"Jim Yanik" wrote in message
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"Greg O" wrote in
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"Joe Bobst" wrote in message
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Any ideas?

See if you can find a sink cutout at a local cabinet shop. They may
have anything from a piece of marble to Corian or other popular
materials. One
of
those ought to be heavy enough and waterproof enough to do the job
just
fine.
Take in a pattern and thay might cut it for you for a nominal fee.
HTH

Joe


Yup, probably charge you just a bit more than what a correct
replacement lid from the factory would be.
Greg


Well,the OP did say he wanted to fabricate the lid himself.
IIRC,you can buy non-Corian brands of solid-surface material,although I
don't know about available sizes of the pieces or their cost,or where to
buy them.
Maybe he could buy scraps from a countertop fabricator.Then choice of
patterns and colors will narrow.
Buying a full sheet of solid-surface material WILL be very expensive.
I suspect then he'd merely go with some sort of wood.
I'd use something like cypress,teak.

(NOT particle board!!) B-)

Almost anything will work if it's finished correctly. I built a wooden thing
for my canoe to serve as a mounting bar for fishing rod holders and other
stuff. Made it from oak. I finished it with 5 coats of exterior
polyurethane. That was 10 years ago. It's been rained on, dunked, put away
wet in the garage and frozen, and other than the spot where the
quick-release hardware contacts the wood, there is no wear and no fading.