Splitting Granite 

Thank you and welcome to the channel 🙏

Hi! I would never in my life have thought that someone would be interested in viewing my videos when I split stones. Most of them were filmed to show relatives what I’ve been up to, and most of them were mildly amused, that’s why some of them are sped up and not really showing the end result. But subscribers and viewers commenting my videos has opened up my eyes that there actually are some interest. So I will be show more details from now on 👍 I do share your amazement when it comes to how big boulders you can break with smaller wedges 👍

Dave, клинья вставляются не в отверстия , а в углубления просверленные в каменной глыбе ! Отверстие это когда камень или предмет просверлен насквозь ! Из Сибири с уважением, Владимир. Nizhnevartovsk.

Thanks for watching 🙏 It is indeed carbide tipped tools, I use a hand tracer and the hammer version of that tool, both with a carbide blade. As far as I know they are indeed brittle, that’s why you should start out easy and not strike to hard. When you established a line and have full contact between the stone and the blade you can start striking harder. If you were to tip the tracer a little and have one edge in contact with the stone and hit it there is a chance you can chip the blade. Thanks for your comment and question.

@@workingstoned Ah fantastic much appreciated!

Just do it ✊🏻

@@workingstoned we will see how the tax man treats me this year. I've been wanting to do some stone work for walkways and walls

I do hope he treats you well 🙏 I’m lucky I’ve got, what seems like, endless supply of stones and boulders. So I only need to spend money on tools and drill bits, and It basically a “cry once” deal when it comes to carbide tipped tools as they last a very long time, besides drill bits, they wear out or break easier. Do you plan on buying stones or do you have working materials on your property?

@@workingstoned where I live the top soil is only a couple inches and you hit rock. There's good forest dont get me wrong but not much turf. I make old school shelters with clay and wood but want to incorporate stone. I just need the hammers to get started. I blacksmith a bit with my dads left over hammers so I am no stranger to banging on something all day. I'm not sure if I will be able to justify getting rock hammers and chisels for a while but so far as chisels I could forge one up. That fancy hammer you use against the rock and strike with another hammer looks like the cats meow though so I'll shoot towards a likeness in time. Actually the only video on my channel is a fort I showed my daughter how to make when covid first hit and we needed something to do. Minimal stonework but I had to make a point to find flat stones

Usually when flattening out a rougher area you chisel off the higher spots and then work the surface with a bushing hammer/tool. Be careful with the edges of the boulder as they break easiest, I don’t think you risk splitting or breaking off a bigger piece with a bushing hammer, just go slowly and see how your boulder reacts.

Doyle Jodi, Для выравнивания поверхности камня вручную существует молоток-бучарда ( Boucharde ) Для электроинструмента существует насадка-бучарда . Из Сибири с уважением, Владимир. Nizhnevartovsk .

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There was no fault or crack. I traced the split line and drilled a few holes and it split like I wanted it to. I used smaller wedges than usual, just to test their capacity.

@@workingstoned thank you. Great video. I'm cutting a big stone to make room for a fence and your video made it possible .

Wow that’s amazing! That’s actually how I started my “venture” in splitting stones, I had a boulder blocking the pathway of a fence I was building. After that I just kept going since my lawn/yard is littered with big boulders. I’m glad it inspired you.

@@workingstoned the fence is up and I couldn't have done it without your video. I struggled for two days using a grinder with a 4.5 inch diamond cut blade. Then chisel and sledgehammer. Wasn't working. But drilling the holes about 10 inches down which is about half way through and about 1 inch apart. And then pounding rebar in each hole worked. It broke right in half. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Great job! Drilling and splitting with wedges is a very effective way, or in your case, rebar, I will have to try that one out 👍 always interesting to hear other methods than the traditional ones.

Thank you 🙏

Don’t know if the translator got it right, but. Yes you are right, fancy expensive tools, I know. You are very well off with steel hammers and you are able to to pretty much everything with steel tools that you do with carbide tools. But I enjoy working the stone, not maintaining tools. Carbide = durability

Sweden 🇸🇪

@@workingstoned are you sure it is not Gneiss?

@@Alvgaar Can’t swear on my life, but it do resemble granite more. The gneiss I’ve got is more “layered” like slate. In my latest video I came across what I would consider gneiss.

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For US, I would recommend Trow & Holden, they have a stone buster similar to what I use.

It was a broken drill bit to begin with 👍

The drill bit is actually on point, I can’t use a smaller one. In this case it’s a matter of design. The wedge is very short, so the split doesn’t happen until the wedge is driven down flat to the feathers and stone, that’s why I’m tapping them a little to make the split. I’ll see if I can import a drill bit that’s specified in inches to match the wedge and feathers.

Thank you Gabriel. The name for the channel is a pun, a play with words if you will :) I don´t encourage anyone to work under the influence. With that said, my journey started with a basic need. A big boulder was blocking a path were I wanted to build a basic picket fence, and that basic need opened a new world and a huge respect for the art and trade of stone work and masonry. So it became a hobby or more of an obsession were I felt the need to break up more or less every stone I had at my property. Some of the stones I´v actually used to fix parts of the cabin, but I´m currently collecting stones for two traditional swedish dry stone walls. Thanks for your comment, I hope you swing by the channel again sometime.

@@workingstoned awesome bro! I will def be tuning in! Keep it up

Not sure what you mean

@@workingstoned you had a spool of something in the background. Reminded me of a reel of blasting cord. That’s all.

Ahh I see, it’s an extension cord, so no blasting over here, even though it would be cool 😀

It sure is. But since I do this as a hobby, and I’m still learning lot’s I’m not aiming for efficiency. But there sure is way faster ways to get the job done 👍

@@workingstoned Dont worry 👍 Text Me on my mail and I show you my stones,and my work . robak.robakie@gmail.com Kinds Regards

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I’m glad the video put you out 🤙