|| Steps to extract slabstone from the rock || Procedure to extract slabstone from the rock || It is my turn now ||

Hammering and pounding

Procedure to extract slabstone from the rock

1. Select a big stone, hammer at the stone from the side using hamming tool.
2. Because it is a sedimentary rock, there will be fissures inside the rock after hammering.
3. Apply leverage theory to separate it - slabstone from the rock.
4. Level the surface of the stone to make it smoother.
5. Draw lines with stone tools on the rock to mark the side to be trimmed.
6. Hammer at the side to knock off any redundant parts to make it look tidy and neat.
7. Continue on the other side.
8. Repeat the above steps and continue with the vertical side
9. Continue to hammer the slabstone knocking off the unwanted bits.
10. Trimming into rectangle shape. 11. A completed slabstone. 12.The sun is too shiny cause we couldn't open our eyes.

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