I appreciate that the editor didn't remove the first rock failing to properly split. Sometimes the piece has internal faults that render the piece unusable or make it significantly harder to shape. Most of these shows edit out the failures but I think it's important to show what can sometimes happen so people that are watching the videos for educational purposes and planning to copy the technique at home understand that it can happen and don't get discouraged.
Was digging holes for a deck and had 3 huge rocks in the holes, thought I was screwed since my back yard is fenced in. Was reluctant to try this but figured id give it a shot. 30 bucks for the wedges and had to rent a hammer drill, holy crap it works. A few hours and the rocks were small enough to lift out. Thanks for the video saved me from ripping down my fence for a backhoe. Would definately recomend doing if needed. 😃
Thank you I needed this...I was having a hard time breaking open stones when searching for fossils. Today was SO much easier, I brought back about 5 times as much fossiliferous stone.
glad you showed the vagaries of cutting stone and discussing it honestly... Most tv shows skip all the inconveniences and only show the great results... Meanwhile the rest of us are still needing the information that 25 years of skill brings to the job... What do you do when a rock breaks badly? Well, he said "cut my losses and get a different stone"... Now I don't feel so bad...
+Ralph Marshall Honestly that was my favorite part of the episode. Most shows would of edited that out and we would of thought this master stone cutter got everything perfect.
I agree. Never thought I would laugh watching someone cut a rock in half. :-P Reminded me of something my Dad would say, except this guy did not cuss. Also liked the "Oh well. Moving on" attitude.
@@brusombear3823 the holes don't go all the way through, even if they did you wouldn't be able to pound the wedges and shims all the way through. Once you get a bad break you just tap the wedges side to side until they loosen up.
Six months later, how do you value the time watching the video? :) I find learning odd things you never even thought of learning to be very very good for your ability to think and especially think critically. That said.. an essay is a one time opportunity.
I stumbled onto this video- and this is the most interesting video! How fascinating this is! I had no idea it took so much skill- so much talent. I will now APPRECIATE this hard work whenever I see it. Thank you so much for sharing! 😍
Yea mate some stones will have fault lines through them that no matter what side or way you break it from it will follow that fault line or sediment line or whatever is wrong with the stone, just gotta crack it and see
Totally agree! I have a book on Stone masons and the author frequently highlighted how masons are often very patient. Or, at least the impatient ones don't last long!
When I am field dressing stone, I cut the bottom 12" of 55gal barrel and with 10" of sand or fines on the bottom and position it on a mud board stand for working at waist height. When dressing the stone you produce spalls you can use as shims when setting the stones in place.
yup, back button shows I am here from spiders and a fly in a vacuum chamber, and before that was high-speed water vapor nucleation video......guess it's just one of those days!
Damn, that's so cool! I have to build some piers with field and flat stones. Every time I watch videos like these it gets more interesting. And expensive! :)
Need the piers for a cabin. Was going to do something else but my big brother convinced me to do the stone thing. I thought he was nuts. Now I think I was nuts for not thinking about it. So cool, now I can't wait to get started!
While traveling in India I watched masons carve statues with those exact tools. I was especially impressed by the tool with multiple pointed faces. They used that tool for the final shaping.
Thank You so Much....A Stone Mason Craft is such a needed but gradually forgotten skill....Walls & structures built this way will never be mimic by a drone in my life time....Human learned Skill is so Amazing....
I'm watching this after spending the last 8 hours drilling through a commercial building brick wall to run electrical service conduit! Nothing like a coring bit to make your day just fly by! LOL!
Hobby projects work like this: Chill out, cut one stone in half, drink a beer, do the same tomorrow. I had a neighbour who drilled in the walls for 10 minutes after work every day for half a year; he could have rented a good hilti drill and got it done in a weekend, whatever the fuck he was doing; but instead, he had some toy drill and drilled 5 millimetres per day instead.
Especially since you have all the coke fiends who look down on stoners. To each their own I say, if they like to party that much that's good for them but I;d rather chill in the sun with a good smoke.
My dad was an old Italian stone mason. He taught me how to read the grain and cut stone with a stone hammer and chisel when I was just a teenager. It’s a dying trade for sure.
