Surface table alternative?

Surface table alternative?

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Posted by Sid Herbage on 18/05/2012 02:01:04:

I don't mean to be provocative with this but given the relatively low-cost of small, imported granite surface plates, why do people go to so much effort to find substitutes?

Because we're mean?

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