Owning a stone surface repair company; I deal with granite every day. Although it’s never in 15k lb rock form. Lol The amount of effort put into this is awe inspiring. Such a beautiful result for lots of hot and dusty work! Nothing but respect from this stone guy.
I love that this is presented with such modesty when it is by far the most impressive tub build you are ever likely to see, the humility is as impressive as the build. The attitude of saying "I was more inspired than I was threatened" is good advice on how to create a good aptitude for anyone in any endeavour. Fantastic results and approach I have seen rocks with similar rocks discarded by quarries because cracks devalue them, sometimes you will see them spray painted with an orange box around the crack I guess so no one takes it by mistake. Really impressed by the repair and sure it hold out perfectly fine 10/10
Thank you so much! I do feel modest about it, at the end of the day I am just a curator and not the artist. I adore the natural beauty of the local stone here, and hope to make many more functional pieces that are modified just to the point of function. Maintaining the original skin and not over-polishing is something I hope to be known for. Appreciate the kind words on the crack, I think it will be ok! I would avoid using a piece with any cracks next time, I feel grateful to learn a valuable lesson without catastrophe. 🙏
...and all his helpers too! Bravo for their finesse and diligence to fulfill the vision - here's hoping they each took a dip cause it look gloriously refreshing!
I think this is the most beautiful tub I have ever seen. Granite is gorgeous, what a fantastic project. It must be amazing to sit in and watch a sunset, the stone would retain the heat too, warming the water. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
Wow, thank you! I think it’s the most beautiful I have seen too, but I am extremely biased! For me, I really enjoy the irregularities and unique shape, very unique and one in a million shape. When it was sitting upside down, I could not envision what I would do with it. Once I saw it as stone tub there was no other way to showcase the rock in my mind.
I know a guy that can do it for you. Everything is custom made and will blend into your landscape. Appears to be a jumbo rock pond of sorts, but its got jets and lights inside. 👍
Having made much smaller drinking bowls for wildlife, from granite, I am amazed at your commitment level. The noise, dust, vibration, etc. is bad enough, but then the risk of things like that crack.. Talk about tenacity and perseverance!!!
@@davidm1149 Wouldn't that be nice?? Our part of the Colorado River doesn't have a rock as large as his. Once I hit the road, maybe I'll get lucky and find a special spot. Who knows?
@@anitamitchell3452 I'm an artist, so I have these fantastic ideas that don't necessarily fit into daily life. I worked for a pool care & spa co, and saw how people enjoyed their spas and pools.
This is incredible! A few native plants between the tub and the pavers would help elevate the aesthetic just a touch. I was also thinking that replacing the copper pipe with a waterfall-esque fountain would be cool but now that I've seen the finished product, I see why you went with the copper pipe. It's stunning.
@@Hannari-xt6nr yes, there is ice in the winter, even at night in the summer, but REALLY, not the amount of ice you are thinking, it's the southwestern desert
Absolutely stunning! I about lost my mind from the mess carving down (in order to age up) some 4 x 4 wooden beams today. Your patience in grinding down that chunk of granite is epic!
that's so sick, insane, i'm shoked, was interesting to see hole process, and in one moment, i just imagined that youre kid and grandchildren will chill and relax in this tub, how will they proud that they have such a great father (or grandfather), i would be)
You looked so cozy and happy in that tub :) Very impressive polish too I could see your reflection when you filmed from the tub. I am so happy for you that you did not give up and finished it ♥ Some projects are a pain but they are often worth it. This was certainly was :)
The Incas would have loved this. Note of caution: Granite with quartz, natural well water and sound frequency could make that tub teleport you to an alternative quantum dimension . 🫶🏼
Amazing! I have made many stone sinks. Each one is completely different, even when taken from the same area. Always wanted to do a stone tub. Never had the heavy equipment to move one. Congratulations on such a huge project!
Very cool. The sinks are really pretty. I love the irregularities, we have so many types of formations with various intrusions that really keep it interesting
Yea I'm a stone mason here in the UK ,I did a 8ft trough in sand stone by hand it took a working week ,you took that down real thin I see the shakes in the granite ,kudo's getting it in place with out damage ,good job :)
Absolutely stunning! it all came together beautifully: the tub, the land, the view, the sun!!! Clearly, you are skilled and talented, your level of patience and perseverance is even more stunning and impressive.
