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05-16-2008, 07:45 AM
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mix of jobs
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05-16-2008, 07:48 AM
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05-16-2008, 08:51 AM
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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
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05-16-2008, 05:03 PM
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Nice, did you cut the edge on that radius landing?
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05-16-2008, 05:08 PM
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like the stone shower
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05-16-2008, 05:24 PM
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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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05-16-2008, 05:35 PM
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Here's some of that stone on my truck:
In the woods:
Big piles:
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05-16-2008, 07:03 PM
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Very nice work!
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05-17-2008, 05:27 AM
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Ahh, Elberton, I've set quite a few Elberton slab steps up here.
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05-21-2008, 08:24 AM
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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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05-21-2008, 06:15 PM
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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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05-21-2008, 08:35 PM
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Very interesting.
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