Re: Ideas for wooden (?) vise to dress rock faces?

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 20:30:59 -0400 (EDT)
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Sat, Jun 28, 2003, 3:56pm (EDT-3) email-address-deleted (Phil=A0Crow)
claims:
<snip> I do have an electric-powered Bosch 25# chipping hammer and I can
get a brick (or stonemason's) muscle-powered hammer for the finer work.
How do I hold the smaller (6-12 inches across) rocks still and use the
power of electricity and elbow grease to help dress the faces of these
future pavers? <snip>=A0A Google search revealed next to nothing... My, my, you reallly want to punish yourself, don't you? You're
thinking about this the complicated way. Try thinking the simple way
instead:
Hammer =3D hard work.
Hard work =3D bad.
Wood =3D wood saw.
Rock =3D rock saw. People claim hard work never killed anyone, but I've never heard
anyone who actually does hard work say that, just the people with desk
jobs. But why take the chance? Try the magic google 8-ball again, and this time with "homemade
rock saw". The result will be next to nothing, but enough to show how
to make one. You could probably come up with something along the lines
of a grinder or polisher that you just put the rock in, maybe a hinged
weight to keep it in place, and leave it until it has a flat surface.
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