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Home > Methods and Tools Used Working with Stone
“Barre in The ‘Nineties,” (Barre, Vermont) by William Barclay, son of the first William Barclay, founder of the pioneer firm of Barclay Brothers, in Monumental News Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 12, December, 1939, pp. 548-550. (Includes information on the progressive use of new tools and equipment in the granite quarry industry from 1899 up through 1939.)
Brunner & Lay - Bruner & Lay: Manufacturers of Marble, Stone, Granite and Bricklayers' Tools, Stone Jacks, Derricks, and Contractors' Supplies (Catalog). Chicago, Illinois.
Early American Industries Association, Inc. (The Early American Industries Association, Inc., was founded in 1933. “The purpose of the Early American Industries Association, Inc. is to encourage the study and better understanding of early American industries in the home, in the shop, on the farm, and on the sea, also to discover, identify, classify, preserve and exhibit obsolete tools, implements, and mechanical devices which were used in early America.”)
Marble - Stone Carving - Tools of the Trade, by Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor/Stone Carver, Chicago, Illinois.
Marble Workers’ Tools from The Marble-Workers’ Manual: Designed for the Use of Marble-Workers, Builders, and Owners of Houses (With an Appendix Concerning American Marbles), by M. L. Booth (Translated from the French), 1856. (Scroll down to the Table of Contents and click on the “Atelier of the Marble Worker” section. Each tool description entry includes a link that takes you to the table that displays the tools.)
Material, Tool and Process: Essential Design Elements, presented by Don Dougan, Sculptor.
Traditional Processes ( Interesting sections relating to tools on this web site include the following sections.) (You can use the buttons at the bottom of each page on the web site to navigate through the tools section of the web site.)
Boring Tools (Scroll down)
Carving Tools: Mallet and Chisel
Carving Tools: Hammer and Chisel
Hand Carving Chisels: The Point
Hand Carving Chisels: The Tooth Chisel or Claw
Marble Works & Tools – Arrigo Fantozzi, Marble and Granite Works, Jackson, Amador County, California. This site includes history and photographs of the marble works building and tools of the trade as the marble works was when it closed. (Be sure to click the "next page" at the bottom of the page to see all pages.)
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison, New Jersey. (“The mission of the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of America’s past by presenting and interpreting the history, culture and lives of ordinary people through educational programs, through preservation and stewardship of our collection, and through exhibition and demonstration of the trades and crafts practiced in New Jersey from its earliest settlement.”)
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts (description), presented on the New Jersey’s Great Northwest Skylands web site.
A Pattern Book of Tools and Household Goods, probably by W. & C. Wynn of Birmingham, from Early American Industries Association Inc., originally published circa 1820. (“A full size reproduction of an early nineteenth-century pattern book...probably issued by W. & C. Wynn of Birmingham about 1820.”)
Recipes for Stone Cutters - From Early Stone Cutters in Western Missouri, A Research Study From Jones-Seelinger-Johannes Foundation, 2005, Poplar Heights Farm, 103 West Walnut Street, Butler, Missouri. (Brian Phillips - Executive Director, Terrie Jessup - Program Director, Patricia Jacobs - Research Assistant, Betty Newton - Research Assistant, Photography - Brian Phillips, Terrie Jessup, Melissa Phillips)
Stone Cutters’ Tools (from Early Stone Cutters in Western Missouri, A Research Study From Jones-Seelinger-Johannes Foundation, 2005, Poplar Heights Farm, 103 West Walnut Street, Butler, Missouri. Brian Phillips - Executive Director, Terrie Jessup - Program Director, Patricia Jacobs - Research Assistant, Betty Newton - Research Assistant, Photography - Brian Phillips, Terrie Jessup, Melissa Phillips)
Practical Advice to Marble and Granite Workers in 1900 & Shop Necessities 2
Hand Tools For Marble and Other Soft Stone (This section discusses the bush hammer, chipper, pitching tool, plug and feathers, point, and slab splitter.)
The Dallett Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Carving Tools)
The George Vogel & Co. Tools, Missouri.
Stonecutting History - Freemasonry: History of Stonecutting, by Wor. Bro. Dennis Stocks, Barron Barnett Lodge.
The Toolemera Press & the Toolemera Blog, featuring the books, trade catalogs, photographs and ephemera of early tools, trades, crafts and industries.
“Tools and Machinery of the Granite Industry” (in four parts), by Paul Wood, in The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc. (Issues of these magazines are available from th Early American Industries Association, Inc. Parts I, II, III, and IV are available on the Find Articles web site at the web addresses below, although the photographs are not included.)
Part I. Vol. 59, No. 2, June 2006. (“Introduction: This article, the first in a series of four on granite working, deals with granite as a material, an industry, and a product and begins the description of the granite quarrying process.”)
Part II. Vol. 59, No. 3, September 2006. (“Introduction: This article, the second in a series of four on granite working, completes the description of the quarrying process....”)
Part III. Vol. 59, No. 4, December 2006. (“Granite Finishing: A small number of basic finished dimension stones made up the great majority of granite shed production. For gravestones and private....”)
Part IV. Vol. 60, No. 1, March 2007. (“This article is the last in a series of four on the tools and machinery of granite working....”)
Tools and Stones, by Welton Rotz of Sausalito, California.
Tools of the Trade, presented on the Stone Cutters Online web site. (The “Tools of the Trade” section is available in the “Gallery” section of the web site.)
Tools Used in Stone-Cutting (February 1885) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 2, February 1885, pg. 38. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Unforbidden Geology: The not so hidden history of Man from the often overlooked geologic perspective, presented by Archae Solenhofen. (Below are just two of the topics covered on this web site.)Terms for rocks, minerals, and miscellaneous material used by the ancient Egyptians for carving, lapidary, and stonemasonry as described in archeological literature.
Building a Stone Fortress, by Lise Hull who owns and operates Castles of Britain, an information and research web site providing a wide range of information on the castles of Britain.
Carving Limestone, Marble and Pixels, by Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor/Stone Carver, Chicago, Illinois.
The Cathedral Builders: A stonemason's photograph album, presented by Martin and Oliver Webb on their Martin and Oliver Webb Fine Stone Miniatures web site.
How Granite Columns are Polished (March 1884) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 3, March 1884, pgs. 59-60. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
How Granite is Polished (Granite Pillars)(May 1878) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 10, Issue 5, May 1878, pgs. 102-103. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
A Stonemason's Dictionary: A pocket dictionary of masonry terms, names, and expressions, presented by Martin and Oliver Webb on their Martin and Oliver Webb Fine Stone Miniatures web site.
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