Set Stone on Ice
Bedding a heavy stone landing or step on blocks of ice so it lowers itself into the setting bed as they melt, with no shims to retrieve from underneath.
Stone
Cutting, fitting, and setting natural stone.
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Scribing
Transferring an irregular surface onto a workpiece so it fits tight against it — baseboard to a wavy floor, a slab to a boulder, a board to rough stone — plus the rules that apply whatever you're fitting.
Bullnosed Slab Edges
Rounding step-slab edges with a diamond profile wheel, wet and unhurried, then sanding through the grits to a finished nose.
Hay Hook Stone Handling
Using a hay hook as a handle to lift and adjust heavy stone slabs without fingers underneath.
Template-Strip Fitting
Hot-gluing rigid strips into an exact template of an irregular opening, then cutting the workpiece to match — one cut, first-time fit.
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