Cutting Stone At The Deer Isle Hostel
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2011
- Dennis Carter, founder and owner of Deer Isle Hostel in Maine uses a 2-pound hammer to cut a 26,000 pound block of lovely Deer Isle granite into two equal parts. This is the first of many cuts. When finished, the resulting smaller blocks will be used to make the foundation of a workshop that he is building at the Hostel.
So today I watched a guy unclog road drains, a woman cut her grass with a scythe and now a guy splitting granite with a hammer.. surprisingly all rather satisfying 😀👍
Just watched one of the scythe videos myself
Lmfao you saw that scythe video too ? 🤣💯👌🏼
Coming from the scythe vid
I’m not alone!
Coming from sythe vid!!!!
1.3 thousand people disliked this....what is it about a man cutting granite that pissed off so many people?
lol maybe its because that guys was a goober XD
also having h8rs is a sign of success.
Maybe they are rock right activists or something
Yeah like was it classified or some?
Boring af
It starts at exactly 3:38 where he lost even me... Dis no cool bro :|. And 1.8k ppl raged ;)
Would this kind of music be considered rock or metal?
Yes.
Duh
"Light Metal" and not the heavy metal.
It's a split of rock by metal instrument...
@@barcadoubletreblesixtuple4020 bam
I watched this 7 years ago and thought I'd just watch it again just incase I missed anything.
In the more recent viewing - he cracks the rock this time.
m4ksta haha...
I’m scrolling down to see if I made any wise a$$ comments nearly a decade ago.
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I love how each wedge produces a different pitch when struck. Quite musical. I also like the philosophical idea of how a 2 pound hammer splits the 26k lb boulder.
Water cuts through stone not by strength. Rather, its persistence.
Argenis Esparza People who go around saying “Orange man bad” don’t see the irony.
It's not a Boulder
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the hammer didnt split the boulder, the hammer drove in the wedges into the boulder which split it
"Well, it's two pieces of rock, now what do we do?"
lmfao this guy's great
Hydraulic wedge.
That was a very funny way to end the video.
Split it again, and again 19 more times. then his plan for 20 is had.
Well I don’t know
I changed my mind, let's glue it back together!
"Well its two pieces of rock; now what do we do?"- best quote.
2000 years from now we'll have people arguing, "There's no way they could have split rocks like this with a hammer and chisel, they would have had to use lasers!"
conspiracy theory!!!
I’m pretty sure we are already in that argument!
You see himself split a rock by cracking it, not straight Lazer cut like what they found
But he doesn't make it perfectly smooth, also how did he get the holes in the granite to begin with, and quarry the stone? I'd also like to see him move one that's 10-100x heavier than that one for 100 miles. Also, the Egyptians didn't have steel spikes like this, they had copper and wood which aren't nearly as hard
@WOW WOW I cannot count the amount of times I have been referred to this laughable attempt at recreating the stunning work of the ancients. First of all, there has never been a bronze saw of that size found in Egypt, and second of all, are you really applying this 4mm/hour technique to the literally millions of stones used for the great pyramid? Some weighing up to 80 tons? OR the blocks in the Serrapeum at Saqqara?
**ting** **smack**
**ting** **smack**
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oh boy
stop
You are good at making captions
i think you got it backward...i think it's smack-ting, smack-ting...
Hmm, then that first *smack* *donk*
we are taking so many things in life for granite.
Now that's a rock solid pun.
granite you were born in a field so I'll spar you your rightly deserved pun ishment of breaking rock in the hot sun!!
hahah good one
ha! Dad jokes.
how long you being waiting to say that :)
He sounds the way I imagine every main character in any Stephen King Novel I've ever read.
Yeah he seems to be about as local as you can get around here
Lovely to see this still being done. In a "former life" I used to split large lumps of stone using the same method (called Plug and Feathers here in the UK). Something that I was a little surprised to see here was that the quarry block was apparently dumped flat on the ground - I always liked to put a hefty skid directly under the fracture line, which helped direct the split and also as the fracture starts to open, the weight of the stone works with you, not against. Obviously you also need to add a couple of smaller skids either side, as well, as you don't want a couple of tons of stone rolling over onto you! It also meant that after the stone was split, you don't have the issue of separating the two halves, but can get slings around them more easily. Thanks for posting this, it brought back a lot of memories!
@@at7388 Nothing as large as this, the largest ones I worked on were 5 tonnes as that was the capacity of the crane for unloading. The stones were also softer than granite, mostly Boles Hill, Wattscliff-Lilac, Forest of Dean, Grinshill, Stanton Moor, Hollington, etc sand/gritstones, but also various of the Bath and Guiting ooliic limestones. My primary cut saw was only an ancient Anderson Grice circular saw that could cut 18" in the bed, so splitting quarry blocks by hand was fairly necessary. The firm I worked for never advanced as far as buying a frame saw, sadly. We didn't work with granite, slate or marble very much, but on the occasions we did they were bought as slabs or sawn six sides.
