Trip to india - ...blog now online

[Tony McC]

London Stone's blog of his trip to that India is now online and well worth a read....

Indian Trip Blog

[ilovesettsonmondays]

very interesting reading.amazes me how it ends up so cheap coming all that way.same as chinese granite in granite comparisons

[Al Jardin]

Excellent blog. Great to things at the sharp end.
Once watched a history programme which had a feature on portland stone. At one stage it was saturated with water and, as a result, was able to be cut with a large 2 man hand saw. As it dried it hardened.

Cheers.

Al

[lutonlagerlout]

fantastic blog great work from LSP and the gaffer
amazing how quick they cut the stone by hand
LLL

[henpecked]

liked that

[rab1]

Really enjoyed reading this blog.

[mickg]

excellent

[GB_Groundworks]

that man cutting the 275x275 was quicking and neater than me and my stihl saw haha



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[msh paving]

no tape measure and a good eye,very skillfull men Gilles,
very informative blog MSH

[GB_Groundworks]

i know you are down south but not that far south that ive become gilles, haha my french colleagues when i worked in IT used to call me jill-a

but those are some skilled boys, im going to get my pitcher out and try some on some off cuts

[pickwell paving]

very interesting read great photos and videos thanks for sharing it with us

[GB_Groundworks]

incidentally anyone know what angle a pitcher should be ground at? is it about 30 degrees each side? the new bolsters you get are round at like 45 each side but seems to steep to hold a edge?

[henpecked]

did watch that 'Edwardian farm' where they went to a granite quarry. The guy hand cut a solid granite trough ,3x2ft wth chisels.
More skills that need preserving :;):

[lutonlagerlout]

that man cutting the 275x275 was quicking and neater than me and my stihl saw haha

i may be old but didnt he have a line marked on the stone?
LLL

[GB_Groundworks]

I just watched it again on laptop and iPad full screen and I can't see a line the video starts with him halfway across? But when he cuts the 275s no marks that I can see.