Weka drill and rig, supplied by Tools4stone.

Project

Project

New project , in raised letters on Kilkenney limestone .

be still and know

Clones Stone Symposium 2012 sponsored by Tools4stone.

Clones symposium 2012

Barry Wrafter 2012 clones symposium exhibition.

Clones symposium 2012

Stephen Burke 2012 clones symposium

Clones symposium 2012.

Alison Bole carving.

Martha and Nuala working away.

Barry cutting away..

Jason getting stuck in..

Jason Ellis contemplating his next cut.

Carving by Stephen Burke. Exhibited in the old library in clones.

Sculpture by Jason Ellis exhibited in the old library ,clones

Barry Wrafter working away, Rte nationwide filming the sculptors.

Barry Wrafter showing his scale model.

Marc Kelly giving sculpting tips.

Gibson & Faulds hammers and chisels set up for the public to try carving.

Stone symposium

Clones

Clones stone symposium

Home made easel.

Made an easel today, not sure if I like if yet though it's a little hard to get used to..

Inside the castle.

Drimnagh Castle ,

I was lucky enough to get a guided tour or the renovated Drimnagh castle in the heart of Dublin , on the long mile road. It's an amazing building inside and out. With the timber roof faithfully recreated and the windows and doorways cut in local irish limestone, all the more amazing with the gardens and court yard, pat mcafee was giving the guided tour http://homepage.eircom.net/~mcafee/

Pat has a vast experience with stone masonry and carving and has published many books .

Attempting my alphabet.

Don't forget to visit Clones next week!!

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don't forget to call to clones next week to visit the stone symposium, some of the most talented artists in the country, all working away for members of the public to see how these sculptures are created, there will also be tables set up with hammers and chisels for people to try carving out for themselves. Tools4stone will be there on Monday,  wednesday and thurdsday. launching the new range of chisels from Guillet and we also have a large range of Quality tools from Gibson & Faulds for sale too. we will be running a few discounts over the few days, so be there to avail of these too.


call us on 0863559988 for more details..

Gibson & tools4stone sponsored chisels for the clones symposium .

Fossil found in a marble work top.

All limestones start as floors of shallow tropical seas. The famous stones of Portland and Bath were laid down 150million years ago when what is now that area of England was more like the Bahamas are today. Limestone is still being formed in parts of the tropics, where some perfectly good, hard stone is no more than 30 or 40 years old. It has even been known to contain impurities like cola bottles.

http://www.naturalstonespecialist.com/information/limestone.php Interesting article.

Half bullnose 20mm Inox wheels.

M14 threaded, 20mm half bullnose Inox wheels, these wheels screw straight on to your grinder(ideally variable speed) and will bullnose granite work tops/steps . To prolong the life of the wheel, you cut off a 10-15mm edge of the stone first before starting to grind with the Inox. You can then polish with shaped hand polishing pads.

Concave granite blades.

5" concave cutting blades, designed to cut out sinks or curves in granite or most other stones, including quartz.
€99+vat.

New Sandstone Consaw blades.

These are the new sandstone/asphalt blades we are testing . Designed for long life on abrasive materials they have an abrasive carbide coating on the side of the blade to reduce friction and cut far quicker, well keep you updated as to how there cutting ..

Tools4stone New marble blades, 5" €50 ea.

Electroplated diamond blades for marble and softer stones including terrazzo, sandstone and limestone .
Available in 5" , €55+vat.

Tools4stone m14 core drill bits.

€50 ea + vat. Can be used on most materials including ceramics, marble, granite and most others stone.

Practicing on Carrera marble,

I'm practicing on Carrera marble as I'm going to attempt an alphabet on slate soon.

Anyone any advise on how to paint letters ?

Limestone quarry in rosscommon

Brand new style chisels from Guillet.

Available in hammer head or pneumatic. We will have them listed on the website in the next few days, 6mm up to 50mm they are a nice well balanced chisel, designed for use on sandstone as well as marble & limestone .

Unpaid labour helping to unpack an order from Guillet,

Lots of chisels to show at the symposium in clones..

Mallet head carbide tipped chisel.