Thermal Flagstone

[@suketupatel4212]

is it only water used or is their a solution prepared with water , as i want to do on sand stone

[@danielohalloran9042]

What type of torch is used for this typically? One for welding or cutting would work? Or are there specific ends or torches for stone?

[@Eichenlaub]

A propane torch is sufficient and easy to use on the job site

[@0002EcM]

I've used acetylene oxygen to do it, use lots of water and go a bit slower than in this video, see the edges didn't go. BTW You will be hit with hot pieces of stone that will stick to skin so cover your eyes with glasses or lenses the rest is up to your pain threshold.

[@dustinbrandel59]

So thermal flagstone is wet flagstone that's had a blowtorch ran over it?

[@Eichenlaub]

Basically yes 😃

[@jordanscoville9423]

No this is not the way you should do this. Jacked those edges and Corners all up... first the torch needs to be hotter. Secondly never go back over it when dry you'll roast that rock doing that.( you many touch a mid spot you missed but not that....) lastly... you'll need to tap the rock if you do it like this... ( take a hammer or chisel and tap the edges and corners " not supper hard but you wanna take a small flake off the side your gonna burn and just a bit harder on the corners...) that way you don't leave that slay like this vid... finally re tap edges and Corners to clean everything up... I'm a Stone Mason at a Stone Mill and all I do is cut and burned Bluestone all day well that rock face in holding working saws ex... ( we use industrial oxygen and Propane torches with a lot more pressure and comes out Way Cleaning)

[@dustinbrandel59]

Hello Jordan, I am a person very interested in stone masonry, and would like to ask u if u have any ideas or thoeries on how the ancients did it, with their 30 ton blocks whose surfaces are as smooth as glass, and also, where can I find info on modern large stone cutting techniques that don't require modern technology. And yes, I worded that right :) Modern large stone cutting techniques that don't require modern technology.

[@monstersrunningfree813]

Correct! I use to thermal 2000sqft a day....hahahaha you know when you know.

[@andersnilsson973]

One method could possibly be to cut with ropes with embedded abrasives, like modern wire stone saw. Problem is which abrasive (diamond) and which wire/rope. Also which powersource? Megalith stone cutting and building is an ancient mystery. Probably much older than we know. Some unique technical solution must have been lost is my guess. Also how did they stack blocks of 100 tons? And how did they know how to form the joints? It is not like trial and error with 100 ton stone blocks.