That is a lot of work - and patience. I have turned out quite a few rocks in a garden area, and thought, "What could I do with all these stones?" So, I looked at some carbide tipped stone cutting tools, and they are pretty expensive!

чего снимал..большой откольник и молот три удара и пополам.

Dont punch the face

🕉 Satyameva Jayate: Truth and Honesty and Reality of splitting rocks as hard as these Granite types - They are hard work - When we were in Kenya (East Africa), our back garden had several large rock sticking out of the soil. There were part of larger and were deep down and the parts that stuck out off the ground had to be ‘knocked out’ - ones that were above ground had to split - My Dad used small ‘wide-size’ hardened chisels (six to twelve chisels at a time - depending on the length of the cut - as well as, My dad only had twelve of these small wide-size chisels) to knock then individually in small holes (made by sharper / narrower long ‘shorten and thinned just to drive by hitting straight down in the rock i.e. ‘drill-length way’)… In this thin hole the wide-size chisel was placed with two metal wedges (softly hammered the wider chisel between the metal wedges)… The six / twelve wider chisels would be aligned in a ‘line’ of the cut… When all the six / twelve chisels were well trapped between the metal wedges the noise / sound that was heard from the blows of the hammering changed - one after the next this would be achieved - Next in strict sequence starting from first chisel each of the sixth / twelfth would be tapped-hammered with two of three blows of hammer… This would be repeated in rotation front the front-end chisel to the last one.. Within about three or four cycles the first few in the ‘sequence’ would begin to loosen up between the wedges of the chisel… These would be hammered and the hole would begin to deepen deep… The hammer used would be changed to a sledgehammer (much heavier that the one that had bee used to hammer home the chisels during the first few rounds)… The hammering with heavier sledgehammer soon split the rocks along the cut line - It was an effort that cleared the rocks that stuck out in our garden… Typically, My Dad did this over a period of a few weeks. During the evening of the next day he would make the thin holes in the line and then during Lunch break on following day he would return home had hammer in the stubby small chisels with metal wedges… Later, when he had returned from work at the end of the day, he would do the sledgehammering… Sometimes, the rock needed to be worked for long periods - When my Dad got tired of hammering, he sometimes let me swing the heavy hammers (but that was only as a joke, as I was only eight of nine years old and i would only be struggling - However, it was fun to do one or two hammer strokes - It made me appreciate the amount of effort tat my Dad was making! We would all have a good laugh as well!)… eventually, when all the rock-heads had been hammered out or split, The garden looked lot more like a flat floor… The neighbouring houses had their own rocks in the gardens - Our garden was envied as there were no rocks sticking out from underneath… Anyway, I suggest, use the small holes to address the line of cut issue and then use small wide-sized chisels with metal wedges and then have the sledgehammer ready to knock deeper the small wide chisels as outlined… What the small chisels do is to create a fracture in the rock that travels deeper into the rock… during the period of heavy blows from the sledgehammer the small cracks between the small chisels begin to merge along the line of cut…This then speeds up the cracking deeper Ito the rock… The hardest rock material soon cracks in a very precise manner… Satyameva Jayate

Detcord?

I'm glad I forward it to 1:36 to go😂

(WTF) ?

Interesting, what about sycomore wooden pegs egyptian style?

I counted 4 different chisels, probably missed one or two. Thank you for the great video!

If you're going to be carving small pieces like this, consider a couple of sandbags to seat your work and stop it rolling around or sliding away from you.

What does "pitching" a stone mean? Are you putting an angled face on it? I've heard that term lots of times but don't really know what is meant by it. Great video!

Vart köper du dina verktyg?

that sound was way too annoying

Have you made anything yet with the split stone? Any tips for moving large boulders or large pieces of cut stone?

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🤩🏆 It would been very nice to see the entire stone being shared. Is it a big rock? bolder? Very good channel.🏆🙂

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Does anybody know how the ancients did this without a powerdrill to make the hole for the wedge?

What tools do you use?

This is the first video of yours that I have seen, and this happens. Still, I was really noticing your persistence and patience. It was sublime. So, I'm happy!

Wtf?

You do have the right tool , yes your technique is correct but this method is much more effective when you use a larger flat surface rock as your work table .By trying to split the rock on the grass the ground/soft soil is absorbing most of the energy exerted into splitting the rock .

