Very interested in seeing how stone chisels can be used to carve on stone. Can you make a sculpture or carve a design in rock with them. I am amazed by Mayan and Aztec stone work. Let me know if this is something you have done or can do! Thank you!
Hello there and thank you for visiting. I very much doubt, in fact I'm certain that this chisel would fall appart at first strike on rock. Basically made from schist, a medium grade metamorphic rock that has sheet like grain arrangement, it is quite brittle but not as soft as slate. I made this one for wood working, and it's doing fantastic. I use it all the time. Thank you for your comment.
Obediah Jed Maybe metal tools. I’ve read that the appearance of megaliths and stone sculptures is likely tied to the invention and advancements of metallurgy, such as is the case of sculptures and reliefs found in Meso-America. I think that the civilizations that did these works of art had already figured out how to smelt copper tools. The Inca civilization was known for its gold workers, and the Mayas developed early copper axes
Anything above Quartz, maybe a corundum chisel (?) There are many flint chisels from the neolithic period, Chinese used Jade chisels. I'd love to try that also!
There's a lot going on in this video that im not understanding. For example, what's the signifigance if scratching the small, flat stone with your thumbnail? Nice video, but subtitles or voiceover explaining what's going on would be helpful.
@@DarthGibberish Ever heard of emery? What's your sandpaper made of? U need just some water, an hard stone and an softer stone with high abrasion and you will get such a nice stone chisel! Don't trust me? Go out in the woods and learn it by yourself!
@Andreas Nowack an emery board is primarily covered is corundum (aluminum oxide) grit. Corundum has a Moh hardness rating of 9. To put that in perspective diamond has an Moh hardness rating of 10 and granite, one of the hardest commonly found rocks only has an Moh hardness rating between 6 and 7. You CANNOT abrade a hard stone with a soft one. That's just physics.
Sad it looks like he stopped making these videos
Super thanks
very nice
Very interested in seeing how stone chisels can be used to carve on stone. Can you make a sculpture or carve a design in rock with them. I am amazed by Mayan and Aztec stone work. Let me know if this is something you have done or can do! Thank you!
Hello there and thank you for visiting. I very much doubt, in fact I'm certain that this chisel would fall appart at first strike on rock. Basically made from schist, a medium grade metamorphic rock that has sheet like grain arrangement, it is quite brittle but not as soft as slate. I made this one for wood working, and it's doing fantastic. I use it all the time. Thank you for your comment.
Any idea what the proper tool for use on rock would be?
Obediah Jed Maybe metal tools. I’ve read that the appearance of megaliths and stone sculptures is likely tied to the invention and advancements of metallurgy, such as is the case of sculptures and reliefs found in Meso-America. I think that the civilizations that did these works of art had already figured out how to smelt copper tools. The Inca civilization was known for its gold workers, and the Mayas developed early copper axes
Anything above Quartz, maybe a corundum chisel (?) There are many flint chisels from the neolithic period, Chinese used Jade chisels. I'd love to try that also!
Obediah Jed everywhere around the pacific to carve into rock people either used basalt or greenstones like jade
Why it doesn't work in my case? The grinding stone has enough friction.
superb
your are very talented
very cool
There's a lot going on in this video that im not understanding. For example, what's the signifigance if scratching the small, flat stone with your thumbnail?
Nice video, but subtitles or voiceover explaining what's going on would be helpful.
U need some stone with abrasion, small parts flaked from the softer stone will help to grind your hard chisel!
@@andreasnowack8014 I'm not certain that's how grinding works. In fact im pretty certian that's not how it works at all.
@@DarthGibberish Ever heard of emery? What's your sandpaper made of? U need just some water, an hard stone and an softer stone with high abrasion and you will get such a nice stone chisel! Don't trust me? Go out in the woods and learn it by yourself!
@Andreas Nowack an emery board is primarily covered is corundum (aluminum oxide) grit. Corundum has a Moh hardness rating of 9. To put that in perspective diamond has an Moh hardness rating of 10 and granite, one of the hardest commonly found rocks only has an Moh hardness rating between 6 and 7.
You CANNOT abrade a hard stone with a soft one. That's just physics.
Scratching it doesnt do anything. He was just showing that it had grit