Thank you so much! I have poured my all into this project at the mallow house, very large and lengthy project. I think that was worth it! The tub and stone pavers really capped it off for me and it created the most incredible spot to be and feel no need to escape, you’re already there!
This is so beyond badass, thank you for documenting it. Watching something like this come together is far more profound than seeing the finished result.
Where’d you go? I just found your page today and was gonna binge a bunch of your videos till I found out you only have 1 video on the page 😭 I SUBSCRIBED keep these crazy builds going I wanna see more
I LOVE everything about this including that polished copper pipe and stone pathway. Now plant some thyme, sage, mint etc in amongst the surrounding area, the oversplash of water should keep them happy enough and enhance your bathing experience. Well done you for seeing this exquisite vision of heaven on earth through. 🥳👏🥳😘
That is the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen. All the work, but it was worth it. Loved the copper water supply, with such clear beautiful water, I would just be in that rock tub all of the time. Great job Sir.
Awesome job! Just on my breaking ground today for a septic found this massive boulder and my daughter said to me: dad can you make me a tub like that with our rock? So I guess you did inspire more of this pleasures of dessert living!
Blown away. You obviously don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. I came here, thinking it was going to be a concrete build over an old tub made to look like a rock. This is amazing! Can’t wait to see your next project.
Wow. Impressively huge effort you made but so worth it for this gorgeous one of a kind tub. The only thing I'd want to add is a hot water tap so I could enjoy it year round :)
great job and great video! Granite is a mix of quartz, feldspars, and micas. Quartz is a 7 on the Moh's hardness scale. I think the better route to be taken would had been drilling a series of 1 inch holes evenly spaced close together. this is how they typically remove blocks from the quarry. 👍👍
I know a lot of stone carvers and all use this method. That method sounds like the way to split, not selectively extract. I’d be all ears for a better method but I trust the guys that have done this for decades :)
@@jameslostlen I'd say core drilling would be the way to go. The advantage of stone over metal with (blind hole) core drilling is that with the former, the core can be removed by breaking it off. One thing however is that for (deep) drilling operations a solid clamping surface is required. Like a metal plate with pre-cut guide holes temporarily expoxied in place or something similar? Depending on the drilling machine interface obviously.
@@jameslostlen understandable. There are many ways to complete the task. I am an artist and have carved many mediums. hard brittle surfaces should be cut by perforation. Your way is great too.
plus tools and work time. well I guess someone owns a stone bath tab, other a 1000dollar scotch, next a luxury car, watch or a Stradiwary violin, or what else. Passion is passion. At least you are using it regularly and happily and probably even your grand kids will use it. Awesome.❤
Lol same😂 im sure they lost count. I was curious about the rebar inside. Hopefully the epoxy insulated the metal and keeps it from freeze cracking when temps dip
Not sure how this blew up so fast but congratulations! I hope to see more inspired projects like this! Would you do anything differently? I’m wondering if a large sandstone boulder would work or not.
The algorithm gods have smiled upon me :) I would use a bigger saw, and cut more like the last long slices you see later in the video, cubes are not necessary. Learned a lot and tooled up quite a bit during this. I’m not sure sandstone would be rigid enough or hold water but I am very unfamiliar with it other than lake Powell and rock climbing in red rocks…
Wow that’s a monster job,beautiful rock and a beautiful tub as a result,only for the brave ,I can only imagine taking a soak under the stars must be magnificent !
Looks really cool! Are you worried about moisture getting to the rebar and thus making it rust? When rebar rusts it expands and might push the rock apart from the inside. I hope the epoxy will protect it 😅
Good point, I used quite a bit of epoxy so i do feel confident that the bar was fully coated with 1/8" all around... to be sure I would use stainless next time. I certainly learned a lot on this project and upgraded just about every tool involved at least one time during the course of carving and grinding.
I learned so much on this, and certainly questioned myself many times over the 6 month period of carving and grinding… So glad it came out the way it did!
Just remember one thing. I have worked with stones. Stones have two properties. 1 warm stones 2 cold stones The biggest problem with cold stones. They are fragile. But the warm stone is very resistant to temperature fluctuations. I will give you and others advice on how to find warm stones. On the day when the stone heats up in the sun. Heat stones after nights to morning easily Heat. Where morning water condensation does not form. And the animals stay in the warm rocks. To warm up until dawn. The second cold rocks at dawn formed water condensate. Cool condensation formed on a cold night. But it can be found more easily at night with a heat meter. At night, the meter shows a pink indicator. Depends on the sensor.
