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A stonemason's hammer, also known as a brick hammer, has one flat traditional face and a short or long chisel-shaped blade. [1] It can thus be used to chip off edges or small pieces of stone, cut brick or a concrete masonry unit, without using a separate chisel. The chisel blade can also be used to rapidly cut bricks or cinder blocks.
Stonemason dressing stone on a fountain with pneumatic tools. Stonemasons use a wide variety of tools to handle and shape stone blocks and slabs into finished articles. The basic tools for shaping the stone are a mallet, chisels, and a metal straight edge. With these one can make a flat surface – the basis of all stonemasonry.
Drove chisel circa 1919. A drove chisel is a tool used by stonemasons for smoothing off roughly finished stones. When first cut from the quarry, stones are frequently have large grooves, droves, left from the splitting process. The droving chisel is used for the next stage, making the surface of the stone flat enough to use.
Traditionalists might use hand tools only. Lettering chisels for incising small strokes create the details of letters in larger applications. Fishtail carving chisels are used to create pockets, valleys and for intricate carving, whilst providing good visibility around the stone. Masonry chisels are used for the general shaping of stones.
A cold chisel is a tool made of tempered steel used for cutting 'cold' metals, [2] meaning that they are not used in conjunction with heating torches, forges, etc. Cold chisels are used to remove waste metal when a very smooth finish is not required or when the work cannot be done easily with other tools, such as a hacksaw, file, bench shears ...
Chisels (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Stonemasonry tools" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Stonemason's hammer; Straightedge
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A lewis (sometimes called a lewisson) is one of a category of lifting devices used by stonemasons to lift large stones into place with a crane, chain block, or winch. It is inserted into a specially prepared hole, or seating, in the top of a stone, preferably above its centre of mass.