ROCKFACING AND SHAPING STONES (Part 4) Mike Haduck

[@jameshutchins3396]

In this age of instant gratification we have lost how to be intimate with what we do. I thank God for people like you that are still around to pass on how to really work stone, wood, steel etc. Bless you

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks James, God bless also, Mike

[@timbuckii8504]

I'll tell you Mike, seeing all your videos, if I had life to do all over again, I'd be a stone Mason. I learn so much from your videos. Most important few words, are four words that you say in just about all of your videos. "Ain't no big deal". Thanks, Mike, for all of your knowledge. God Bless.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Tim, God bless also, mike

[@margerykirner5604]

It ain’t no big deal. so I built my own stone wall in my sitting room out in f stone dust and mortar and drywall compound. For a lady, it ain’t all that the f a big deal!! Thanks Mike!

[@striker851]

Mike, your videos should be put in a library. I am preparing to do a stone step rebuild, chimney repointing, and foundation parge job, and your videos have been indispensable. No price can be put on the value you have created with keeping this art alive.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks striker, Mike

[@joelmalloy1502]

Thanks Mike Haddock. I have made a few bucks for my family from what I’ve learned from your videos. Mostly I appreciate your experience and enjoy all the knowledge

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Joel, mike

[@jeremygordon4179]

You are a valuable resource. The old techniques are not being passed on the knowledge is so important to preserve.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jeremy, Mike

[@robertbragg9364]

Imagine how easy this was for you 20 and 30 years ago. You make it look effortless. You let the tools do their job. It's amazing how easily you can shape and manipulate stone. Great video as usual 👌 👍🏽 👏🏽

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Robert, Mike

[@kevinmcqueen9180]

God bless Mike. The master mason. True class act and craftsman.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Keven, just passing along what I learned from the old timers, Mike

[@codinielsen3467]

I've been doing brick and stone for 15 years and I love your videos, I've had the pleasure to work with old timers who was tought rite

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Codi, Mike

[@markcampanalie3382]

The word “craftsman” is reserved and earned by few. You are clearly a craftsman Mike. Your content is also exceptional. Thank you

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mark , I appreciate the kind words, mike

[@barrymcclaughry9229]

Amazing workmanship, the old timers are gone but their work remains perfect

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks barry, mike

[@LIFELOVER715]

It's great that you travel & see the World, and your beautiful part of the Country. Being in nature & working with beautiful stone! Your yard looks like it has some great inventory.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Robert, I appreciate it, Mike

[@tomrobinson7393]

I’m inspired by your channel. Started to build a small retaining wall on my property from rocks in the yard. I’ve gathered some from an old farmers wall here. Mostly round rocks. Trying to break and face them not as easy as it looks but I sleep good at the end of the day. Keep making these and keep sharing your old school knowledge. I love it.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Tom, mike

[@tritonlandscaping1505]

You can build a boulder retaining wall. No need to face them and have them all square and mortared.

[@musicman2766]

What you showed us was awesome!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Music Man, Mike

[@suep4530]

That was pretty interesting. Made me think of some old times 🙂

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Sue, mike

[@oakwoodfixitguy8183]

Hi Mike, I am enjoying these cutting / facing videos! I am in the middle of building a colonial style stone kitchen on the back of my house. I harvested several hundred 1800's foundation stones from a old house in the woods to do this project. The stones are roughly 25" x 25" x 9". Moving them around is a real chore but it is more rewarding than a pass to the gym and there is a payback when the job is complete. :) I basically learned how to cut and face by looking at stone work in the Oil City area which is near me. It was conclusive to me that point chisels were used to spaul off a chunk at a time to end up with a flat face. I wish your rock cutting videos would have come out sooner! But is is good to have you confirm I was on the right track!. Thanks for all the work and posting!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks , I appreciate hearing that, these comments keep me going, thanks mike

[@GuitarristaDesconosido]

Really enjoying all these rock working videos , excellent videos 👍👍👍 👍👍👍👍

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Minimo, Mike

[@daveylad2]

So informative Mike please keep imparting the old knowledge I am all ears. Great to see Pensilvania. Looking forward to the next video 👍

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks David, mike

[@g1boy2]

Thank you Mr Haduck for another great video!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks g1, Mike

[@51panzerman]

Great vid thanks Mike for your time and information.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks. Mike

[@roccoconte2960]

looks like a great place for Honest Mikes Stone Quarries . Great video Mike very interesting .