Fantastic! I've wanted to do this since I saw one in the Vatican museum. P.S. It's great you describe all your entire process, because some people might take the amount of work involved for granite 😏
Lol nice! I saw that recently at the Vatican as well (red granite I believe) The Vatican and other cathedrals were very impressive and inspiring! Incredible dedication to craft…
30 seconds in and I'm sold. When I buy my property in the future I hope to find a similar rock and enjoy every second of the same laborious process I am about to view.
Damn y'know, if the rock was already in the right place, I could probably do this without buying much. What an amazing idea and execution! Edit: Just to be clear, mine would be considerably worse, but it would work.
What a unique and interesting idea and project. Enjoyed watching the entire process of excavating, moving, and cutting the stone. I would have been overly worried about more cracks. But you persevered! Great job!
Thank you so much! Glad that you enjoyed it. The crack concern kept me up a bit some nights, and would have preferred to crane it but the access was an issue… forced me to be a bit creative to move it safely and I learned some more about that process The amount of relief after installing and putting the tractor away is hard to express!
Thanks TH-cam algorithm. This is wild. I used a concrete saw for the first time yesterday. Cannot fathom the man hours into this thing. You are resilient humans. You’ve earned a new subscriber fair and square. I wish your channel well
WOW! The amount of work this took is insane to me. But the finished product is amazing! And it may have taken a long time to complete, but this is a piece of art that is going to last generations.
Never underestimate the tenacity of a man with a plan. Bravo, Sir!!!
Thank you!
@@jameslostlen You are most welcome!
**A plan and powertools! 😂
@@PhilieBlunt666true😂
never underestimate a rich white man with a dream and a hardworking mexican friend. respect to him he did all the work
Owning a stone surface repair company; I deal with granite every day. Although it’s never in 15k lb rock form. Lol
The amount of effort put into this is awe inspiring. Such a beautiful result for lots of hot and dusty work! Nothing but respect from this stone guy.
Thank you! The process is far from glamorous!
*Ore inspiring :)
Stoners. 😂
Imagine building the pyramids! This was like 8 tons! Some of the stones on top of the pyramids are 25 tons!!,
@@jameslostlenVery nice. Great success!
This project rocks.
😂
I love that this is presented with such modesty when it is by far the most impressive tub build you are ever likely to see, the humility is as impressive as the build. The attitude of saying "I was more inspired than I was threatened" is good advice on how to create a good aptitude for anyone in any endeavour. Fantastic results and approach
I have seen rocks with similar rocks discarded by quarries because cracks devalue them, sometimes you will see them spray painted with an orange box around the crack I guess so no one takes it by mistake. Really impressed by the repair and sure it hold out perfectly fine
10/10
Thank you so much! I do feel modest about it, at the end of the day I am just a curator and not the artist. I adore the natural beauty of the local stone here, and hope to make many more functional pieces that are modified just to the point of function. Maintaining the original skin and not over-polishing is something I hope to be known for. Appreciate the kind words on the crack, I think it will be ok! I would avoid using a piece with any cracks next time, I feel grateful to learn a valuable lesson without catastrophe. 🙏
...and all his helpers too! Bravo for their finesse and diligence to fulfill the vision - here's hoping they each took a dip cause it look gloriously refreshing!
This is one of the most ambitious and unique projects Ive ever seen. Really great work!
Thank you!
Bathtub for sale, includes house!
I think this is the most beautiful tub I have ever seen. Granite is gorgeous, what a fantastic project. It must be amazing to sit in and watch a sunset, the stone would retain the heat too, warming the water. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
Wow, thank you! I think it’s the most beautiful I have seen too, but I am extremely biased! For me, I really enjoy the irregularities and unique shape, very unique and one in a million shape. When it was sitting upside down, I could not envision what I would do with it. Once I saw it as stone tub there was no other way to showcase the rock in my mind.
And with the water continually keeping it wet, the colors are brought out!
I always wanted to do that: create a pool out of a rock/boulder. It's a beautiful piece, worthy of all your time & effort. Bravo!