@@samuelmandarelli2645 "will die" and "its a shame" i get what your saying, but take heart.. lookup Guédelon Castle.. a place approx 200km south of paris.. a project started in '97.. 100% authentic build of a medieval castle.. not fake hack 'look alike' facsimile... no, its genuine... and its beautiful.. a masons wet dream.. so much work
Plugs and feathers. 40 years a stonemason. Usually a' 2nd sense' shows where to hit and the direction of the split, weakness, in the stone. Different countries, different names for tools, but same results.
My house is build compeletly with stones and concrete nothing else not even a brick! It's a bit cold though in the winter but, I'am planning to do a insulation this summer!
I know lots of stoned Mason's. Most of the "Old Masters" are broke, bodies destroyed, and living on disability. All the ones still working stay stoned to tollerate the unfair pay rates to us Craftsman.
In ancient days different shaped rock tools with strength harder than the stone being worked could produce the same effects using this methodology. This video has a far greater potential audience.
+Jessica Phar It actually does make a cleaner cut, than a saw, as well as faster. A saw will leave very unnatural scratch lines in the face of the stone. Which are not very attractive. And would take hours of polishing to remove the marks from a single stone. If this wasn't the best way to do it, especially in the field. Then they wouldn't still be using this method.
Great video. Just what I was looking for. I have some quarry stone I'm going to be working with and wanted to know the best way to split some for a wall I'm making. Slow and steady to make that clean break. got it.
sure laser might be faster BUT you will loose that natural look on the face side...and that is what he said in the video he wanted to avoid.. that is why he didnt use a diamond tip saw....but they are using carbide tools which DO make the job easier.
I appreciate them not editing out the mishap with the first rock. Real world stuff.
I appreciate that the editor didn't remove the first rock failing to properly split. Sometimes the piece has internal faults that render the piece unusable or make it significantly harder to shape. Most of these shows edit out the failures but I think it's important to show what can sometimes happen so people that are watching the videos for educational purposes and planning to copy the technique at home understand that it can happen and don't get discouraged.
Didn't we notice that there were 5 holes in the 2nd stone, instead of 4 in the failed effort?
Was digging holes for a deck and had 3 huge rocks in the holes, thought I was screwed since my back yard is fenced in. Was reluctant to try this but figured id give it a shot. 30 bucks for the wedges and had to rent a hammer drill, holy crap it works. A few hours and the rocks were small enough to lift out. Thanks for the video saved me from ripping down my fence for a backhoe. Would definately recomend doing if needed. 😃
Thank you I needed this...I was having a hard time breaking open stones when searching for fossils. Today was SO much easier, I brought back about 5 times as much fossiliferous stone.
glad you showed the vagaries of cutting stone and discussing it honestly... Most tv shows skip all the inconveniences and only show the great results... Meanwhile the rest of us are still needing the information that 25 years of skill brings to the job... What do you do when a rock breaks badly? Well, he said "cut my losses and get a different stone"... Now I don't feel so bad...
+Ralph Marshall Honestly that was my favorite part of the episode. Most shows would of edited that out and we would of thought this master stone cutter got everything perfect.
I agree. Never thought I would laugh watching someone cut a rock in half. :-P Reminded me of something my Dad would say, except this guy did not cuss. Also liked the "Oh well. Moving on" attitude.
i would like to see them getting the shims and wedges out, just pound them threw i guess?
@@brusombear3823 the holes don't go all the way through, even if they did you wouldn't be able to pound the wedges and shims all the way through. Once you get a bad break you just tap the wedges side to side until they loosen up.
👍
A good down to earth demonstration on how to create such noble structures using stone. Well done
I studied stonework for 3 years in college and I watching this video helps me remember some of the things that I learned during that time.
MrEdJepson Penn State correctional?
I have an english essay due tomorrow thankfully i know how to cut a rock in half
And this could help you in becoming a stonemason
OMG hahaha, I have an essay for English comp due tomorrow, and I ended up watching this for no reason.
