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Originally posted by tri-lobe-1
For me today has being a revelation.....
not only did i get some answers from a practicle perspective..... ie old kingdom vase making....
BUT i got to see a self admited know it all.....smart-as#....school teacher.......with 30yrs of study....
claim ignorance??????......he admitted to not knowing about this publcation.........
I have never seen in e-form
Originally posted by BanksyBoy
Originally posted by Harte
Originally posted by BanksyBoy
Shame he didn't attempt it in granite.
He did, sort of.
He conducted a series of experiments using copper tube drills on granite and hence knows the ratio. This was when he was also experimenting with sawing granite with copper slabbing saws with dry and wet sand abrasives.
IIRC, you can saw about 15 times the depth in limestone as you can in Aswan rose granite in equal amounts of time, according to Stocks' work.
Harte
Sort off ???
Quite how messing about with a copper tube drill, sawing a cut in a slab then getting out a calculator can be compared to crafting a perfectly balanced and polished pot i have no idea. Well I suppose so long as that pleases you then that's ok then.
Originally posted by BanksyBoy
Oh you are funny Harte
There's a nice little saying...
"Those that can, do, those that can't, teach."
Funny how those that can, can't.
Please prove me wrong Mr Teacher with your newly fashioned, hand worked and polished, balancing Granite vase