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[Paul Crabtree <no-spam-please@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

1.  Try using a large washing-up bowl filled with fine
    sand to place the block of stone in whilst carving.

2.  Use a length of rope with a weight on either end
    (people in the workshops here use two halves of a
    high density building block) - place the rope across
    the stone to be carved, and allow the weight to
    dangle.

3.  Tie a length of rope to one side of the carving
    banker - with a loop in the other end for your foot
    to go through - place the rope across the stone to
    be carved, and press down with your foot.

4.  If using a wooden banker - fix two pieces of timmber
    in an 'L' shape and push the block into the corner
    of the 'L' to hold it steady.

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Paul Crabtree
Portland