Hand Splitting Granite Fieldstone
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Even with all the advancements in manufacturing, some things are still best done by hand. Here we are showing how Granite Fieldstones are split using a set of large steel hammers. Watch how it's hit with such an extreme accuracy!
Wow. I hope people realize that they are watching a master at work. Honestly for me it's like watching an artist create a work of art. Your understanding of the material and how to split it is amazing, especially since rock is all different and can be finicky. Your hammer accuracy and technique is also amazing to watch. Thanks for posting this for us to enjoy! Im a self taught (ongoing) mason, Interested in all of the facets of stone work.
They do not. They kill such masters for the sake of 3D concrete buildings and one yellow bathyscaphe 50 by 50 kilometers 100 story height. Just enough to fit 100 billion people.
Some people still find enjoyment and satisfaction in physical labor....
I have been doing Masonry for about 15 yrs now. I have been lucky to have been taught by 30 to 40 yr old master Mason's. One thing I heard over and over again was that Mason's now have it easy....the back in the day stories. This video was one heard over and over again. Up here in Canada when it got to cold this is what Mason's did was split field stone all day outside. So next time you walk by a beautiful stone church or building ever stone has been chiselled and shaped by hand.
Back in 2010 I ordered 9 crates (purchased by the ton) of split field stone for my front porch. These stone are beautiful and we built a 8' x 40' front porch with a knee wall and tapered columns out of these split field stone. I though these were split with a guillotine type machine...not by hand. The stone from the Wisconsin region have beautiful colors. We continuously get comments on our front porch. Regarding the question on using the stone .... it is received as rough splits. It must be chipped around the edges to face the stone, then shaped to fit around other stones. This is definitely a lost art.
and to think MY hobby was stamp collecting - until I injured myself.
I always wondered why they invented steel toe caps! Amazing accuracy with that heavy hammer @ 3:24. Such a straight line with each.
I once knew a stone cutter. He died before I had the chance to learn his trade. It would be great if you would have a video made on how to "read" a stone and find the grain of a stone in order to split it easier. This is truely a dieing art.
i'd LOVE to acquire this skill.
That dude's a fucking beast.
What was this poor devil's crime?...
Joe Hallam Prisoners need to be doing this again.
They just finished building a new prison on the outskirts of my city, for 20 million or so pounds. When i looked in to how and who build the prison, this new one was replacing. I found out that was the inmates themselves. What a great idea.
What are you in for?
What size of stone would you recommend? 1 ft by 1 ft?
What mortar would hold the best?
How long do you think it would take to get enough for a house?
I'm tired just from watching
My dear Lord that guy is strong-how old is he?
Did not think they made you do that in prison anymore?
Just the best video on youtube!!!
Its a waste to take rounded granite and turn it into broken ledge style granite. You can get ledge style right from the stoneyard, and they get it from blasted ledge projects.
Stone Ridge Landscape & Design what kind of wall are you going to build with a round stone?
Can you explain (1) why you are breaking up the rocks, (2) what you are looking for when you set them upon the floor, and (3) why you place some of the broken stones into the wooden bin and others to the side? Thanks.
Great job! How long do you think it would take to split enough to do a house? Do you have to shape the stone after you split it or do you just arrange the stone according to size when you put it up on a house?
You may have to shape the stone some to get the fit right, but a lot of it is just like putting a puzzle piece together.
whats the purpose for doing this ?
I'd like to know what the point of breaking those rocks is.
Small splinters burst off a lot and just hitting the stone in random places won't help but once you set your "line" to crack at, it goes through quite easily.