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Date:         Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:09:15 EDT
Reply-To:     THX0001@AOL.COM
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Club Hammers
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In a message dated 9/10/02 8:23:29 PM, shea@GTSDESIGN.COM writes:

<< Using hammer swings of 2-3", I can take away about a 1/2" of granite

over a 6" x 6" area in an hour, if I work at a pace that insures

survival of the block... >>

This affirms what an old mason told me when I asked him how long it would take to dress by hand enough stone to build a cut stone house. He said in the old days it would take a master with two helpers about a month. But, he added, back then men knew how to work, so, today it would take a year.

George


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