Thank you! You should do it :) Just takes time and diamonds :)
I know a guy that can do it for you. Everything is custom made and will blend into your landscape. Appears to be a jumbo rock pond of sorts, but its got jets and lights inside. 👍
@@jameslostlen
I wonder, how many grinding disks did you wear out during this project?
It's soo beautiful. 😊
@@c7adventures376does he have a website or anything I'd be interested
@@jameslostlen so when you finally finished this, did you realize that you saved your family centuries worth of bathtub purchases?
You "rock" brother !!! Absolutely gorgeous build !
Having made much smaller drinking bowls for wildlife, from granite, I am amazed at your commitment level.
The noise, dust, vibration, etc. is bad enough, but then the risk of things like that crack..
Talk about tenacity and perseverance!!!
Yes it was very messy and stressful but made it that much more enjoyable in the end. Thank you and keep making dust!
You never understand how jealous I'm right now😂
That one piece granite tub in the desert is a form of art for sure. Thanks for the share mate!
Thank you, this one is priceless to me for sure.
THE ONE PIECE IS REALLLLLL
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC !! Thanks for taking the time to document this beautiful stone spa. Well done. 👍👍
Thank you for watching! Happy to share, glad that it has inspired so many.
Thank you!! This is such a nice example of how great it is to share experiences!! I am putting this renal on my dream board.
Inspirational! Not to make my own rock tub (NYC apartment… 😅) but to get off my butt and make something that brings joy and pride into my life. 👍
Lmao ya I can see NY fire department will love you lol
This is going on my bucket list. I've never wanted to do anything so badly. I want to sit in that rock. Fantastic!! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, happy to hear that you were inspired. Its available to sit in! @themallowhouse
If money was no object, what would be a fair price?
You could even find a waterfall or river with a rock already there and simply dredge it out, polish it, and have the water running through it.
@@davidm1149 Wouldn't that be nice?? Our part of the Colorado River doesn't have a rock as large as his. Once I hit the road, maybe I'll get lucky and find a special spot. Who knows?
@@anitamitchell3452 I'm an artist, so I have these fantastic ideas that don't necessarily fit into daily life. I worked for a pool care & spa co, and saw how people enjoyed their spas and pools.
I've always wanted a bathtub made from a boulder and seeing you make one really gave me the know how. THANK YOU FOR THE KNOWLEDGE 👍
I also always wanted a bathtub made from a boulder but seeing him make one really made me not want one.
Wh- why… wh- who hurt you? Why do you want to bathe yourself in a bo- boulder?
@@333dogAre you stuttering while typing? 😂
@@H-Vox yes. Don’t get me wrong it’s a cool bath but why do people want to specifically bathe themselves in a boulder?
Just a soak on a hot day .. A cool all natural pool , very earthy..man and nature made ...all in all a "why not" kinda thing 🎉 @@333dog
This is incredible! A few native plants between the tub and the pavers would help elevate the aesthetic just a touch. I was also thinking that replacing the copper pipe with a waterfall-esque fountain would be cool but now that I've seen the finished product, I see why you went with the copper pipe. It's stunning.
Thank you! I thought to hard about that pipe but happy with how it came out in function and form :)
@@Hannari-xt6nr yes, there is ice in the winter, even at night in the summer, but REALLY, not the amount of ice you are thinking, it's the southwestern desert
Absolutely stunning! I about lost my mind from the mess carving down (in order to age up) some 4 x 4 wooden beams today. Your patience in grinding down that chunk of granite is epic!
Thank you, I learned a good amount during the scope of this one!
that's so sick, insane, i'm shoked, was interesting to see hole process, and in one moment, i just imagined that youre kid and grandchildren will chill and relax in this tub, how will they proud that they have such a great father (or grandfather), i would be)
I appreciate that, I hope it’s around for them to enjoy!
You looked so cozy and happy in that tub :) Very impressive polish too I could see your reflection when you filmed from the tub. I am so happy for you that you did not give up and finished it ♥ Some projects are a pain but they are often worth it. This was certainly was :)
Thank you! Yes worth sticking this one out for sure. And very comfortable to sit in!
@@jameslostlen Please check radiation level of the stone and keep safe!
Turn your sound up next time. This is unbelievably impressive.