@@at7388 The arrived as quarry blocks, split or cut using wires/chains into rough cubes.
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I Just watched a video of a man hammering a rock, what is my life coming to?
Tomas Colquhoun The "first guy to pound a wedge into a crack" was Adam assuming no one wrote down who was the first porn actor.
tinyminiguy LOL
IKR!?
At least you're not alone! I'm hurtling down that chasm right beside you!! \:o/
You are learning something. The power of a wedge.
Sounds like you've hit rock bottom.
line at the end is priceless
Famous Maine one-liners gotta lovem!
+Granny Soup Ladle wtf
priceless
priceless
HeavenHammer - You wouldn't understand little boy.
I love the caveman logic at the end. "TWO ROCKS. NOW WUT!?"
This guys local accent is awesome.
Crickets in the background a close 2nd.
👍👍
Archimedes: Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum and I can move the earth.
Man in vid: Give me unlimited wedges and a hammer and I can split the earth... but it will take a while....
Did this man build the pyramids in Egypt?
+oisiaa Not likely. He's certainly not that old. Plus he lives in Maine, if you had paid attention.
+john papple Hahaha, three sarcastic guys, running circles around each other! I want in!
+oisiaa Yes, he and Ben Carson built them to store grain...
+UraniumMan Good joke. I like you.
no, but hi looked how this doeing..))
Thank you, Joe, for sharing Dennis's expertise in stone cutting with us. It was very enjoyable.
"How egyptians cutted perfectly rocks those talls and pounds? Impossible!" Impossible is The History Channel mock alot of people.
All I can imagine is this thing splitting in half while he bangs the hammer and falling over crushing his legs
That was one of my concerns as well. There are two types o people in this world. Those who learn from their mistakes, and those who learn from others.
@@thomaswilliams6646 gggg
Pharaoh will be pleased.
What a great Downeast Maniac character. Thnks for getting this on film
You are one of those guys that everybody needs to know! As in, "How did you get that done?" "Oh, I know a guy!" Beautiful demonstration!
probably aliens gave him that ultra high tech....
if you are referring to the pyramids and the Egyptians theres a huge problem, they didnt have steel, thats the real question how they made it with wooden tools or brass only? in modern terms is like creating and moving a huge titanium sculpture with ropes and steel files only.
Scordare pyramids blocks are way smoother then this and have no holes.
Luis Fernando That's not really the same equivalent. It's quite well known how the stone for the pyramids was quarried and cut. Granite was also cut using a few methods, one effective one was copper but expensive for them because of imports.
However there is many many pyramids all leading upto the famous ones, it shows the evolution of their building techniques including their failed ones where the foundation gave out, a chamber collapses etc
The internal ramp theory seems the most plausible and was also seen in another earlier step pyramid built, the rock cutting was tedious but again the tools on site, and incomplete ones show their methods. For instance the obelisks that never quite made it out the ground shows they used rock hammers to remove material all around, however abandoned one that was cracked.
Unlike what most documentaries say they are not a big mystery, experts know there is several ways they could have been done, especially after seeing the many before them and observed the learning. The only mystery is which of the plausible methods was used, which isn't totally decided.
We used wooden wedges and water for braking rocks in my country. Easy as fuq.
Low tech is sometimes the best tech... like in this case.
im so high right now
You cantell this guy loves what he's doing. Gotta love that!
I love the sounds
The beauty of having & doing a job you love. This artisan is a satisfied, happy man I think. I always look to friends & others who adore their "job" & have a natural affinity for it. I had no clue how this was done but I know I assumed huge machinery was involved. Amazing.
just, watch this with low volume, on your tablet before you sleep.. works like a charm.. I mean, watching this excessive time patiently spent to hammer a rock split open and the joy of inspecting cracks.. I need such a life..
( Edit: I also request a 10 hour version of this, preferably with more stones split.. in the same ambient scenery though.. please! )
I understand. What's more, is you are correct in your saying so. However, can you imagine being not certain, pertaining to something as simple as self? Think about what someone the likes of Bruce Jenner is navigating through publicly, & really put that shoe on for a few steps & then tell me the caliber of problems currently being dealt with are as bad as they often appear...
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+Liam Duff :-X:'(.n
+June Eight If you think of this in such a simply way maybe you'll need such a life. But imagine this technique used by Aborigines thousands of years ago. They could build megalithic structures without using any source of power but the human body...
+Brenda Saller There are some egyptian hyroglyphs that seem to indicate electrical power, but not for cutting stone, and I'm sure if you had 1000's of people working for millenia, even sticks and stones would eventually make a scratch in granite.
