From:
abknight@zzzzzz
Date:
Wed, 26 May 2004 19:56:07 -0500 (CDT)
Subject:
2 granite carving sequences
Carving in Granite? Nothing to it. Nice little photo
sequence of work from block to finish. After you go to
this site, click the 30th set of question marks from the
top. You may have to enlarge your screen to count that
many. An easier way to do it may be to count to the ninth
set of question marks below the set of question marks that
consists of two large question marks, a space, one large
question mark, a left hand parenthesis and five small
question marks and click. Now click the purple question
marks here and the sequence will begin.
http://www.museum-of-sculpture.org/sakka-frame.html
An easier sequence to access is
http://www.museum-of-sculpture.org/s1.html
This sequence shows a head being carved in granite. At
page 25 he is using what looks to be a very powerful
bushing tool. There seems to be no such tool available in
the USA. Trow and Holden can put a carbide tip from their
extinct hand facer on the shaft of a nine-pound rock drill
but it will not stay attached unless operated at fairly
low air pressure. It surprises me that there should be no
such tool in production in the US that can do this sort of
large scale shaping. I hope to corrected in my
assumptions.
What are the tool marks at page 2, which is actually in
between pages 19 and 21 in the sequence?
Bill
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