BANKER MASON making some GRITTY stone window heads

This video shows me on an average day in the workshop doing some straight forward banker masonry. Im making some moulded window heads from "fletcher bank" sandstone which is a really heavy grit stone that has fantastic colour. Not the best for fine detail but looks great when its rubbed up.

[@substrata3642]

Trust me folks, you're watching one of the best to ever do it. Nice work buddy, production value going up!

[@mainstonecarving]

Legend! X

[@Nashmite]

Even mundane stuff with a great music selection is good enough for me. Thanks for the share.

[@funkypotamus]

Amazing. Cool to see such a process.

[@mainstonecarving]

Thank you!

[@HelderRicardoEirasDosSantos]

I wish working with you. Great job!

[@dieaphthe]

I'm a stonemason and carver from Germany and just discovered your channel, instant subscribe

[@Torsten389]

And the guy even does his own cleanup! You’re a credit!

[@mainstonecarving]

You know it. The joys of being a one man band

[@jeffbourne6015]

Another superb video , here detailing in time lapse form , the processes involved in carving moulded window heads, cills and jambs. The numerous close up shots were highly informative and once again demonstrated the need for accurate marking out and constantly checking that worked surfaces were flat, and correctly finished in relation to their adjoining moulded counterparts. Despite you indicating this project’s simplicity compared to ball finials etc, it is still wonderful to see a typical day in the life of a stonemason and your approaches to completing such work. Happy Christmas - enjoy the break!! Will thoroughly look forward to any future content you upload in 2024 and beyond!! It’s ABSOLUTELY GREAT VIEWING AND LEARNING CONTENT!!!

[@mainstonecarving]

Cheers Jeff. You’re soon becoming my favourite subscriber with your enthusiastic comments. Greatly appreciated. 😊

[@BranimirovlYl]

Big respect my man!

[@CaseyWinningham]

You are a joy to watch.

[@mainstonecarving]

Thanks so much

[@madeofstone7619]

Well done! This is not such a simple job; it has always been very difficult for me to make just a long, flat surface by hand. Another thing is that you make it look easy. I also have a small stone processing channel, so I know what I’m talking about. If you want you can see what I'm doing. I have a question. What kind of stone do you use at the end to round off the lines left by the grinder? And would the same technique work for granite?

[@suburbanyute340]

simple design but its one of those things that adds a lot to a facade, aesthetically. the grain (or whatever you call it) in the stone looks really good too.

[@mainstonecarving]

Yeah it’s true. Simple detail like this makes such a difference to the overall appearance of a building. I’m glad people value it or I would be out of a job. 😉

[@Jonathan-tn7id]

Wwwwhhhheeeeyyyyyy Tommy 😊

[@kirkwallace4015]

Nice work mate, enjoy your videos. How many can you fire out in a day? I’m a stonemason myself spent my first 10 years in yard dressing and doing mouldings, ended up leaving because got to a point you weren’t doing any fancy stuff just old boring plain sills and lentils. So went to the site work instead. Keep up the good work 👍

[@eod9910]

kind of interesting that it's exactly 4 ft

[@seancasey2444]

How come you don't put the rounded details all the way down the stone and leave the ends square.

[@abdennacer6329]

Why I cant find anything related to facade installing on KZbin, classic stone facade installing

[@Veeveedo]

4:52 Hi Tom! I have a question: for what reason are you replacing the blade with a cup wheel? It has a different grit or what?

[@mainstonecarving]

Sorry for the delay in replying. Somehow missed this one. So the blades are intended for cutting mainly so when there is a relatively large amount of material to take off the grinding cup is more effective. I hope that makes sense. I’ll try to explain better in the next video

[@Veeveedo]

@@mainstonecarving Oh I understand! I'm waiting for the next video! :))

[@gregholley7579]

out of curiosity, what happens with the off cuts / rubble? does it go to land fill? are they used for smaller projects?

[@mainstonecarving]

All the large offcuts from this job are going into the walling but generally speaking, most waste goes in the skip and then gets crushed to make aggregate. If there is a particularly large piece it might sit on a pallet in my yard for several years until I either find a use for it or it eventually ends up in the skip.

[@gregholley7579]

@@mainstonecarving awesome. Thanks for the reply. Really amazing work you do. Appreciate the information.

[@finx2much]

How much are they worth?

[@mainstonecarving]

Material plus labour plus haulage plus VAT= cost So not the cheapest product but still valued enough for people to buy it. 👍