. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. dson his eyes and skill. Too muchspace would be required to enter intofuller details of lettering, carving, andsculpture. Of recent years pneumatic tools,worked by compressed air, are usedto a considerable extent for carving,lettering, and skimmed work, in largeestablishments. Surfacing machinesare also used for cutting a plain sur-face, which finish and bush hammerit. Saws are also used for plain workby which square, oblong, or beveledblocks are sawn to the required-dimen-sions, and either polished or bushedby steam
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. dson his eyes and skill. Too muchspace would be required to enter intofuller details of lettering, carving, andsculpture. Of recent years pneumatic tools,worked by compressed air, are usedto a considerable extent for carving,lettering, and skimmed work, in largeestablishments. Surfacing machinesare also used for cutting a plain sur-face, which finish and bush hammerit. Saws are also used for plain workby which square, oblong, or beveledblocks are sawn to the required-dimen-sions, and either polished or bushedby steam power. While in freestoneand marble, moldings are cut bymachinery, entirely supplanting hand QUARRYING AND STONE-CUTTING. 217 work, up to the present no machinehas been invented to cut moldings 011granite, except certain forms on col-umns and circular work. Columns,urns, vases, and circular work are toa considerable extent turned out onspecially constructed turning some large establishments, whereit can be done to advantage, thework is divided into different de-. 4fe> / (me*/ %r u r^-m 1 1 -fi ^?r^fi Pneumatic Cutting. partments, some men cutting plainwork, others molding, others letter-ing, and others carving ; the stone insome cases being taken from the manwho squares it up and transferred tothe letterer or carver to finish. Whilein general a carver can take a stonein its rough and complete it, there arethose who cannot cut a decent plainstone, their inclination being againstplain work, and there are cutters whocannot carve but can cut a first-classplain or molded stone. TOOL SHARPENING. Tool making and. tool sharpeningis a necessary part of the stone ordinary blacksmith, while hemay be able to make the tools requiredin quarrying and stone-cutting, in general is unable to sharpen and tem-per them so as to stand the cutting ofgranite. Tool sharpening is practi-cally a trade by itself, as it requiresconsiderable experience to gain athorough knowledge of t
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