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Rocco, mike

[@yopage]

That old rock work lasts forever. Great video, Mike.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@mitchumsport]

thanks Mike, really liked what you showed us here

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks mitch, Mike

[@margerykirner5604]

Great video Love the history lessons and the scenery. SSo interesting!😊

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks again, Mike

[@sergiochavez9577]

Wahoo that's awesome history some things to learn about it, thanks Mike,

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Sergio, Mike

[@carmenu11]

Mike I llike all your videos glad we have someone who understands the specific problems, i.e.weather, architecture, mine subsidence, etc. we have in our area....having said that, this was a great series, I also happen to think the former first United Presbyterian Church in West Pittston is a great piece of architecture( as is Saint John’s in Pittston) We are very fortunate to have many great examples of stonework in our area, I hope you continue this type of series in the future.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi carmen, thanks I have more comming another in two weeks thanks mike

[@shanek6582]

Man I’d love to have that stone you were showing us on.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Shane, mike

[@bg147]

This is a great series. Interesting. Thank you.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks again, Mike

[@cdbflynow]

Thanks for the little trip back home Mike. Nice to see St Johns church still standing. Use to play in some smaller quarries. Paul

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Paul, yep it should be there quite a few years yet. Mike

[@Gunrunner4532]

Fascinating video Mr. Mike.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Ross, Mike

[@joecochran9976]

As always...great video! Really appreciate your time and effort to share your knowledge and experience.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Joe. Mike

[@jbrise7560]

All these bedroom archeologists! 😂 Great job Mike!!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@packleader1215]

I like this channel so much that I forget that I already watched some videos before...here I go again

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks packleader. MIKE

[@kennethreidbeesley6626]

Great video. I love seeing how you square up that stone. Perhaps you would consider making a series on Shaping Fieldstone---I've got access to a lot of fieldstone ("junk"), including significant lumps of siltstone that are seldom planar, and I'd love to see the use of a range of appropriate tools, both hammers and chisels, for shaping some of them into cornerstones.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Kenneth, I do throughout my videos, thanks Mike

[@williamwilson8017]

Great stuff Mike,thanks I've learned so much from your lessons

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks William, Mike

[@patkane5018]

Love the local field trip videos! I live near Harrisburg and work near the capitol bldg, very interesting to learn about how they went about building it. Very cool.!! Thanks!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Pat, Mike

[@thomasheller1526]

This isn’t just about masonry, it’s more about living you’re best life. Do the right thing, appreciate the people that came before you. It’s actually a very big deal!! Thank you! Common sense is very rare now days.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Thomas, mike

[@austinbyrd3710]

You are awesome. Thanks for the videos.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Austin, Mike

[@h99playlist]

Love the field trips.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, mike

[@patrickmcnamara3879]

Absolutely an amazing video I learned a lot Thanks Mike !

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Patrick, Mike

[@darrenharlow3016]

look forward to seeing you build a castle for your next project mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Darren, I hope to do some examples, thanks Mike

[@simpleforging3339]

That is a great video. Fine commemoration of the only way it should be done. I walked a lot of stone walls in NH. We used a hammer driven stone drill as drillholes were common property corners as defined by land surveyors then and now. Pins and feathers were commonly used up there for splitting rock. Thanks and good day

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, I appreciate it, mike

[@MrBmxbrawler]

Very impressive stuff !

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Adam, Mike

[@birchpine1852]

Rocks are great and your information is as well. Thank you!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@simonmcnicholas]

Very interesting, and it looks like your nearly at 100,000 subs well done :)

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Gil, mike

[@starcarrier1874]

That stone work on the church is amazing. The stone window sills and roof design are almost artwork. Natural materials seem to make architecture timeless. Maybe that why so many people admire Frank Lloyd Wright designs. Hey Mike, in between videos maybe you should consider writing a book on historical masonry.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Star, if I could ever find the time lol, mike

[@almyers8074]

Thanks Mike for the trip back in time. I could use a lunchbox full of dynamite. 😁

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Al, me too, lol, Mike

[@geyser3445]

Very interesting. Keep em coming.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Pete, mike

[@mtec8743]

That was an awesome video

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks , Mike

[@chrisroller1397]

Great video about where stone comes from Mike, the yonkers I work with think stone comes from a flatbed truck. A couple years ago I was luckily able to work on a house built by my great, great, great, great, great grand father in the 1790s. The stone walls were two feet thick. There was a small spring fed lake on the property which was formed from where they quarried the stone.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Chris, keep the tradition going, thanks, mike

[@MrThomascd]

Great. Thanks

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@scottgarrett3315]

Interesting tour. I've been around the old timers in many of the trades and they have been gone for a while.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Scott, mike

[@markanthony3275]

Ha ha ha! I work in mining ...I can just imagine walking around the neighbourhood and ducking every time you heard a BOOM!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks markanthony,,Mike

[@mississippi4589]

Great Great info. Mr. Mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@tomdale1313]

txs Mike for sharing

[@MikeHaduck]

Tanks, mike

[@UnknownUser-zt8tl]

Interesting video. Reminds me of the description of king Solomon building the temple with stones finished at the quarry so that no iron tools would be heard at the site of construction (1 Kings 6:7).