Six months later, how do you value the time watching the video? :) I find learning odd things you never even thought of learning to be very very good for your ability to think and especially think critically. That said.. an essay is a one time opportunity.
haw ta cut rawk
nickNcar ii
I like that they left in a mess up to show its not "as easy as them youtube videos". We need more of that.
error is a key part of success
Are you sexually harassing me?
HUGH MUNGUS WOT
WHAT IS YOUR NAME
HOW DARE YOU!
"I'm not that good yet."
"YET?!"
The natural, good-natured humor in TOH videos is really what sets them apart.
This video is therapeutic to watch. Also, the skill is impressive. Thank you displaying your talent and sharing your knowledge.
The fact that the guy looks precisely like a modern-day mining dwarf makes me very happy.
Definition of ironic methinks.
Chai 🤣 rofl
th-cam.com/video/gzaUpoQPNsYi/w-d-xo.htmlii
I stumbled onto this video- and this is the most interesting video! How fascinating this is! I had no idea it took so much skill- so much talent. I will now APPRECIATE this hard work whenever I see it. Thank you so much for sharing! 😍
I've been in the trades as a carpenter for twenty year's and have always admired true stone masons. Having said that I hate shaking their hands.
Worse than machinists or mechanics?
Now I can make that fit in my wall for sure!
The man in the hat educating us is so lovely. You're a great teacher.
I remember seeing this show when I was a kid. The nostalgia! lol
this is so useful! I cut and shape stones in my backyard ALL THE TIME now! thanks guys!
Thanks for showing when it doesn't work. Really glad to see that sometimes you need to start over with another rock.
Yea mate some stones will have fault lines through them that no matter what side or way you break it from it will follow that fault line or sediment line or whatever is wrong with the stone, just gotta crack it and see
Totally agree! I have a book on Stone masons and the author frequently highlighted how masons are often very patient. Or, at least the impatient ones don't last long!
Yes, great that they showed a 'flaw', just as important to learn from!
I thought you were talking about Earth..
Awesome video.I really enjoyed it.
those tools haven't seen much use! thankyou for making a how to video, great for people who have never worked stone before as a starting point.
"Now I can use that for my wall, for sure."
Don't let Trump hear about this.
Rumky i read your comment right when he said that
I love you chemist XD
Junior Udo-Okon Everybody loves me, I'm the real Jepus Christ.
TheWanderingChemist Repus? :s
Of all the stuff I have watched today.. this, was the most interesting.
Great teacher patience and the right tools for the right job
Its great to see Roger again. And, its good to see just what I need for managing my rocks with hand tools. Thanks fellas.
John in Bethel, Missouri.
When I am field dressing stone, I cut the bottom 12" of 55gal barrel and with 10" of sand or fines on the bottom and position it on a mud board stand for working at waist height. When dressing the stone you produce spalls you can use as shims when setting the stones in place.
There are just some people who are brilliant in what they do. You are one of them!
Never gonna cut stones in a thousand years, but i'm watching this "how to" video.
I know, right?
dattebayo
Same here :-D... it's somehow interesting
:)
use an ANGLE GRINDER WITH DIAMOND DISK
this is one of the best videos on UT regarding stone masonry for the novice Randy is a good teacher and spokesperson for trow and holden.
I don't quite know how I landed on this video, but I watched it all.
Same here
yep Same here
Guilty as well
Very satisfying and also instructional!
yup, back button shows I am here from spiders and a fly in a vacuum chamber, and before that was high-speed water vapor nucleation video......guess it's just one of those days!
I feel so at peace when I watch these types of videos.
You are not so much at piece(s) as the stones!
(Pah-dum-pshh)
jist imagine doing it for a living
I got the need to put every single fucking stone I see into my wall.
this video rocks
get out.
That was puntastic
delet your account
🤣
Ba-dum-tssss!!!
Damn, that's so cool! I have to build some piers with field and flat stones. Every time I watch videos like these it gets more interesting. And expensive! :)
Need the piers for a cabin. Was going to do something else but my big brother convinced me to do the stone thing. I thought he was nuts. Now I think I was nuts for not thinking about it. So cool, now I can't wait to get started!
me: im going to sleep early today!
me at 1:54 am watching this video
This must be one of those recommended videos designed to catch your attention and keep you up late at night.
