|| 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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