Cutting basalt, marble, granite with a DIY wire saw made of a vehicle hoist

[@adamlutsch1975]

Inspirational... Great job. This would be perfect for a project I'm planning.

[@johnstewart8849]

Building a pyramid, are we?

[@polygonalmasonary]

Could you do this again on 70 ton blocks of Granite? Say about 200 times using a short copper saw, a diorite stone club hammer and wearing a loin cloth :-)

[@SF-li9kh]

Please Upload a video of you cutting a granite rock into a perfect cube.That will be totally satisfying to watch.

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

I would like to see a close up of the wire saw with a description of which harder material is used and how it is integrated with the wire to cut the granite or basalt stone? It is about 7 on the Mohs-scale I guess. Also I would like to know about the actual speed at which the saw can be advanced through a given square unit at a hardness of 7 without breaking? - plus, how long time the wire saw can work continuously with the shown cooling without being worn down? Further, how wide is the cut relative to the diameter of the wire, and not least - how did you get rid of the last piece of stone that broke off due to the tension you applied from the top? Finally I would have liked to see you put a straight tool against the cut to show the flatness immediately after the cut. I am asking all these questions motivated by the ongoing discussion raised by the established scientists in history who claim that such cuts could be made in ancient time using cobber or bronze chisels.

[@manjichromagnon5480]

Geopolymers are the missing peice. Also plant acid used to soften stone.

[@chompers11]

find any answers?

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

@@chompers11 Nobody has yet demonstrated a polymeric structure that is identical to the pattern of natural granite. And nobody has yet demonstrated a way to cut and polish granite with a precision as we can observe it done in e.g. the boxes in Serapeum in Egypt - AND with the claimed tools for the historical period.

[@chompers11]

@@Eigil_Skovgaard right?!

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Omfg you ancient aliens people are insufferable. 😢

[@PacoOtis]

Bravo! Thanks for sharing and the very best of luck!

[@AgneloMonteiroBarbosa]

It is nice. Good job! but please remember it is extremely dangerous, please protect yourself!

[@mickrobo6073]

You telling me that the Egyptians cut granite with primitive bronze tools ⚒️ lol 😂

[@jeffbaker655]

They used electric cutters with diamond tips mate.

[@souponastick1236]

jun fact this youtube uses a stick with a metal wedge and he breaks stone with it 🤣🤣🤣

[@azman4749]

Nahhh, they building pyramids using burnt clay

[@danknugz7605]

Ask any real.Mason. theyll tellu exactly how they were built. Yes copper tools and sand and weight and mass amounts of labour

[@mickrobo6073]

@@danknugz7605 😂😂🤣😂😂

[@battonfive]

Great piece of engineering, brilliant work :-)

[@hochha]

Must be similar to the method used by ancient Egyptians to cut similar stone, only, how did they manufacture diamond encrusted wire cutting tools?

[@usdohs]

This is badass

[@warrendourond7236]

Cuts stone like butter! Now just give me twenty minutes and 20 gallons of water, and I’ll make you a grilled cheese!

[@josephastier7421]

Wow, nice engineering on your cutting machine. Twenty feet per second wire speed will do a lot of work in a hurry.

[@stephanroess5568]

Thanks. The wire runs even faster with 20m/s - 60ft/s. Without the guard it can easily split a person into half when it snaps. ;)

[@arlenmargolin1650]

Now if you put this technology into a bakery they could slice some fast bread while making a lot of bread I know I know you probably thinking where does this man come up with these ideas he's not being utilized in his state of perfection I know anybody thinking of hiring someone of my caliber just send your pigeons and I will respond

[@DBP575]

Hi Stephan, I'm just wondering what you used for the wheels? Thanks

[@ScreamingEagleFTW]

I have a question. In your opinion how did the egyptians cut the granite and limestone blocks for the great pyramid. Thank you.

[@patlawson1755]

I am very interested in your assembly of your diamond saw and where you got the diamond wire at I'm doing a DIY Rock cutter myself but I'm using a old lumber mill as my setup

[@skystone]

we can provide the diamond wire saw

[@troydean5702]

@@skystone i am interested in some wire as well. I have two different ideas I need to fully work through to see if it will complete the tasks or fail. Some say one some say the other.

[@seditt5146]

@@skystone Price of small amount of wire?

[@skystone]

@@seditt5146 May I have your email address? so that I could send our products details information for you.