My volume is all the way and it’s like he is whispering
I've been 45 sec into the video until I even realized there's sound :D
Noted! thankw for the feedback
Are you all high? I hear it perfect 😂
@@goldmemberrdon’t forget your towel
I like that boulder, that is a nice boulder.
The Incas would have loved this. Note of caution: Granite with quartz, natural well water and sound frequency could make that tub teleport you to an alternative quantum dimension . 🫶🏼
Amazing! I have made many stone sinks. Each one is completely different, even when taken from the same area. Always wanted to do a stone tub. Never had the heavy equipment to move one. Congratulations on such a huge project!
Very cool. The sinks are really pretty. I love the irregularities, we have so many types of formations with various intrusions that really keep it interesting
I'm currently building a shipping container cabin and I'll be adding this to my build list! Love it! Great job!
Yea I'm a stone mason here in the UK ,I did a 8ft trough in sand stone by hand it took a working week ,you took that down real thin I see the shakes in the granite ,kudo's getting it in place with out damage ,good job :)
Thank you, the move was something on my mind that kept me up several nights!
Absolutely stunning! it all came together beautifully: the tub, the land, the view, the sun!!! Clearly, you are skilled and talented, your level of patience and perseverance is even more stunning and impressive.
Thank you so much! I have poured my all into this project at the mallow house, very large and lengthy project. I think that was worth it! The tub and stone pavers really capped it off for me and it created the most incredible spot to be and feel no need to escape, you’re already there!
This idea rocks! Seriously, it really is good. Well done!
Thank you!
Beautifull work Man !!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
This is so beyond badass, thank you for documenting it.
Watching something like this come together is far more profound than seeing the finished result.
Thank you for watching, it was a journey!
the sound is so low though. I can't even hear him.
Noted! Thanks
Great start to your channel, sir. You’ve set a high bar.
Where’d you go? I just found your page today and was gonna binge a bunch of your videos till I found out you only have 1 video on the page 😭 I SUBSCRIBED keep these crazy builds going I wanna see more
Ah thanks for the sub! Stay tuned! I’m editing the next video and posting within a week!
This is an impressive feat and such a beautiful end result.
Turned out beautiful. Looks like a very peaceful place to relax.
Wish to have one in my garden..!
Absolutely perfect idea , project and work ! Huge compliments!
Good Relax !
Thank you!
WOW!! Soooo cool man. This is something money could not buy. Great job
Thank you! Agreed, coming from my property and resonating in full with its native surroundings really makes it for me.
Money could buy this. Bigger and better imo. You underestimate skilled workers around the world.
Very cool, brother!
Thanks!
I LOVE everything about this including that polished copper pipe and stone pathway. Now plant some thyme, sage, mint etc in amongst the surrounding area, the oversplash of water should keep them happy enough and enhance your bathing experience. Well done you for seeing this exquisite vision of heaven on earth through. 🥳👏🥳😘
Thank you! I love making these stone paths, it really made the tub feel at home
That is awesome! Great work!
Thank you!
That is the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen. All the work, but it was worth it. Loved the copper water supply, with such clear beautiful water, I would just be in that rock tub all of the time. Great job Sir.
Awesome job! Just on my breaking ground today for a septic found this massive boulder and my daughter said to me: dad can you make me a tub like that with our rock? So I guess you did inspire more of this pleasures of dessert living!
Omg… what amazing work! It’s gorgeous!
Thank you 🙏
Makes me appreciate what our ancient ancestors did in their stonework. Hats off to you, fantastic piece of Art.
Thank you very much!
I've been looking for a video like this for a few years! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
THIS is what TH-cam was made for.
Pin the above comment 👍
Made for you to sit on your butt and waste time?🤔
Shut it down folks.
Well yes but I can also tell you what this tub was made for...
This keeps crafts gor future generations ❤
Blown away. You obviously don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. I came here, thinking it was going to be a concrete build over an old tub made to look like a rock. This is amazing! Can’t wait to see your next project.
Thank you! Glad that you enjoyed. Stay tuned, dropping a new video within a week!
Wow. Impressively huge effort you made but so worth it for this gorgeous one of a kind tub. The only thing I'd want to add is a hot water tap so I could enjoy it year round :)
Oh my, what an achievement, it came out great! I am tempted to put building one of these on my bucket list!
It would be very fulfilling!
Total respect my brother. Thank you for sharing with all of us.
