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Stone Conversations : Archive 7 : Message 00577

From: "John VanCamp" <jvcstnwrks@zzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:48:39 -0600
Subject: pointing machine


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From: "Simon Brown" <moonsong@--------------- >
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:24 PM
Subject: [stone] Re: pointing machine

Quoted text begins. >For a mear $100,000 plus you too can take all the heart and
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soul out of your

Quoted text begins.carving


In 1916, Gutson Borglum designed a projection machine to map
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out his

Quoted text begins.Stone
Mountain tribute to Robert E Lee:
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Simon, I have no problem what so ever with the use of pointing
machines, calipers, projection machines or any other mechanical
aid used to assist a carver in his/her search for correct
proportions, and or replication. I was refering (in jest sort
of) to the use of automated carving machines. One mearly feeds
a cad file into the computer, sets up the piece of stone, and
walks away. Gives one ample time to contemplate ways to spend
all that money the machine is making. LOL
JVC

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