[@skystone]

@@troydean5702 could you please let me know your email? we can discuss more by email

[@pingpong9656]

Maybe the ancient megalith builders used something similar - they were stone cutting geniuses.

[@dangerboy808]

Nah man you dont remember what they taught in schools the ancient used copper chisels you know that super soft metal that's impossible to get precise flat clean cuts through granite

[@agustg234]

awesome! I really love to see what motif inside cut stone...thanks

[@CROSSAWGA]

Awesome Engineering -- How are things going in Your "Rock World" ? I am currently designing and building my "New " Rock Saw (Actually Recycled Junk Mostly ) . It will have the capacity to cut a Rock/Stone about as big as a Mini Van. Rock On !!! Steve Cross akaSuperAX

[@stephanroess5568]

Hey Steve. Better late than never... Thanks for asking. Things are going well. Just ran the wire through some Jade and it worked! How is life for you? Did you build that rock saw so far?

[@conniealldis]

How long to cut enough stone for a 2000sqft home?

[@seeharvester]

The only thing that bothers me is how the cutoff falls. I'd be worried it might hit and damage the wire.

[@mustafagokhanyilmaz]

good job my friend

[@mertylmaz1633]

Hi, What is the descent speed of the wire?

[@cureforboredom9343]

4:23 the rock being cut looks like a viper

[@TrizztVapes]

Where you see an eye, I saw a fish.

[@lifeofola9289]

How much did that cost?

[@lighttheoryllc4337]

Nice Guy, Helpful, Insightful. Salam

[@ReactbyWin]

How much it’s cost to building

[@scottleft3672]

Call the quarry, they have LOADS of smaller rocks.

[@StarrySky2023-d7l]

Man I wish I lived near you guys! I have a monster piece of jasper and quartz that needs to be cut open 😁

[@stephanroess5568]

:) Those machines are around everywhere. I am pretty sure that you can find somebody in your area. This is usually standard quarry equipment.

[@jeffevans3193]

At that rate how long to cut the pyramid of Geza?

[@GregsStoneYard]

Hello Stephan - GREAT saw! I have also built one. Is that a Hofmann hoist with the acme screws ? I often thought of the same idea. But I came across an old wire slurry saw and converted it to diamond wire. I use 'half' a Hofmann hoist for positioning the horizontal table. You can see the table here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anbceJKbqpWXmM0 and the saw here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6K2g36Qe5ueaJo I've since converted mine to CNC, but haven't tried to cut under computer control yet. Always interested in talking with other saw builders! Thanks for sharing. Where are you located? I'm in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[@stephanroess5568]

Wow! That is a very tidy machine you built there. Wonderful setup with one big flywheel on each side. That was what I was opting for at the start as well but I could not figure out how to get them done (now I know but it is too late). I really love to have a saw like this and it makes my life so much easier since it is working properly. And yes... you are right. This is a Hofmann hoist with acme screws.

[@GregsStoneYard]

What you did was exactly what I had thought about doing. It's why I had the hoist. Cool to see that you did the same thing and it's working well! I've replaced just about everything on my saw that it originally came with, including the large wheels. I got some 1550mm ones from China. If I were building from scratch I would go with smaller wheels, and use two either side. Anyway just wanted to say great job.

[@HFTYKCK]

Cuts through like frozen butter

[@kohen7555]

its a solid rock. what do you expect

[@HFTYKCK]

@@kohen7555 have you ever cut solid rock? I have, and tho it's fun to watch home made / farm made tools, this is probably the least sufficient way to cut a stone... what did you expect I guess if you make a toy that large make it more sufficient then a tile cutter..

[@RustyShakleford1]

Cut time??

[@walgreenhalgh303]

You are a very clever man I'm trying the same thing in Australia but with a lot softer stone thanks mate

[@chapiit08]

Thanks for sharing, that's a nice machine I can tell why you're so happy with it. What kind of wire do you use and where can be acquired? Cheers!

[@danlandia4399]

Amazon has "Diamond Wire Saw Mining Rope Saw 4mm". About $300/30ft. Alibaba has it for about $30/ft in bulk

[@davidrivera2200]

I like the ingenuity of the machine, however I was reading from an Egyptologist (I don't beleive it) the piramyds were built in 23 years by quarring a stone, shaping it transporting it, and placing it the finish block every 22 min. your single cut took 20 min with a mechanized machine? were the Egyptians ahead of us??

[@haram2163]

Yep, they had mastered super hard copper. Farcical to continue teaching that the earliest Egyptians had the highest technology.

