Category: Blog

Layout your Shop to be efficient

Miles Supply has supplied products for the stone industry for 70 years. We’ve sold you equipment and supplies like stencils and abrasive as well as handling equipment. But did you know that we will do site visits to your facility and help you become more efficient? We can layout and design a beneficial and efficient… Read more »

Announcement 2024

Welcome 2024! Here’s what’s NEW! ANNOUNCEMENT! Miles Supply is proud to announce the acquisition of Bicknell Supply Company in Elberton Georgia. Bicknell Supply has a long history in the North American stone industry dating back to 1893! In 1930 they opened in Elberton, Georgia and have been a staple family business that has had a… Read more »

MEC Stone Splitters

Split stones with MEC’s customizable machines Miles Supply is pleased to partner with MEC machines to offer these splitters in North America. Natural stone splitting is a production. Whether it’s to dividing large blocks or producing strips for cladding or veneer, MEC machinery specializes in splitting all types of stone efficiently. See Videos. Every stone… Read more »

Mid-Season Consumables Update

Get your consumables here! VT: 800.396.8049 | GA: 888.283.5863 | PA: 888.278.8383 MN: 800.789.0815 | TX: 844.883.4108 | IL: 815.847.0080 Click on each product to see info then click on Request for a quote Stencils • Set-Rite Setting Compound • CLEANERS • Rubbing paper • Sandblast • Abrasives • Cemetery • Setting Cushions AbrasiveAnchor Stencil   *** CLEANERS! *** Customers… Read more »

News for Montrose PA: Hydraulic Hose Crimping Service

Miles Supply in PA is happy to offer this crimping and assembly service for your hydraulic hose – let us know your specifications and we’ll build it for you! Our Montrose location serves the Oil field industry as well as the blue stone industry. 570.278.0333 Call us for all your Oil Field Supplies and also Stone… Read more »

Summer Season 2023

Summer Busy Season? Look what’s in stock! Click on each product to see info then click on Request for a quote Stencils • Set-Rite Setting Compound • CLEANERS • Rubbing paper • Sandblast • Abrasives • SandHandler • Cemetery • Setting Cushions Also Anchor’s Single Liner style 113 (see Anchor info page) see RFQ page Anchor Stencil CLEANERS!… Read more »

Maple sugaring: Buckets or Tubing?

Buckets or Tubing? You have a small quantity of taps and you wonder if you should use buckets or a gravity system with 3/16” tubing? Here are a few things to consider when making your decision. If you are leaning towards buckets, keep in mind the days when you will be by yourself to collect… Read more »

Spring 2022 Email

Update to the update: we now have Anchor Stencil in stock. Click on each product to see info then click on Request for a quote Setting Compound | Setting Cushions | AbrasivesCLEANERS! Customers are checking out the new Miles Supply cleaners and comparing with the other guys’…. Ours works & cost less!Cemetery | Blasting Equipment | Sandblasting… Read more »

Tips from CDL – tubing your sugarbush

Tips from CDL – a healthy tubing system for your sugarbush. Miles Supply is CDL Barre, a CDL store. excerpted from a previous CDL catalog  – see more on CDL site | see page with more tips and this year’s catalog Which 5/16” tubing to choose? The first thing to consider is the stiffness of… Read more »

Miles Supply’s New Line of Cleaners!

Made in Vermont, this line of cleaners does what the big label products do.Choose the cleaner formulated for your stone –  it does what the big label products do. Request quotes for Granite & Masonry Cleaner, Marble Bio-stain Cleaner, Black Granite Cleaner, and the oil stain poultice Oil Remover Putty. Dirty Rock has been cleaning monuments all over… Read more »

FAQ: Some Questions you may have had…

We’ve wanted to have a frequently asked questions FAQ page for some time. Our experienced staff does have many answers but they all insist that you, our customers, are unique; and each situation is different! A typical conversation can go like this: I’m thinking of starting to do sandblasting, what do I need for a… Read more »

Maple Hydrometer Chart & Tips

Maple Hydrometer Chart and tips. Visit Miles Supply/CDL Barre, at 143 Boynton Street in Barre, near Spaulding High School 802.476.3963. How to Use a Maple Syrup Hydrometer For home use, the sugar content of your maple syrup isn’t much of a concern if it tastes good and you refrigerate and consume it before it molds,… Read more »

CDL 2021 Catalog – Maple Sugaring Supplies

All catalog updates for year 2024 and beyond will be posted here (click) Here is the CDL catalog for maple sugaring equipment. Miles Supply is a CDL supplier for Central Vermont, call 802-476-3963. We stock a lot of what you need – and can order supplies and equipment for you in this catalog. Much of… Read more »

Paint worked great touching up Mom’s stone

We love hearing from our customers! Thanks Jennifer from Pennsylvania. “It is a great product.” (Hi-lite white stone paint) “I started touching up the paint on my mothers stone today.  The paint worked fantastically. Wanted to share. Photo attached. Thank you. Jennifer D. ” Also check out litho tips here.

Efficiency Vermont – Qualify for Rebates

Whether purchasing new or upgrading existing equipment, it is important to understand the efficiency gains and power savings you’ll receive. Programs such as Efficiency Vermont are great resources to become familiar with. Not only can they teach you about how to make your system as efficient as possible but can determine if your equipment purchase… Read more »

Carving: Thinking About Automation?

October’s MBNews is themed around Tooling & Carving… That got us thinking. Miles Supply has just about everything needed for manual shaping or automated carving.                     Miles Supply carries chisels, tracers, mallets, angle grinders, and compressors but also profile machines, robotic CNC equipment – and all… Read more »

Abrasives page in our Catalog

We updated the Abrasives page on our Sandblast Catalog. Click once, then click again on product. see also whole interactive Sandblast Catalog… | see Abrasives webpage

Water Treatment example F&B

Water Treatment example: Fraccaroli & Balzan – a customer set up for the Stone Industry Waste Water Filtration Plants for the Stone Industry 1. Waste water collection tank & pumps 2. Automatic Flocculant Station 3. Vertical Clarifier Silo 4. Automatic Mud Discharge Valve 5. Tank for slurry homogenizing 6. Centrifugal pump for feeding Filterpress 7…. Read more »

It’s still Spring!

…it’s different but it’s still Spring. Cemetery | Sandblasting Equipment | Sandblasting Supplies | Handling | Setting | Cleaning | Abrasives Compressors | Cemetery | Sandblasting Supplies | Handling | Setting | Cleaning | Abrasives Call Miles Supply. Barre, VT: 800.396.8049 | Elberton, GA: 888.283.5863 | Montrose, PA: 888.278.8383 | Rockville, MN: 800.789.0815 | Terrell, TX:… Read more »

COVID-19 Coronavirus update.

LAST POST! This post was started in March 2020 –  updates to our store status. (6/1/21) BARRE, VT  |  ELBERTON, GA  |  ROCKVILLE, MN  |  MONTROSE, PA  |  TERRELL, TX Let’s do business as usual!! • All of our locations are OPEN also with a provision for curbside pick-up* • Non-contact delivery options are available • All… Read more »