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Luis, I was just reading about that. Mike

[@pensive69]

I'd also suspect the use of smaller stones in the upper levels of those churches was to move them up there. The really heavy ones might be moved around ground level with a crane or ramp but way way up? Not so easy. Highly interesting video Mike. Take care and watch our for snakes.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks pensive, Mike

[@mickeygriggs]

Thank you Mike. Very informative.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mickey, Mike

[@jimcramer9656]

“Bedroom archeologists” 😂

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Jim, they are out there, lol Mike

[@MrWayneJohn1]

Bedroom Archeologists are the ones who want you to believe that aliens are responsible for all the major stone work throughout the world. 🙄

[@MikeHaduck]

Very true, thanks Mike

[@gravelcreekfarms3850]

Always interesting. Thanks

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@zippythechicken]

Thanks for making this video... most of what you were talking about I knew from pieces here and there but you going out to the quarry and then to the tunnel and church really sets it in sto... nah heh .. but yes you can see how they squared the stone and its easier to understand how they built... things you would see around a doorway to a church were worked longer and things in the back or the sides maybe not so much... but maybe the stone at the top of the church was smaller because they were climbing ladders with the stone and the unions had a weight limit on how big a stone you could carry up a ladder... anyway.. thanks for putting it all together. :o)

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Zippy, Mike

[@mixz9929]

You the msn Mike thanks for the video

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mixz, mike

[@joeshmoe8912]

Mike I was thinking while they were chipping the stones they made gravel that they could probably use for their trucks/ buggies to move around.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Joe, yep they used it for gravel, thanks Mike

[@joedominick7517]

Mike another great video thanks

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Joe, Mike

[@amycyclenut]

You are amazing.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Amy, just passing along the old school, Mike

[@a-schott4150]

No Mike do you have any videos on tip for taking care of your body in masonry? Thanks

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi A, I would say prepare to suffer, lol, Mike

[@cameronoverfield8764]

Good video mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Cameron, mike

[@edwardschmitt5710]

cool thanks Mike!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Edward, Mike

[@T.E.P.]

spectacular vid again MIKE!!! seems like i've seen them all .... however would be nice to see a vid of how to match mortar for repointing ... certainly not because I have to do something like that sooon .... just out of curiosity

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Thor, I did one called ,Re laying brick and matching cement colors, mike haduck, I think you'll like it, mike

[@lmilne4859]

Spot on mike 😎😎

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks L, mike

[@saviotoronto358]

wow great chisel

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Savo, mike

[@thomasheller1526]

Love watching,listening and waiting for the jokes! But I’m not going to be bashing rocks! More likely I’ll be breaking bones!!! Your skill and experience is a BIG DEAL!! keep them coming!!!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Thomas, mike

[@stypsy]

Another excellent and inspiring video Mike! Last video I watched you inspired me to repair my front steps (brick). This video inspires me to break up the large stones in my yard that get in my way when mowing. I was thinking of breaking them old school 'Egyptian' like you are showing us but I live in the granite state (NH)! Can I use granite to break granite? Great video sir! I really appreciate how you blend in the history lessons while showing us these techniques.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Sty, maybe a jackhammer if they are too big, everything depends on the stone thanks, Mike

[@viewer7200]

Hello Mike, I plan to build a small 2-storey country house out of riff-raff stones in my local quarry. Is it at all possible, and if so, why no one else does it?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi They still do it, like the old farm houses, you got to have a good stone ledge, usually 6 inches thick for 2 stories in modern buildings, thanks mike

[@grassabrutta]

Mike, the (re-)pointing on St John's in Pittston looks like it is (primarily portland) cement. I imagine that the original mortar would most likely have been lime. If that's true and if the recent pointing is cement, then why are the stones not wet ? Everywhere I read that cement-over-lime repointing leads to wet stones because of the (relatively) impervious nature of the cement, which makes sense. Could you please clarify what is/is-not going on here ?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi I don't know what they did or what they used, but there is always a but of controversy over that, as most of the old structures from the 1800s was lime, thanks mike

[@ishowyouapple]

What kind of footers did they use for those churches? Maybe solid rock foundations

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi MG, if they could go down to bedrock they usually did thanks mike

[@hdibart]

Thanks,great to see.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Henry, mike

[@paulmace7910]

If you order square stone from the quarry did they dress it to multiple inch dimensions or was it random? If you are trying to make somewhat uniform mortar joints it would be easier if you had somewhat uniform dimensions. Keep up the video work. It is interesting.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Paul, you would pre order all the stone right from the quarry, and it comes to your aspects, then you only got to tidy them up at the job site, thanks mike

[@frankingrassia8376]

Thank you Mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Frank, mike

[@Eman85515]

Thank you Mike 🌼🌼🌼

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Eman, mike

[@aus71383]

12:30 "This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner." Acts ch 4 v 11 That stone needed work from a skilled, experienced, and caring craftsman. You are a good man Mike!!

