Shaping Stone - Stone Masonry

Shaping a piece of granite that will be used as window trim for a stone building. Walls are 16" thick stone for a true solid masonry load bearing wall.
The piece being cut is 8" thick, approximately 19" deep, and 12" long. It is being trimmed to have a bubble or rock face. The stone is being trimmed from 19" back to 16" to create the rock face. So the protrusions will stick out around two to three inches. Using a 3" carbide tipped pitching tool, also called a hand set, available from trowandholden.com . The hammer is called a Bellota and available from www.miconproduc...
I'm just a beginner, comments welcome.

[@michaelodwyer5170]

I liked the video. I have a granite outhouse that someone stole a piece of it at the top of the building. You gave me the info to trim out a new piece when I get round to it.

[@GregsStoneYard]

Thanks for watching. Happy the video was useful.

[@GregsStoneYard]

I know what type of hammer it is, thanks. I switch back and forth between it and a stone mason hammer. I actually find it easier to hit with. This isn't my trade, but always looking to improve. Would love to see a video of yours.

[@BarefootViking]

Good work. Looks like you enjoy it

[@GregsStoneYard]

Thanks, I'm just a novice so take that into account when watching the videos. I do this just for fun. And yes the music helps!

[@NashvilleLandscaping]

Great job. I enjoyed your video.

[@77BABYJACK]

rad music, its really calming and the man singing is so talented!

[@OffRoadExtremeFilms]

six feet under....listen.... nice work.... hello from Greece

[@jeandutton2975]

once it starts to crack just drive one of the wedges in gently and remove the others before stone drops or else you may lose wedges under piece you cut off after you remove all but one set of wedges use a small bar to put pressure on stone to seperate and remove last set of wedges

[@GregsStoneYard]

Thanks for the suggestion.

[@GregsStoneYard]

@MrDevilscoachman Hey MrDevilscoachman! That sounds like a really good program. I just do this for fun as I want to build a garage out of stone. It would be very hard work to do day after day I would think. Let me know when your video is up.

[@GregsStoneYard]

@super66craig Thanks, still learning. Just getting back into it now as the snow has finally started to melt.

[@1rockcut]

@Mcgregors2 That is a bell hammer and a carbide pitch

[@MrDevilscoachman]

p.s, it's all about knowledge and knowhow... treasure the work your able to do, the stone masons trade has been around since 3000 years as it is the second oldest job known to man... and it is full of secrecy and tradition...

[@tdaveluydaveluy6035]

Good choice of tool.

[@super66craig]

Well done, the comment on the stone buster hammer is rubbish. Good choice of tools and nice squaring work!

[@famlife4383]

sick metal banger in the back nice

[@spindlegrinder]

Six feet under playing in the background awesome!!!

[@miguelmarquez4192]

I developed a mancrush once the deftones played :0) right combo for me haha

[@MattHolstein]

For real. Stone shaping by hand mixed with Deftones is better than porn.

[@miguelmarquez4192]

@@MattHolstein ha! Wellll sometimes. I have watched this video a few times.

[@miguelmarquez4192]

...and am i supposed to say nice cock because of that pic hahaha! Nice leghorn

[@mnemonyss]

Not a man, but feel the same :)

[@p.maesthetics7154]

Haha i love how they covered sweet leaf

[@GregsStoneYard]

Yes it is good!

[@GregsStoneYard]

Can you post a video? Would like to see your technique. I have a stone hammer with a concave face on one side, and a wedge/axe like face on the other side. But it is pretty much useless on the granite, at least in my hands.

[@ripedecomp]

My back hurts just watchin' you that block move across the banker . ... C J T cheese since 93' \m/ MEGADETH and how !!! cheers to those in Colorado / Boulder who cut and lay.

[@Joebunkyss1]

nice to see a portugese hammer used other than with carving chisels.....nice..... the mutilation of the sabbaths sweet leaf was o'rible though.

[@MrDevilscoachman]

may i say that stonemason tools have developed very differently depending on where they were needed.. just look at the tools they use in bali to shape or carve stone... i am a stone mason and work in switzerland at the moment, i use different tools than greg to do the same job. i will make a video in a short piriod of time and i can't wait to see what you guys think.. we have a 4 year apprenticeship here which inclueds makeing gravestones from scratch and also work pieces for church restoration.

[@ScotDouglas]

Hey Greg - awesome work. Found this video trying to learn how to split fieldstone to cover some of my home. I see we agree on work music also. :)

[@SK8WURM]

good job

[@Rockhorns76]

Very cool! How and where did you get your start? I find stone masonry to be super fascinating, but most schools and info online seem geared almost entirely toward bricklaying. Nothing wrong with that, but I'm more interested in the kind of work you're doing.

[@GregsStoneYard]

Hi Mcgregors2, I got the hammer from a company called Micron Products. I've added a link to their web site in the video description (can't add links in comments). If you go to that web page you can see a good description of it. I switch between it and a regular hammer (from Trow and Holden). I'm still a novice so I can't tell you which one is better. The bell shaped hammer does seem easier to use.

[@GregsStoneYard]

@BorisTheMidget I was going for a "Rock face" look, a grinder would have left a smooth saw cut. See the video "Granite Building Stone", that has better lighting that shows the rock face.

[@sandfoundation3220]

Love.

[@gregaa1]

The chisel you using is good for soft stone.To pitch granite use narrower.More force and shock is going to the stone.

[@DanielChar]

Tornado of Souls! Megadeth :D:D:D Awesome work

[@nicolaslanzoni9385]

Fucking jumpscares in the middle of the video

[@dirttymason]

would have had that done with my stone hammer in over half the time

[@stoneconceptcalgary5672]

I really enjoy your video! #StoneConceptCalgary

[@livedjmixes]

Oh Rite Now!

[@ttraderjim]

Nice

[@livedjmixes]

Is that country music?

[@mowie1236]

@dirttymason prove it

[@MrDevilscoachman]

@Greg9504 do it for fun? :-).. we each shift around 1.5t a day in a team of 4 stonemasons.. check out "stone mason pts 1 and 2 Part 1" on youtube, this guy lives a true stonemasons life.. i love my job and carve stone (limestone/sandstone) for fun, letters and birdbaths.. you have to love working with stone to do it for a living, it is really hard work but forfilling.. i wish you all the best with your garage and please make more video's... read up on the stonemason history,.. cheers

[@benrumson1063]

doesn't know what the fuck 'es doin

[@GregsStoneYard]

Hi Pinuccio De Rosas, Your work is amazing! Wish I had that skill. I do this just for a hobby. So I do not know if there is work here. However google "canada foreign skilled workers program" and see if you could qualify. I think would probably qualify under the skilled trade (B class). I can't put in a direct link, so google it. Good luck!

[@77BABYJACK]

oh no, and they destroy a Sabbath song so terrible

[@stevens4877]

Rubbish

[@GregsStoneYard]

Hi Seven, thanks for commenting.

[@famlife4383]

sick metal banger in the back nice