Same here, it's 3:47 am now.
sa
Sup !
2:39 am here
1:13 lol
Something tells me that this might be more difficult than you're making it look. Very impressive!
just patience, attention to detail and the willingnes to fail. like any skill.
While traveling in India I watched masons carve statues with those exact tools. I was especially impressed by the tool with multiple pointed faces. They used that tool for the final shaping.
handy tip:if you wanna save time watch videos like this in 1.5 speed :P
Thank You so Much....A Stone Mason Craft is such a needed but gradually forgotten skill....Walls & structures built this way will never be mimic by a drone in my life time....Human learned Skill is so Amazing....
dude is obsessed with putting all the rocks into his wall
Broken ones??????
I'm watching this after spending the last 8 hours drilling through a commercial building brick wall to run electrical service conduit! Nothing like a coring bit to make your day just fly by! LOL!
why am I watching this at 3 am
Same. Wtf
You're both stoned and Google knows it.
It's 4:30 am and it was in my recommended... Wtf
You're clock is 10min fast.
haha 12:24 for me lol stupid TH-cam algorithm
That's the kind of job I've always wanted to do...and finally doing it. Thank you Gents.
Happy New Year to you and your family. Thank you for your videos and keeping old skills, ingenuity and artistry all a part of your adventure.
Hands down,this was my favorite TOH video ever. Thank you.
This is oddly the most fascinating video ever.
Dont know why i watched this, but i sure liked it =)
it was fun watching this. Both interviewer and interviewee are good talented men.
9:58 "Sits pretty good now" still wobbles lol
i just came back to this video to give it thumb up 👍
Hobby projects work like this: Chill out, cut one stone in half, drink a beer, do the same tomorrow.
I had a neighbour who drilled in the walls for 10 minutes after work every day for half a year; he could have rented a good hilti drill and got it done in a weekend, whatever the fuck he was doing; but instead, he had some toy drill and drilled 5 millimetres per day instead.
Got stoned while I watched this, seemed appropriate.
Stoners have to hold together, right? :)
same here :)
Especially since you have all the coke fiends who look down on stoners. To each their own I say, if they like to party that much that's good for them but I;d rather chill in the sun with a good smoke.
Go Away Coke friends??? Nope, thanks... I do not trust those types. :)
I can't believe how fascinated i was during this video.
Stoners👍😎
Safety glasses...👍check
Cannabis ✓
I like the example of the flawed stone to one that works. All around detailed experiences you might experience.
i just like the "That will fit right in mah whal" every time he cuts a stone.
Plug & Feathers in England. Nice to see 'em still being used.
My dad was an old Italian stone mason. He taught me how to read the grain and cut stone with a stone hammer and chisel when I was just a teenager. It’s a dying trade for sure.
save his tools...
unless he already sold them to a bunch of apprentices
@@kwazhims3lf
He’s 88 years old. His stone mason days are long behind him. These trades will pass with his generation. It’s truly a shame.
@@samuelmandarelli2645 "will die" and "its a shame"
i get what your saying, but take heart.. lookup Guédelon Castle..
a place approx 200km south of paris.. a project started in '97.. 100% authentic build of a medieval castle.. not fake hack 'look alike' facsimile... no, its genuine... and its beautiful.. a masons wet dream.. so much work
A true pro.
Plugs and feathers. 40 years a stonemason. Usually a' 2nd sense' shows where to hit and the direction of the split, weakness, in the stone. Different countries, different names for tools, but same results.
I put this video into my wall
My house is build compeletly with stones and concrete nothing else not even a brick!
It's a bit cold though in the winter but, I'am planning to do a insulation this summer!
time to build a castle! anybody like to join me?
Will we live as a commune ?After all we all can claim it to be ours. If so, no thanks.
Bartman tools sure, stones? we pay for dirt and stones?
Can i grief your castle like they do in Minecraft?
thats what trump said heheheh
HenrikGMZ castle, not a wall
Good learning skills. I know how to cut stones now thanks!
"Quit bringing me rocks"
Something surprisingly pleasant about this video. Loved it!
Why was this recommend and why did I watch the whole video? I will never be able to answer those questions
i can, do you want an honest answer?