I have a feeling that this guy keeps Atlantis off the maps and also keeps the Martians under wraps.
Did he hold back the electric car and did he make steve gutenberg a star?
Sssshhhhut uuuuppp!
THIS man is a homesteader and built his own home from his own land. He also runs a hostel. This video was made because he was so happy to be splitting his own rock by himself for the first time (as he clearly said). It wasn't designed to be a "teaching" video. Give so credit where it is due, very few could or would chose his lifestyle. Then again, HE has no mortgage and built his home in a couple years, with his own trees he milled himself....and it is GORGEOUS. No water bill, no electric bill (yes he has electricity, it is solar) and grows a years worth of food every summer. He runs his hostel 5 months out of the year and produces enough income to enjoy the rest of the year. I love to be as smart as this man...never know what this Country's' future holds.
I could live in this kind of area with content, the sound of the wind brushing tress and grass, the swaying of leaves, the echos of noise from amplitude of living so vibrant and lively, shadows made by sunlight making nostalgic view as it tries to reach the ground. So peaceful and so alive.
The hammer striking the wedges sounds like the background of a Tom Waits song.
hammering rail road spikes - like the chain gang
@Umbra Mortis How about Goin' Out West?
An ancient work at hours of technology will always be a pleasant moment of patience, resources and talent, thank you for sharing!
I guess I'm not the only envious of your activities;)
Good continuation man!
Back in the Roman age they had a similar method, carving small holes and then placing a dry wood and add water, Once the wood has expanded it would split the rock in two!
Amazing how force and patience can split a boulder. Just takes time and work. Not as fast as a rock saw but not near as expensive.
Suggestion: take the wedges to a blacksmith and ask him to grind the mushroomed tops off the wedges. Mushroomed wedges can split off at high speed and injure people. This applies to all struck tools. Also have the Smith drill small holes in the tops of the wedges and connect them together with a small chain. That will keep them together after the rock splits and the feathers drop to the ground. Some always go missing. This saves the search time.
Thanks for this. I grew up splitting and sawing granite(other rock). I miss the sound of the rock splitting. The satisfaction of that final ping when the feathers loosen. No one does real masonry anymore.
Someone should make a remix using the sounds each hit makes.
thats a great idea
His "Prettay" and "Oh boy!" Would mix in well too. :P
this is soothing from some reason :) the sound is kinda pleasing
I was thinking the same thing = )
ASMR.
That is absolutely amazing. Thanks for the great video which shows so clearly how you do it.
This is the kind of person who never gets bored.
Amazing how that 2-pound hammer could make those holes for the wedges.
more amazing is a 1 pound hand made drill can do that gotta love midieval building and good ol elbow grease but nowadays we got mechanical drills so score!
A hammer and sheer willpower xD
Those holes were drilled.
Now imagine to do that without any drill like the workers of my country do in blue granite, they cut stones even bigger then those ones here in Portugal , still use that way today ...
We dont drill holes here in Portugal even in blue Granite .
It was so relaxing to watch
What a neat lad! Its crazy to find out how we used to do things in the past :D a learning experience
Nice ring tone! I totally understand this method. There is a love of stone masonry that must be in my sinews.
Great job, but get rid of that steel handled hammer or your hands will soon be as arthritic as mine ... wood handles are the best.
+Mike Freeman Old wives tale at best; Rittershock does not contribute to arthritis. Will give you tennis elbow however.
Aint rubber better?
Naah I use the estwing hammers to strike chisels they work well
@@christopherfitch7705 estwings are very high quality
I'd be standing on top with a pneumatic hammer, wtf?
its so musical, its wonderful
The deer isle peninsula is one of the most beautiful places in America. And I love that there are still real Maine men with Maine accents practicing the traditional trades.
Really makes me miss home, I grew up in Maine but I'm far away for college. I almost clicked out of the video but then I heard his accent and had to watch the entire video.
Love this guys attitude!
I love this clip, I watch it when I'm stressed
Never boring with thoe cool sounds.
Well UA-cam Recommendation didn't disappointed me.
what am i doing with my life? i just watched a 6 minute and 48 second video of some guy just hammering a rock till it breaks in half.
+VIper minecraft at least you weren't playing minecraft
I did said tbe same question to myself...
funny comment
Worst : PS2...:(
+Famous Corn Star Well, consider the fact that the invention of the wedge is one huge step for humankind. From that perspective this becomes quite educational. ;)
The changes in pitch is really obvious in some parts. Really cool
man life is so beautiful, i like to get this stuff in my recommendation, it so relaxing
why can't people enjoy things like this
I went to India in the early 80’s to help build a house for a mission group. This is how they cut the stones for the foundation. Very skilled as each stone was the same size. Very cool.