[@aus71383]

I would have thought the small pieces at the top of that church in West Pittston were because they had to lug them up the scaffolding and wanted smaller ones for safety/efficiency. Thanks for another great video!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, I hope I live up to it, mike

[@bonanzatime]

That place is a stone mason's Gold Mine.

[@MikeHaduck]

Very true thanks mike

[@wim0104]

in the olden days, it was all manual... like lighting the fuse on the dynamite.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@KingSobieski]

This dude's a badass

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, mike

[@bonanzatime]

I would of loved to have had some of those chisels when I did a lot of stonework. Especially when working with granite. That granite was a beast to work with. I was using an Estwing brick hammer to shape them. Big Mistake, a piece of the hammer splintered off into my finger, and man did it hurt.. I should have used a Vaghn brick hammer, they make their hammers with better steel than Estwing.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mike

[@vermilion3419]

i live in northern mn. most our rock is rusty iron ore. our water tastes like steel

[@MikeHaduck]

I believe that, thanks mike

[@fallofmanbrand]

nice video bro

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Weston, mike

[@vermilion3419]

another great video. i watched your vid on scuba, you could be james bond.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Verm, Mike

[@shanek6582]

Is that stone sandstone or limestone or something else? Everything I’m finding around me is like a sugar quartz or something and it will not square up very easy.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Shane a lot of hard sandstone and conglomerate, mike

[@zurdoremi]

Mike what is approx. weight of the block you were squaring? How would you say they moved the giant blocks in Lebanon?

[@MikeHaduck]

On my last pyramid video I did a little bit about moving those stones, thanks mike

[@zurdoremi]

@@MikeHaduck yes but the blocks in the Lebanon monument are 20 times the size of the pyramid blocks.

[@MikeHaduck]

Very true, I seen it, Mike

[@royvandervliet7843]

Hi Mike. I'm in NW Jersey. Been watching your videos for a while, there great, really no BS helpful advice. Could use your advice on a project I'm doing. I built a irregular flagstone ( blue stone) patio around a fire pit that I started using fire brick for the inner part of the pit.All of this sits on 6" of 3/4 crush stone, the flagstone is set in stone dust on top of the stone.The flagstone goes right up to the outside of the fire brick. I want to dry stack flat bluestone pieces of different thicknesses with mortar ( to have a dry stack look but be solid.) on top of the bluestone I already laid down. Is there any problems with doing it this way (the outside of the fire pit on top of the stone floor)? It will have a stone top also where I plan to hand fit and rock face the edges my self. I know it's not actual "dry stack" I'm just not looking to see mortar joints on the sides.What do you think?.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Roy, all I worry about is the fire cracking the stone, that is why I used the metal ring inside with a space around It so it can expand and contract on my firepit video, and where is the water going when it rains, thanks Mike

[@royvandervliet7843]

@@MikeHaduck Hi Mike. I wasn't too clear on it. I used fire brick for the inside of the pit, dry laid on the stone for the base and used fire mortar when building the walls. Crushed stone under should carry any water away from the pit . Plus, there will be a rough cut timber pavilion built over the patio when done.

[@royvandervliet7843]

My main concern is building it on top of the flagstone floor and only using mortar towards the inside of the outer stones that build up the exterior of the pit so you don't see any mortar coming out. I'll send you a picture of it at your email, that would explain it a lot better.

[@MrBigtime1986]

Those junk stones can out perform any new building material today

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, very true, mike

[@johngillon6969]

I remember just now i dug that movie Fountain head. Gary Cooper was the stone quarry guy. Boy they had some stuff in that film that would explode the head of any so called social justice warrior. But lets not go there. Love your channel You make stone cutting sexy again. huge man crush here.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, mike

[@vega120]

Thank you :^)

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@packleader1215]

Mike's New York accent "Yuge"

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks,

[@mrpandabearofficialchannel673]

Is that Harrison Ford

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi. Yes, lol, Mike

[@scarcesmith4151]

👍👍👍👍

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@frankdasaintdituri9983]

you are cool

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks ,Mike

[@habaristra6248]

Thank God and the Chinese for affordable diamond blades

[@MikeHaduck]

Tanks, Mike

[@packleader1215]

The Flintstones

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@chriscaahbaugh2246]

People ask me about Peru and Egypt all the time I just tell them they used the stones around them and some good old fashion muscle with a grip it and rip it attitude...they always laugh till I explain a dremel tool then take 1 out and show them how you can put the bit in a arrow shaft and still get the same effect but a little slower..🤣🤣 it blows their mind... Some take more convincing so I tell them my great great great(back 100 generations) grandpa learnt it from the ALIENS..🤣🤣 People underestimate themselves and what we can do when we put down our toys and just think something through..

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Chris, very true, lol, mike