As a group of artisans, The Stonemasons’ Guild of St. Stephen formed 1,088 years ago, but in the modern world, The Guild continues legally as a Co-operative and Community Benefit Society registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.
The Guild of St. Stephen is a cooperative of working stonemasons, dedicated to teaching and upholding traditional craft skills and culture.
at age 71, having spent years in construction, mostly in everything EXCEPT stonework, and as a speculative Mason, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video, new sub, but I seriously doubt I will EVER have occasion to use this on any stone whatsoever. That said, I can see this technique being very useful when similar constraints are applied to the lifting and placement of non-stone materials. Thank you.
I wonder who's job it would have been to cut these sockets, my first thought was it would have been an apprentice's job, to teach them to cut accurately, but then thinking of what all could go wrong and how costly it would be if not done right if it would have been the 'old guy' who had put his time in up top and was on what would have been considered light work?
Im amazed at the grand architecture we had centuries ago. They built awe inspiring structures that are still standing. Our current way of building is garbage in comparison
Hello, Dr., I watched this video that was randomly offered by RU-vid, which rarely got is useful out entertaining and EDUCATIONAL, but this is. I subscribed and I hope to see more.
That s the same idea granite quarries use to pick up massive blocks of stone that weigh many tons. Of course it’s much larger than this. And the hole is drilled in with a jackhammer.
