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2. Tool stone - Wikipedia

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   In archaeology, a tool stone is a type of stone that is used to manufacture stone tools, [1] or tools that use stone as raw material. [ 2 ] Generally speaking, tools that require a sharp edge are made using cryptocrystalline materials that fracture in an easily controlled conchoidal manner. [ 1 ]

3. Hammerstone - Wikipedia

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   A simple stone with a worked edge held directly in the hand as a hammer. The hard hammer is and has been the most used throughout human history, because although other types of hammer are used as main tools for carving, stone hammers are the tools that prepared the way for the more advanced techniques.

4. Stone carving - Wikipedia

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   Stone claw tools are used to remove the peaks and troughs left from the previously used tools. Stone pitching tools are used to remove large quantities of stone. Stone nickers are used to split stones by tracing a line along the stone with progressive strikes until the stone breaks along the line. Powered pneumatic hammers make the hard work ...

5. Chalk carving - Wikipedia

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   Tools for chalk carving are numerous. In fact any small file, stone carving equipment (no mallet is needed), and even needles can be used. Some of the best hand carving equipment are an etching needle, a selection of small files, and a miniature carving tool designed for soapstone. The methods are very simple.

6. Pointing machine - Wikipedia

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   Workshop of the Strasbourg cathedral A computer controlled router carving a sculpture from a block of marble 15th Century measuring device with plumb-bobs. A pointing machine is a measuring tool used by stone sculptors and woodcarvers to accurately copy plaster, clay or wax sculpture models into wood or stone. In essence the device is a ...

7. Stonemasonry - Wikipedia

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   A banker mason uses various hand and power tools to cut, carve, and shape stone. They can produce anything from stones with simple chamfers to tracery windows, detailed mouldings and the more classical architectural building masonry. When working a stone from a sawn block, the mason ensures that the stone is bedded in the right way, so the ...