Thanks for the video. I have a lot full of underground rocks on a lot that I use for gardening and tree planting that I break up and remove as I encounter them. Typically I excavate around the rock leaving a space for the rock to move as I strike it with my set of 5/8" wedge and feathers in 5/8" holes. Most rocks are basalt (hard) and respond well splitting into large pieces. Some, however, seem hard and no matter how many wedges I place in a row the rock will not crack and the best I get is a small slice of the top layer spalling off even though the wedges are bottomed out. Every video here shows the perfect postcard scenario of how rock splitting should work. I assume that some rocks are porous/permeable and internally deform and reduce the stress imposed by the W&F's. Have you encountered such a scenario and if so whar are your opinions or recommendations.

Ya Nadamas ver donde consigo esos cinceles y con gusto lo intentaré… tengo muchas piedrillas que de verdad son un dolor y veo que así las pudiera aprovechar para muchas cosas 👍

That was the effort needed with modern hard and sharp steel chisels, and only to split the stone, not shape and finish it! So now try to do it with a wooden mallet and a soft copper chisel. I don't see a rush to do it the "old" way!!! And they try to tell us the Egyptians built the pyramids with copper chisels????

Mistä oot ostanu nuo taltat?

thanks for wasting everyone's time - camera went out.😢

Great

Prbly wouldn't take so long if you had rolled the stone over and continued the hammering

Nice video. I liked it and subscribed. I have a really hard piece of stone/rock at 40 to 45 cm thick (deep) (1 1/2 ft.) that took a very long time to drill the holes into and a variety of thickness in different places which wedges with feathers can't split even that I followed the instructions seen on videos. Some of the wedges and feathers are completely in and others are barely above the stone surface and the hammer is recoiling. One of the wedges/feathers is jumping out of its hole upon being hit with a hammer. The stone is 1,5 meter long maximum (5 ft.) and 1 meter wide in its widest place (3+ ft.) while in the middle it is 80 cm wide (under 3 ft.). The top of the stone/rock has a "mountainous terrain" so to speak (variety of reliefs) so the holes were drilled at different "heights" of the stone. Are the wedges/feathers too short for this stone/rock? Can a rock/stone of various reliefs be split like this? The wedges are about 10 cm long (4") and I used 5 wedges for the stone's length of 1,5 m( 5 ft.). After drilling 5 holes I sprayed the stone powder/dust with a water stream and then drilled more into watery holes. The stone got wet a little bit. Wrong or right, I don't know. I can post photos or even a short video within the next several hours. Is my boulder a granite? Take a look: postimg.cc/yk6x0srH

So I live in an area of Canada littered with big stones like this and I want to move a couple of big ones like this with my tractor so I need to break them up in to smaller pieces with feathers and wedges work on a big rock like this?

salve dove posso comprare una scalpello come il vostro dal vidio vostro ore 3:54 secondi

Why do you buy such chisels

What the hell? “My camera died.” Get another rock dummy and charge your battery.

Hello. Sorry for my bad English. Wanted to write a comment because I've done a lot of work splitting round stones. I would advise you to use a heavy hammer with a long handle weighing 5-6 kg for this work. This hammer should be sharp on one end, and should be similar to the hammer you used, but much heavier. When you start striking the stone with such a hammer, as if you were chopping wood, 4 to 7 hits will be enough for you and the stone will split into pieces. And even before working with a round stone, it is worth paying attention to the fact that such stones can often be seen with veins or fibers like wood, and if you strike with a hammer along the length, the stone splits much easier.

For a granit flagstone walkway/patio.. How thick should the flag stone be?

Y si metes tres punchotes?

Wow sangat tepat sekali pukulanya pak

Hi, congratulations on the beautiful videos. Where could I buy some tools like yours on the internet?

Where can I find a good chisel like that? I have feathers and wedges but want a cleaner cut.

Complimenti bravissimo ti seguo sempre anch'io o un canale simile al tuo

What size are the wedges? I am thinking about ordering some 16mm ones from china. Great channel by the way

What do you do with all the stone bro?

Are there any books on stone masonry, specifically cutting and shaping, that you would recommend?

After all that work, when it splits like that it must be a wonderful feeling. Is it same process for splitting smaller watermelon sized rocks?

Very nicely done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Looks like a reel of det cord as a plan B.

How big drill bit you use?

I’ve never attempted to cut a lump of granite and this video showed me why I probably never will but hats off to you for the patience and persistence 👍🏻