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Default OT but fun: splitting big blocks of granite

On Feb 20, 9:49*pm, Zz Yzx wrote:
On Rob H's blog he posted a pic of "pins and feathers" used to split
rocks.

I did my disertation on granite, so it caught my eye. *IDAGS and found
this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBMcMGBhUVk

The guy splits a 26,000 lb chunk of granite with a 2 lb sledge in an
hour. *Amazing.

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The easy way:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlDQvgM4pKM