The Slab’asaurus

02/14/2025

Website is live. Fairly basic right now, but it’s a place to purchase, and will soon be updated with more content and information.
Thank you for your patience and interest!!!

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01/04/2025

There has been some questions about how tight the nut shout be tightened on the Slab’asaurus. The quick answer is, tighter than you think! But material type, shape, and holding screw length are also contributing factors. The great thing about the Slab’asaurus; is how forgiving it is; don’t be afraid to tighten it down a little bit more.

01/04/2025

The Slab’asaurus is capable of holding thinner rocks so they can be cut for the largest face. Here are a couple examples of recently held and cut rocks.

11/27/2024

Even smooth tumbled rocks like Montana /Yellowstone agates; as well as thin rocks, are no challenge for the Slab’asaurus. You would never be able to hold rocks and cut them in this orientation, in a standard slab saw vise.

11/03/2024

11/02/2024

An additional benefit of using the Slab’asaurus, is that you can sometimes fit a larger rock into your saw, then what your saws vise is capable of holding. This petrified wood/stromatolite piece was much larger than what my 16” saws vise could hold; not to mention the odd shape that wouldn’t work in a standard saw vise.

09/26/2024

Proud moments this week!!!
International Slab’asaurus customers have received their vises!!! Not gonna lie; it took some effort to get these shipped, but I’m so proud to see some of my vises being used in New Zealand, Tahiti, and the UK.
So thankful for all the support and patient customers.

09/14/2024

I have been extremely ill for the past couple days.
I will respond to messages as soon as I’m able to.

08/12/2024

Hope everyone is enjoying their new vises!!!!

I should have the website up and running within a couple days; which means the rest of you will finally be able to place orders!!!!!

For those who have received a new vise.
Were the included paper assembly instructions, helpful?

I would love to hear some feedback on that.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

08/06/2024

It’s official!!!!

All pre-orders have been shipped!!!
Your PayPal invoices should be updated with tracking info once the packages are scanned by the post office!!!

07/28/2024

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!!

Quick update!!!

While I am very busy washing vise components, getting bags of hardware put together, and boxing up vises, for all of pre order folks who have paid their invoices; I will be gone from the shop and on the road this coming week. I will be at the Roseville rock show next weekend!!! And I will have Slab’asaurus vises with me for sale!!! I will be at the Brixey Rocks & Lapidary Collective booth; outside on the lawn, by the entrance. If you are close by or local; this is your chance to grab a vise or at least see it in person!!!
Hope to see some of you at the show!!!

Business will be back to usual the following week after the show and hope to have all pre orders shipped by then.

Thank you all so much for your patience and support!
It means the world to me🙏

Nick