I’d definitely do a photoshoot with this with the right model 🤟🏽 great work and craftsmanship. This is an art piece.
I've been giving a lot of thought in this direction, for about 4 years now. At last, someone who has done what I have been thinking about for so long.
NICE JOB, definitely worth it!
great job and great video! Granite is a mix of quartz, feldspars, and micas. Quartz is a 7 on the Moh's hardness scale. I think the better route to be taken would had been drilling a series of 1 inch holes evenly spaced close together. this is how they typically remove blocks from the quarry. 👍👍
In fact it is also used in hogging out metal blocks. Drilling is the most efficient operation.
I know a lot of stone carvers and all use this method. That method sounds like the way to split, not selectively extract. I’d be all ears for a better method but I trust the guys that have done this for decades :)
@@jameslostlen I'd say core drilling would be the way to go. The advantage of stone over metal with (blind hole) core drilling is that with the former, the core can be removed by breaking it off. One thing however is that for (deep) drilling operations a solid clamping surface is required. Like a metal plate with pre-cut guide holes temporarily expoxied in place or something similar? Depending on the drilling machine interface obviously.
@@jameslostlen understandable. There are many ways to complete the task. I am an artist and have carved many mediums. hard brittle surfaces should be cut by perforation. Your way is great too.
Monocristaline quartz is 7mohs, but poli or criptcristaline is Harder. Mohs Scale is not scientific, it is more popular than real ones hardenes tests
Beautiful! What an adventure. Thank you Mother Gaia!
I was on the edge of my seat, even know I knew you successfully got it into place beforehand. Great work!!
Thanks!
Excellent work. Turned out amazing.
Thank you!
$50K tub? One of a kind and completely hand crafted. Awesome work!
What a waste of money!
Thank you!
@@mattbeltz8628 doesnt seem like the owner thinks so
plus tools and work time. well I guess someone owns a stone bath tab, other a 1000dollar scotch, next a luxury car, watch or a Stradiwary violin, or what else. Passion is passion. At least you are using it regularly and happily and probably even your grand kids will use it. Awesome.❤
@@VagishaDasship this to grandkinds apartment
That is a work of art!
Thank you
Good work man
The flintstones will be proud of you
Dude, this is awesome... notice this is the one video you have with over 1 million views, you will definitely NEED to give us more projects!
On it! Thank you
I like that boulder, that is a nice boulder...
I can’t believe that you have only 110 subs and 12k views. His has to blow up soon 🎉
Thank you, Hope it inspires many people! I currently have over a million views on IG reels, so maybe!
@@jameslostlencongrats now its getting the recognition it deserves :)
10 thousand years later. "This was made by aliens. This isn't something humans of that era had technology to do."
Romans had this technology lol
Sri Lankans had this technology 😅 Visit and see 🇱🇰 Its easier than to visit Mars
Too true haha
@@Scyths1slaves~
@@toidIllorTAmIhahahahaah
Lots of work .. nice job
super impressive! curious to know how many saw blades you went through and grinding discs??
Lol same😂 im sure they lost count. I was curious about the rebar inside. Hopefully the epoxy insulated the metal and keeps it from freeze cracking when temps dip
@@georgematys I guess you could use a fiberglass rebar.
Not sure how this blew up so fast but congratulations! I hope to see more inspired projects like this! Would you do anything differently? I’m wondering if a large sandstone boulder would work or not.
The algorithm gods have smiled upon me :) I would use a bigger saw, and cut more like the last long slices you see later in the video, cubes are not necessary. Learned a lot and tooled up quite a bit during this. I’m not sure sandstone would be rigid enough or hold water but I am very unfamiliar with it other than lake Powell and rock climbing in red rocks…
Sandstone would need a sealant for else it would run dry in half an hour or more, depending on the type of sandstone
Persistence will piss a hole through a rock or a boulder in this case. Very impressive! Nice work!
This Masterpiece is worthy of a double comment.
Great video man !!!!
You are one of my heroes because you never gave up inspite all the difficulties.
Gorgeous, and you finished it. You Sir, are a rock star.
Thank you!
Nice bird bath
That's cool
This is a work of art
Thank you!
Amazing that ancient Egyptians could precision cut this stuff with copper tools!
Nice work there. Well done. Any leaking?
