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 Stone -kFethodA is Detail

stone Methods Ia Detail
 The form is given to the stone by the hands of skilled masons, in much the same way as is done with other stones of softer nature Of course the time re- q'lirsd Is considerably greater in the case Of granite as compared with other stones
 If the surface is not to be polished. but only fine axed. as 1t is called. that is done sy tks sse el . hammer ea=efss=ea os plumber of slips of steel of about a six teenth of an ilIch thick, which are tightly bound together, the edges being placed oi the same plane. With this tool the workman sm,soths the surface Of the stone by a series of taps or blows given at a right angle to the surface operated upon. By this means the marks of the blows ss given obliqueiy on the surface of the stone are ohlIterated and a smooth face produced.
 PoIishing Is performed by rubbing in Kre iirst place win an truG tooi and wiIt. s3ne and water. Emery is next applied. then putty with aannel. All plain sur. face and nsolding can be done by ma chincTy. bu; al carvings. or surfaces broken into. small portions of various elevations, are done by the hands of the YcSent hand polisheTs-
 The operation of saving a block Of granite into slabs for panels, tables or chimney pieces is very slow process the rate of progress being about half an iJlch naE day nf ten hours The machines employed ars few and simple. They are technically called lathes, wagons and pendulunls or Tubbers- The iathes are employed for tlls polishing of columns the wagons for fat surface, and the Esndulums for molding and such fiat soTk as is not suitable for the wagon.
 In the lathes the column Is placed and supported at eSSh end by points. upon which it reyolyes- On the upper surface of the column there are laid pieces of iron, segpaents Of the circumference of the column. The weight of these pieces of iron lying upon the column, and Ihe constant supply by the lathe attendant Oi sand and water, SE-1sTJ e putty, scczSi ing 10 the state of finish to which tke column las been broughL constitute the whole operation
 While sand is used during the rOugbef state of the process, these irons are bare, but when using emery and putty the sur face of the iron aext to the stone is GOV sred with thick fanoeL
 Tie wagon ss a carriage running upon raiis, in which the pieces Of stone to be polished are fixed. having uppermost tho surface to be operated upon. Above this sllrtNce there are shafts placed perpen- dicularly, on the lower end of which are fixed risgs of iron. These rings rest upon the stone, and when the shaft re wolves they rub the surface of the stone. At the same time the wagon travels back, ward and forward upon the rails. so as to expose the whole surface Of the same to the action Of the rings
 The pendulum is q frame hung upon hinges from the room of the work shop. To this frame are attached iron To,ls, moving in horizontal direction In the line upon which these rods move. and under them. the stone is firmly placed upon the floor. Pieces Of iron are then loosely attached to the rods and allowed to rest upon the surface Of the stone. When the whole is sci in Elntioll thssa irons are dragged backward and forward over the surface of the stone, and so il is polished.
 When polishing plain surfaces. such a. the needle of an ObelEek, the pieces ol iron are flat, but when we have to polish a nolding we make m extra pattern d its form and the irons are cast from that patteFR.-Stone Mason. England.