it.
Well, that’s all for today.
Bye-bye
Sergio Prior

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Why don’t you use the Web to promote your kitchen tops?

Boost your business by publishing the pictures of your kitchen tops to the Internet through Pinterest.

Hello everyone,

Some of you probably wonder about what Pinterest is. 

Pinterest is a social network founded by Evan Sharp, Ben Silbermann and Paul Sciarra in 2010, where pictures, videos and images can be shared. . .  (wikipedia).

Using Pinterest, you can upload, save and publish pictures taken by your digital camera to the image-sharing social network. 

You could create photo books (boards) with the pictures of your kitchen tops realized with Contourbreton NC 300 or Contourbreton Quartz, quickly and easily. 
Click here for an example of board.

The stored pictures enhancing the beauty and quality of your tops will be easily accessible to any device, besides being a useful online image file where a variety of additional info can be stored as well. 

You may save images on different boards classified by type of material, colour, shape or surface and your customers will see them on their PC, Smartphone or tablet!

Exploit this opportunity to the full, sign in with Pinterest and publish the pictures of your kitchen tops to boost your business. 

If you are interested in this new way to promote your kitchen tops, we will be glad to send you the instructions on how Pinterest works.

Write to mail@breton.it for receiving simple instructions: you’ll be ready in 5 minutes!
Thank you for the attention and best regards.
Bye-bye 

Sergio Prior

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Christopher le Brun’s marble ‘Maro’ wing sculpture debuts at Chatsworth House

Lapicida has collaborated with an increasingly diverse collection of designers and artists to create one-off pieces that have attracted international acclaim. In the latest collaboration, Lapicida has realized ‘Maro’ a sculpture for Christopher le Brun.

Christopher le Brun is a painter, sculptor, printmaker and the 26th President of the Royal Academy. As Maro demonstrates, much of his recent work has a strong attachment to the imagery and emotional address of Romanticism and Symbolism.

‘Maro’ is a challenging piece in terms of both its design and production. From Lapicida’s point of view, the Breton CNC Shapemill was the one technology capable of sculpting this majestic 2.5-tonne, 5-metre high wing. 

Created in five pieces, 25 days of sculpting by the CNC shaping mills computer-controlled diamond tipped drill head were required to form Maro.                      A further 6 weeks of hand-finishing by two of Lapicida’s expert craftsmen gave this impressive sculpture the perfect finish that is immediately apparent on viewing.

The story continues >>

For info and price of the 5 axis CNC stone working centre Breton SHAPEMILL, write to mail@breton.it.
We’ll get back to you promptly.
Thank you for the attention and best regards.
Bye-bye
Sergio Prior 

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