Small amount just started after 2 months of use from the largest crack, going to make another pass with super bond soon.
Wow that’s a monster job,beautiful rock and a beautiful tub as a result,only for the brave ,I can only imagine taking a soak under the stars must be magnificent !
Thank you very much!
Looks really cool! Are you worried about moisture getting to the rebar and thus making it rust? When rebar rusts it expands and might push the rock apart from the inside. I hope the epoxy will protect it 😅
I too said the same. Hopefully the epoxy acts as an insulator. Very impressive though!
Good point, I used quite a bit of epoxy so i do feel confident that the bar was fully coated with 1/8" all around... to be sure I would use stainless next time. I certainly learned a lot on this project and upgraded just about every tool involved at least one time during the course of carving and grinding.
If there is a next time try and find a rock with no cracks ;)) Im sure pure stone is the best @@jameslostlen
Magnífico! 😄. Parabéns 🌈👏👏👏
I have nothing but respect for you, I know how hard & difficult granite is to work with. Your dedication to finish this is absolutely crazy.
I learned so much on this, and certainly questioned myself many times over the 6 month period of carving and grinding… So glad it came out the way it did!
Just remember one thing. I have worked with stones. Stones have two properties. 1 warm stones 2 cold stones The biggest problem with cold stones. They are fragile. But the warm stone is very resistant to temperature fluctuations. I will give you and others advice on how to find warm stones. On the day when the stone heats up in the sun. Heat stones after nights to morning easily Heat. Where morning water condensation does not form. And the animals stay in the warm rocks. To warm up until dawn. The second cold rocks at dawn formed water condensate. Cool condensation formed on a cold night. But it can be found more easily at night with a heat meter. At night, the meter shows a pink indicator. Depends on the sensor.
Fantastic! I've wanted to do this since I saw one in the Vatican museum.
P.S. It's great you describe all your entire process, because some people might take the amount of work involved for granite 😏
Lol nice! I saw that recently at the Vatican as well (red granite I believe) The Vatican and other cathedrals were very impressive and inspiring! Incredible dedication to craft…
30 seconds in and I'm sold.
When I buy my property in the future I hope to find a similar rock and enjoy every second of the same laborious process I am about to view.
I hope that comes to you sooner than later! it’s hard, nasty work but it makes it sweeter in the end, it’s a good life!
Man + Nature = Endless possibilities.
you forgot +money
Отлично!!!!!
Just wowwww ! Big respect man !
I love rocks and pools.
Just your creation reach to the extreme work !
A beauty art piece !!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you!
yup we are the aliens.
So you would agree man build the pyramids not extraterrestrial life forms.
Damn y'know, if the rock was already in the right place, I could probably do this without buying much. What an amazing idea and execution!
Edit: Just to be clear, mine would be considerably worse, but it would work.
HOOOLLLLLY SMOKES!!!! This is amazing!! A work off art! You are a never give up kinda guy.
Thank you! I am known to be determined :)
I dont think you feel grounded sitting in it..i think you feel stoned.
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best thing i have seen till now
thank you!
now I bet you can feel the amount of manliness that went into that project when you chill inside of it ;)
That polish really brought the beauty out of that gorgeous rock 😍
What a unique and interesting idea and project. Enjoyed watching the entire process of excavating, moving, and cutting the stone. I would have been overly worried about more cracks. But you persevered! Great job!
Thank you so much! Glad that you enjoyed it. The crack concern kept me up a bit some nights, and would have preferred to crane it but the access was an issue… forced me to be a bit creative to move it safely and I learned some more about that process The amount of relief after installing and putting the tractor away is hard to express!
Amazing! Wish I have stone tub. Love how it turned out after polished, beautiful.
Thank you!
Thanks TH-cam algorithm. This is wild. I used a concrete saw for the first time yesterday. Cannot fathom the man hours into this thing. You are resilient humans. You’ve earned a new subscriber fair and square. I wish your channel well
Thank you! Yes lots of slow and unrewarding sections here… more videos to come!
WOW! The amount of work this took is insane to me. But the finished product is amazing! And it may have taken a long time to complete, but this is a piece of art that is going to last generations.
Thank you! That is the tradeoff with stone, the most challenging material to work with and usually does have the reward of longevity.
Sherwin-Williams has a product that can give the outside a permanent, wet look I think would really make that whole project stand out better