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Egon,
Where did you get the feathers and wedges? I'll be rebuilding a stone foundation next year and I've been looking for a source.
Where did you get the feathers and wedges? I'll be rebuilding a stone foundation next year and I've been looking for a source.
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Egon
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I bought mine [ 1/2 in. ] from Miles supply in Vermont. Took about a week for delivery to Canada.
Just a suggestion but you may want to look at larger and longer types.
I found this supplier on the internet.
Welcome to Miles Supply!
Just a suggestion but you may want to look at larger and longer types.
I found this supplier on the internet.
Welcome to Miles Supply!
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Egon, did you get a new camera too? An early Christmas present?
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Egon said:I have recently acquired a Makita hammer drill and 4-1/2 In. angle grinder as well as some feathers and wedges. Some rock I've split. Lots to learn yet!
Did you find the Makita's at Home Depot also ;-)
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I buy my tools at a local Home Hardware Store. A 5 minute walk away. They have a very excelent assortment of tools and fellows that are very helpfull and knowledable. A fulll range from inexpensive to industrial quality.
Yes I did buy a new camera. A small Olympus that fits in a shirt pocket. In another year or two I may be able to figure out how to properly use it!
Yes I did buy a new camera. A small Olympus that fits in a shirt pocket. In another year or two I may be able to figure out how to properly use it!
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Egon, do you have a rock project in mind or are you just enjoying a new hobby?
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Egon
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Some landscaping in the yard. Keep toying with a granite cobble stone driveway and have hopes I can get one or two larger slabs that can be polished and used as rough table tops in the sun room that can be used for planters.
I also have lots of slate to work with.
However my projects always exceed a very limited level of ambition and ingenuity.
I also have lots of slate to work with.
However my projects always exceed a very limited level of ambition and ingenuity.
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The Home Depot here has the Makita rotary/hammer drill with the 4.5" angle grinder on sale for $143 or something close to that price now. I thought that was a kit that Makita made up for the big box stores. Have fun.
shaley
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Clue me in on the procedure in case I ever find one of those rock things. I can see you drill some fracture holes but then what.
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Egon
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That is the package I bought Robert. Our little Hardware also got them. I was going to buy a Metabo Drill but was advised of this package coming out and decided to wait for it. The fellows at the store say the Drill is excellent quality.
As for splitting rock Google has a wealth of information.
As for splitting rock Google has a wealth of information.
shaley
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I see, Miles supply did not have any pictures of what feathers are. I see there some info on the Micon site as to the how to. Neat, you learn something everyday.
There is almost nothing as satisfying to me as splitting stones with feathers and wedges. I have seen it done on t.v. before, but the first stone I did, approximately 3 ft. long, really brought a smile to my face- the change in sound from a ring to a dull thud was pretty cool, another couple of taps and the split appears. We ( wife and I) had a retaining wall built from the fieldstone I had collected from our property, and I decided it would look nice to have some heavy cap stones on top, so I drilled and she did the splitting. The drilling is the hardest part, but even that was easy with the Hilti TE-76 I rented, and the splitting, a child with good aim could do. We ended up with 80 l.f. of stone 8-10'' thick x 18''x 20-24'' long. I've since split a bunch of cut granite and I'm always trying to come up with another idea so I can split some more.