What an awesome movie and very educational. Hard to figure
how anyone could give a thumb down.
Sounds like he's playing the Flintstone's xylophone
You seem like a chilled dude. Nice video.
This was one of the tasks i had to complete when i was a young apprentice, it actually works quite well.
I was born in the wrong generation, i am only 10 and this kind of music is what i listen to. Today's music suck.
Caveman music?
edgy
+Basho Listen to some rock music, I guess.
He could have recorded the impacts with a high quality microphone and sell it to music artist.
+Tavian Ward yes
If this guy lived in Boston a couple of years he’d sound like Willem Dafoe
The stone whisperer, I´m a German Mason Master and I´m thrilled seeing this.
The elder generations knew their stuff pretty well, and work was done when work was done.
Not everything was worse in the old times.
Never thought I would learn how these slabs are created but it is an art. The unique sounds from each wedge are nature speaking to us. Or crying.
Mama always said, "Life is like some blocks of granite"
Life is like a box of chocolates I doesn't last long for fat people
+RandomlyRandoms D:
the harder you try the faster you sink.
@@TrebbleBucket 😆😆😆stop🤚
@@TrebbleBucket I'm not beating it..lol.. You cracked me up
"THE GENTLE APPLICATION OF PRESSURE OVER TIME"
I liked it. My people were Babbidges from Deer Isle. I didn't know that when I lived in Bowdoinham. Would have liked to have gone there. Your video is the first I have seen of the place. Thank You for sharing.
Watching this in Rockport, Massachusetts. Old stone is everywhere in this town, bearing the marks of these same tools. The granite foundation blocks on the front of the old houses don’t have those marks because they were dressed to remove them and make them not look ‘cheap’, but often the ones on the sides and back still had the vestiges of the holes.
That granite formed about a billion years ago. In another billion years, it will probably still be there.
I've never heard an accent like this before but I really like it
it's like gay, southern, Australian
hahaha
Move to Maine! Down east ;)
Kerbd Listen to John F. Kennedy's speeches if you want to hear someone similar. Boston or New Englanders have that accent. I guess you're too young to remember JFK. 😎 👍
love the work and the video! Thank you!
Some people see this as work the rest of us see it as art
Nice listening to that sound. But would like to see the preparation, and why weren't we shown the final crack?
Nice
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Fascinating... hope to see you splitting another granite slab some day live.
The sound is amazing!!!!
Your hammer is to small sir..
lol
+SuperDaveVideos It is not always about size, it is how you use it.
+krecikowi Keep telling yourself that.
cutting rock need small hamer becoz 1 mistake stone break like a glass
+krecikowi Says the man with the small hammer
After all that, I'm actually kinda disappointed that they didn't show the rock actually coming apart. Weebl was right, though, this looks like a very satisfying job.
The crack did show up....
Doctor: You have tennis elbow.
Dude: I've never played tennis in my life.
Definitely have to watch this video sped up 50% but its strangely entertaining & informative.
you play a beautiful rock whats the name of the song?
let there be rock...
Im pretty sure its from the rolling stones
Granite by Joe
oddly satisfying
I seen this video along time ago and now I'm working on trails and we are doing this on smaller rocks but all of this is so cool!
Well it is 2023. I liked watching you split the granite. Piss on people with their negative comments. At the end you asked a question. "What do we do now?" I say split the 2 pieces length wise again. 😋
So much for ancient aliens lol.
You would of been sooo fired at Stonehenge...haha
+C D Kennedy would have*
What a skill... thank you for displaying the process.
I have never been to the deer Isle hostel but now I need to, just to see the workshop
My parents use the same method to get me out of the computer chair I was stuck in. It worked by I realised that my body couldn't stand up. Any way I blame feminist for this because they created unrealistic expectations for men.
~Snoop Doge, basement prodigy.
LMAO!!!!
I would blame bertha.
c:
Don't worry about it bro, just play RuneScape with me and join my clan please.
I wanna hear him hitting them faster. Sounds great
just speed up the video then
+Rhys That would distort the pitch...
Do u want to see a Stone Age man cut a stone in half
Me at 3 am: Why not?
Oh god this takes me back! Its really tedious to do but oddly satisfying.
He protec
He attac
But most importantly
He cut stone in half
He make rocks crac*
"Look just like they did when they were set.......pretty"
How beautiful is that??!! Tx for posting! :))
he looks so happy... i want that
I was just waiting for the moment when he hit the shit out of his hand
Damn crickets!
They’re not crickets
@@fujitofusan, enlighten us, Grasshopper. ;o)
I'm from Portland but I love deer isle one of the best places in Maine
My great-grandfather worked at, and eventually managed, the Wildcat granite quarry at the end of Long Cove in Tenants Harbor, Maine, just down the coast from you.