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Oblivious Wrote:
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> If I may throw in my 2 cents.
>
> Vinalhaven Maine Granite quarries 200 years ago,
> gallamander to move it, steel tools to cut carve,
> and shape. There is a picture in a historical
> society book up there that shows a poor immigrant
> in the middle of a field on the island banging
> away on a hunk of granite. No shelter from the
> weather, if they got hurt, too bad. Carved rock
> sent on ships up and down the east coast to adorn
> all types of buildings. Steel tools, the proper
> method applied, and works of art are made.
>
> Today we can use diamond abrasives and make fast
> work of granite. The difficult part is holding the
> diamonds and keeping them cool so they don't come
> loose from the tool. There is no reason a metal
> saw blade with diamonds attached could not have
> been made and cooled with water.
All well and good, but that scenario does not at all fit into what we see in the mountains of Peru.
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> If I may throw in my 2 cents.
>
> Vinalhaven Maine Granite quarries 200 years ago,
> gallamander to move it, steel tools to cut carve,
> and shape. There is a picture in a historical
> society book up there that shows a poor immigrant
> in the middle of a field on the island banging
> away on a hunk of granite. No shelter from the
> weather, if they got hurt, too bad. Carved rock
> sent on ships up and down the east coast to adorn
> all types of buildings. Steel tools, the proper
> method applied, and works of art are made.
>
> Today we can use diamond abrasives and make fast
> work of granite. The difficult part is holding the
> diamonds and keeping them cool so they don't come
> loose from the tool. There is no reason a metal
> saw blade with diamonds attached could not have
> been made and cooled with water.
All well and good, but that scenario does not at all fit into what we see in the mountains of Peru.
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