[@wanngie1]

Granite versus limestone.

[@jameskirk3210]

Always the same ever ending questions around pyramids! Have you only thought there was not only a man with his stone but ten thousands doing the same thing, also where is the problem if a block was made in a month but x 1000. And yes they have bored some hole with copper cylinders but using sand not diamonds. It's freaks me than the same persons don't think to the rushmore memorial : only 400 persons and only 14 years 😎

[@guychampagne5071]

Any idea how you would cut 2 foot circles in large boulders? Approximately 2 to 3 feet(1 meter)thick granite rocks and holes are about 2 foot(60 centimeters in diameter)

[@tosgrob]

I am in Kitamaat Village BC Canada. I have been very curious about this process for a long time. Last year I started teaching myself how to carve rock in my basement and back yard. So I am becoming familiar with tool requirements for this work. I find that I will be needing particular sizes of rock for this work. How and where can I get building plans for this machine.

[@ollikas007]

Hello, are there any drawings for your machine too?

[@78gao420]

not sure where u buy your butter

[@joelssonair5388]

Cut some cristallo quartzite by by saw We cut stone with hydrogen peroxide and ambrosia-using a depolymeurerlization tankert i developed that puts a wavelenght to it about 634hz able to cut thru cristallo quartize like apple butter

[@niklar55]

This is a very ancient method of cutting stone, and was probably used by the Ancient Egyptians to cut their stones. (No aliens required!😊) .

[@zachsheffee8458]

I won’t kill everyone says an ancient history. Oh how “impossible” it is to cut those stones in ancient times! How they must’ve had “advanced”technology!

[@WhoDoUthinkUr]

Very Nice

[@williamduff8660]

I was wonder if I could get a hold of a copy of your design? I would love to build one of these

[@kiwidonkeyk1656]

Please,how is the wire joined? Is it possible to repair a broken wire?

[@stephanroess5568]

It's joined with a crimp. So yes... It is possible to repair a broken wire.

[@mikegyverdecateel]

How thin can it cut

[@chrisaxley9731]

Awesome. Thank you, that was great good job

[@mindseyeproductions8798]

Yeah, but does it make sliced bread?

[@bundubeard]

Nice saw. You guys must have pretty hard butter though.😅

[@antman2826]

I thought you said it cuts like butter?

[@revbobmartin]

Where do you find the diamond wire and what did it cost to build

[@Joshua40]

So THIS is how they built the pyramids..

[@jitendrapol4728]

Cutting stone in 20 min means to much time and electricity consumption.

[@jamesanderson2876]

You do know this is how the pyramids were built dont you?

[@freddymeischer2219]

Bro i really dig that machine. Question for you, Im not “engineering inclined “i want a mobile version of your cutter,i had a gold mineing claim on lytle creek California(not mhch gold)i wanna cut some river rock into blocks for a wall

[@stephanroess5568]

There are machines like this that run on rails. This is quarry equipment. Just check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHPXemqVp8icma8 They are quite inexpensive machines. I think I saw one on alibaba for around USD 8000

[@arlenmargolin1650]

I often wanted it if some of this technology was used by the ancient Egyptians in some form or another I mean I'm not sure how many people cut more Stone back in the day than our friends the lovers of Horace

[@najmulalam2446]

Thanks for your video. I am willing to make a machine with multi-wire system. What do you think? Is it possible?

[@Mrbfgray]

Some simple additional guards could make this a lot safer.

[@wandisukpasi9744]

It took too long to finish a cut. U said it cut like butter.

[@luchackcadler1438]

So these is what Egyptian technology, holly amazing wire rope and water to cut granite stone. Silica sand water cupper tube, to drill holes on granite stone.

[@chuckyve9243]

Nice & smooth,Yes!!! Like butter, NOT even close but NICE.👍💥

[@slimdusty6328]

Hello.Im interested in building a similar rock saw. Please, is there any videos available anywhere online that help to describe how to build such machine?.

[@barrywinters1142]

you yell "timber" when your tree falls...what do you yell when your rock falls?

[@stephanroess5568]

Pierre ;)

[@woodsie5474]

If you are standing too close, the word is Ouch!

[@mohdkhaleel1972]

my job is tho make rock cutting wire

[@Damageinc.]

Amazing how do we contact you?

[@michaelgrasso6935]

Hello Stephan. I like your saw design, I am looking to build something very similar, any help and design plans that you are willing to share would be very much appreciated. Very nice job. Thank you!