Mikail Elchanovanich yes.. yes we do
I love his honesty
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE WHERE IS YOUR MASK
and hearing protection!!
What? Are you guys pussies or what? :)
you almost got me, troll. you almost got me. Looks like your starving this week doe
Brandon Clark Please don't inhale rock dust.
Silica rich lungs
this is my first time seeing this but these guys work off of each other in a great way hahah
Stone Masons, they're still needed today.
You mean the Illuminati?
That's me.
I know lots of stoned Mason's. Most of the "Old Masters" are broke, bodies destroyed, and living on disability. All the ones still working stay stoned to tollerate the unfair pay rates to us Craftsman.
Im soo glad youtube put this in my suggestion box
Am I the only one who found that satisfying?
In ancient days different shaped rock tools with strength harder than the stone being worked could produce the same effects using this methodology. This video has a far greater potential audience.
They used quartz.. and also placed dry wood in cracks and then added water so it swelled
now i just need a house
aw yes, that makes so much sense. it makes such a cleaner cut.
Hot
+Jessica Phar It actually does make a cleaner cut, than a saw, as well as faster. A saw will leave very unnatural scratch lines in the face of the stone. Which are not very attractive. And would take hours of polishing to remove the marks from a single stone.
If this wasn't the best way to do it, especially in the field. Then they wouldn't still be using this method.
@Pahr
If I show you how to make a sandwich would that make sense to you
Fuller Crane I hardly believe you could "show me" anything when it comes to sandwiches when mine are fantastic, thank you.
The right tools for the job by hand
now I wonder how expensive the tools are...
He said carbide, once I heard that I knew I couldn't afford it lol
It's not really expensive, the tools are the expensive things and those you can rent.
like 150 each on the website
buying a saw is twice the price you would pay for the tools. A good saw for stone is at least $1500+ on the low end,
you don't need a good saw for stones, cause it's not the speed is patience.
Thanks for the video. One might ponder wearing breathing protection when drilling creates that much dust.
believe it or not this is This old House's most popular video
That looks like a peaceful job.
Wow ! At the Mount Girnar there is stone stairs carved using this type of tech Centuries ago
This makes me wanna be a stone mason?
I don't know. Does it?
Hmm, I'm gonna say it doesn't.
You'd quit after the first day, maybe sooner.
It's nearly midnight... who knew stone cutting could be so interesting
Wonderful video. Thanks to both of them. 🎉
How do I make a wall that's more resistant to sappers? Asking for a friend.
Such an amazing video to watch! Thank you
Masterpiece on the stones !!
Great video. Just what I was looking for. I have some quarry stone I'm going to be working with and wanted to know the best way to split some for a wall I'm making. Slow and steady to make that clean break. got it.
Demonstrates nicely how skilled the ancient people who built sites in Peru, egypt etc were
"Where are the lasers? Mankind hasn't yet reached the point where we can cut a stone at straight angles" :V
Naw, man. Water saws.
Bullshit. Starfaring aliens used antiplasma cutters to slice some rocks for shits and giggles
Love me some antiplasma.
Yeah use a gun to cut in it half.
The Chinese use their bear hands to cut rock.
sure laser might be faster BUT you will loose that natural look on the face side...and that is what he said in the video he wanted to avoid.. that is why he didnt use a diamond tip saw....but they are using carbide tools which DO make the job easier.
This is surprisingly interesting to watch
as soon as he start drilling, Terran theme starts, SCV on duty!!!
Very nice ....I got to see with my eyes how it is done
Im so stoned rn what am i watching lol
truuuuue! except im probably gonna try this now haha
i've seen cutting before, so cool. but im interested in seeing how you piece it all together. I always wondered how long that would take.
This job rocks!
I think we can all agree that this is information none of us will probably ever use.
I use 3/4" wedges and shims to split glacial rocks on my New England property. Makes mowing and gardening easier.
If your dealing with sedimentary rock it will help to make the plugs and feathers parallel with the bedding plane of the stone.
That last hammer blew my mind
Love Roger Cook!
I use air tools for pavers and rocks. A small air impact Hammer does wonders..