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Diaphone Jim · 01-17-2019, 12:43 PM

I think they are holes for wedges used to mine slabs of limestone, marble and such.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-17-2019, 01:57 PM

Yes, they're holes chiseled in the rock by Egyptian stone cutters a long time ago, but what happens next?

Gravdigr · 01-17-2019, 02:04 PM

Cut along dotted line?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-17-2019, 02:08 PM

Close, split on the dotted line, but how?

Happy Monkey · 01-17-2019, 02:11 PM

Ice?

Gravdigr · 01-17-2019, 02:23 PM

Sand and rope.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-17-2019, 02:24 PM

Nope, wood. Fill with sun dried wood and add water, rinse-repeat, swelling wood will split the rock.

Gravdigr · 01-17-2019, 02:29 PM

I was thinking cutting once the stone was on site.

Saw a Discovery-type thingy where they showed it the Egyptians mighta/coulda done it that way (the sand and rope thing).

Crooked thinking.

Carruthers · 01-17-2019, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Nope, wood. Fill with sun dried wood and add water, rinse-repeat, swelling wood will split the rock.

I watched a programme on TV last night which showed operations at a Canadian sandstone quarry.
Vertical holes were drilled in the rock and expanding mortar poured into them.
Within two or three days manageable sized chunks of rock just fell away.

zippyt · 01-17-2019, 09:09 PM

Gravdigr · 01-18-2019, 09:39 AM

...aaand he just buried his chisels.

Griff · 01-18-2019, 01:53 PM

Patient and steady.

glatt · 01-18-2019, 04:38 PM

I had the opportunity to do that with a relatively small boulder, and only 5 wedges. Or feathers and wedges, or whatever they are called. It was fun. Drilling the holes took the longest time, and I had power tools.

Gravdigr · 01-21-2019, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Patient and steady.

"Let the hammer do the work."

Gravdigr · 01-21-2019, 01:55 PM

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01-17-2019, 01:57 PM	#2867
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, they're holes chiseled in the rock by Egyptian stone cutters a long time ago, but what happens next? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-17-2019, 02:04 PM	#2868
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Cut along dotted line? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-17-2019, 02:08 PM	#2869
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Close, split on the dotted line, but how? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-17-2019, 02:11 PM	#2870
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Ice? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-17-2019, 02:23 PM	#2871
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Sand and rope. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-17-2019, 12:43 PM	#2866
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	I think they are holes for wedges used to mine slabs of limestone, marble and such.

01-17-2019, 02:24 PM	#2872
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nope, wood. Fill with sun dried wood and add water, rinse-repeat, swelling wood will split the rock. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-17-2019, 02:29 PM	#2873
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I was thinking cutting once the stone was on site. Saw a Discovery-type thingy where they showed it the Egyptians mighta/coulda done it that way (the sand and rope thing). Crooked thinking. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-17-2019, 09:09 PM	#2875
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	__________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-18-2019, 09:39 AM	#2876
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	...aaand he just buried his chisels. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-18-2019, 01:53 PM	#2877
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Patient and steady. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-18-2019, 04:38 PM	#2878
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I had the opportunity to do that with a relatively small boulder, and only 5 wedges. Or feathers and wedges, or whatever they are called. It was fun. Drilling the holes took the longest time, and I had power tools.

01-21-2019, 01:55 PM	#2880
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	What is this? Clue: Related to another (current) thread. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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