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where to buy feathers and wedges

Stone Conversations : Archive 6 : Message 00421

From: "Bob Hackett" <kinfolk@zzzzzzz>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:22:34 -0400
Subject: where to buy feathers and wedges

Taking that tip one step further,I put a piece of heavy angle iron under
the intended fracture line. The angle is set "point up" so it almost acts
like a huge chisel edge.The idea is to create hard contact along a small
face and align that with the intended cut. The angle iron is set on an oak
timber,softwood will split under heavy work.

Bob

Quoted text begins.From: "Jon Cattan" <joncattan@------------- >
I found this link posted on alt. sculpture newsgroup.It shows boulder
splitting in progress. Ilike the tip about placing timber under the
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