[@johnnynephrite6147]

does that thing double as a car wash?

[@ironguyscom]

diamond wire I am in California Los Angeles where I can get it, how much a foot?

[@Ithathanteadukala]

Super

[@fabricasienave365]

Hi. I have a small stone cutting company. Could I also get the information needed to build one? Seems something we might use to prepare irregular stones for the bridge saw.

[@davegreen9155]

Big deal....I was Married once.

[@edmonddantes1617]

Hello Steph im from Philippines im just looking video of rock and stone shaper until it looks like a shiny egg until i saw your video. hope you can guide me about the video i was looking for. its a machine who cut the rock until it is very shiny til looks like egg

[@stephanroess5568]

Hi Edmond. It does not ring a bell but if you send me a picture or drawing I might be able to help.

[@edmonddantes1617]

Stephan Roess hi Steph it featured in how they do it segment tv channel NatGeo. hard to describe. they are making display stone. a ugly rock cut in many shape until the rock turn into a dragon egg look.

[@CuriousEarthMan]

I think you need something like a two or three motor sphere machine or gear motors which use cups and loose abrasive, or scintered diamond cups or core drills. Look up 'sphere machine' on here, and also try Covington Engineering. I saw a cheap homemade set-up on here years ago.Now there are more! Try this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3iuZph8hMyCjdU these are for spheres, and will polish to a shiny finish. not sure yet how to get the ellipse geometry of an egg, those that information exists, and is not terribly hard to find I imagine.

[@sasa1982uk]

Hook that up to a water wheel on the Nile, with the right cogs and gears set up you could get a neat cut in ok time.

[@noramagaly]

Take long time and a wastes a lot of water. But is incredible at the same time.

[@PSYCHO_NZL]

Nice video stephan👍👍👍

[@stephanroess5568]

Hey Kayden. Thanks for that. You are the man.

[@talltanndn]

Those wheels are called sheaves

[@ethics1017]

That must be what the Incan,Myan and Egyptians had.

[@VPadmanabhan2010]

Where did you source the diamond wire?

[@skystone]

we can provide the diamond wire, for more details, contact [phone]

[@JB-or9yw]

Yeah, to tell you the truth I hate cutting cold butter. Even your sharpest knife takes 3 hands. 1 to hold the butter, 2 to press really hard

[@michpatriot9097]

When you run into 50carat diamonds hidden in the stone and they cut the diamond rope, what do you usually do?

[@stephanroess5568]

Then I retire and spend the rest of my life taking one big holiday. :)

[@stevenholton438]

I am spending my life as one big holiday already and have never even found diamond #1!

[@ILLinois7024]

You look like Brett Favre

[@ImranAhmed-tu6td]

What mechanism is used for up down movements

[@stephanroess5568]

It is the same motor that was in place for lifting the cars up and down. This is a modified vehicle hoist.

[@magapickle01]

Been wanting to build one for years , saw a machine that the table would move so it could cut patterns shapes etc

[@ikhwanulfikribest]

Free marble.

[@crgraystonecarver]

Great job where did you get your pulleys that have the liner? to guide and drive the diamond wire?

[@danilodjuricic2177]

What PLC is used to control the machine ?

[@jel3channel213]

That machine can cut the 10inch solid metal?

[@bodystomp5302]

Is this how ancient Egyptians cut the blocks used in the construction of the pyramids at Giza?

[@pingpong9656]

Ancient India and Ancient Egypt have stone cutting that is out of this world - their work is beyond belief. I just started watching PraveenMohan channel - mind is blown.

[@talno3287]

I like it, very Awsome! How much did the blade cost?

[@ImranAhmed-tu6td]

Can you please help me out to build one..

[@samrichards8251]

Really nice build. This would be perfect for what I need but I doubt I could build it. Thinking to purchase a stone cutting chainsaw which seems to work well on sandstone. Your set up is obviously ideal. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@omyourfriend549]

Hi I am indian I work granite cutting wirsow roof

[@GrimmGF]

how much does the saw blade cost?

[@clydecox2108]

It's a beautiful machine

[@trptrungblogs]

❤❤❤🎉

[@victoryfirst2878]

Very ingenious use of car lift. Works well for you Sir. VF

[@beebop9808]

Maybe say it cuts thru granite like frozen butter :)

[@jdlives8992]

Love it

[@wacek500]

great job! what is diameter of the wheels? if they have liner in it to secure diamond wire?

[@ronaldosanchez1677]

Nice mashine