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artisanstone

Work has been slow lately, so I've been gathering pics to update the website. Enjoy!

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Bill Baddorf
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artisanstone

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www.stonefoundation.org

Railman

Absolutely maaaaavoulus!!

You are a true artist. Unless you've worked with stone yourself, it's hard to appreciate how hard it is to stay consistent with the balancing act of size, shape, color, pattern, & color of working with random components. You are a true artist with stone!
Thanks for sharing,
Joe

CJKarl

Nice, did you cut the edge on that radius landing?

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genecarp

like the stone shower

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artisanstone

Yeah, I cut the radius landing. That granite is quarried in Elberton, GA for the monument industry. It's the biggest granite center in the country. There are enormous scrap piles (they call them grout piles), and we can get the stone for the hauling. Check out the size of the piece leading to the radius courtyard.

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artisanstone

Here's some of that stone on my truck:

In the woods:

Big piles:

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6stringmason

Very nice work!

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CJKarl

Ahh, Elberton, I've set quite a few Elberton slab steps up here.

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CJKarl

If I had a pile of grout (we call them tailings around here) like that, I would have a snapper in there and be making $250-$300 a ton strip veneer.

I guess it's all about location. I still have a hard time with the concept of buying stone from Brazil for less than stone from VT that's only 3 hours away.

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artisanstone

CJ, they do cut veneer out of that material. You may be interested in how they do it. First of all, most of those pieces are 500 pounds to 30,000 pounds or so. They will not fit in a guillotine. First of all, they use air drills and feather/wedges to split them to a reasonable size. Then they take a rifter (8-20 lb. stone axe) and split them like slicing bread. I've heard one man can cut 5 tons of 4" veneer per day. I've done it myself, but never all day long. That would be brutal work. The end product is about 12"x12"-16"x16" by 4"-5" thickness. It was historically used in this area laid both straight and diagonal. Here's some old churches:

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CJKarl

Very interesting.

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