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SUMMARY:Introduction to Stonemasonry
DESCRIPTION:Taught by our time served Stonemason, this two-day practical course is suitable for all abilities and covers an introduction to tools, techniques and uses of basic stonemasonry.\n\nLearners can take away their practice stones at the end of the day.\n\nDownload a PDF copy of the full course description here\nCourse Suitability\n\nTaught by our time served Stonemason is suitable for all abilities and covers an introduction to tools, techniques and uses of basic stonemasonry. Learners can take away their practice stones at the end of the day.\n\nThis practical course is designed for:\n\n those individuals with little or no experience in cutting and dressing natural stone.\n building contractor working on traditional stone buildings and structures and just want to learn the basic masonry skills for cutting and dressing sandstone\n Or a semi-skilled operative who needs to add to his skills set and be able to produce stone masonry units to plumb, level and plane with traditional tooling finishes\n\nWe are always happy to help learners choose the right course so please contact us if you would like to discuss which course is suitable for you or your employees.\nLearning Outcomes\n\n How to take a stone out of ‘twist’ to true level and plumb\n Put a true flat surface on a slab of stone\n Effect different tooled surfaces, eg stugged, broached, droved and rock faced finishes\n\nCourse Programme\n\n Health and safety – including use of ‘Airstream’ hoods to minimize inhalation of airborne crystalline silica\n Introduction to the tools used to cut and dress natural sandstone blocks\n Taking a stone out of ‘twist’ using 4 wooden blocks and 2 squares\n Production of a true flat surface on a block of sandstone\n Production of different surface tooling finishes including: 1. Broached, 2. Droved and 3. Stugged
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaught by our time served Stonemason, this two-day practical course is suitable for all abilities and covers an introduction to tools, techniques and uses of basic stonemasonry.
Learners can take away their practice stones at the end of the day.
Download a PDF copy of the full course description here
Course Suitability
Taught by our time served Stonemason is suitable for all abilities and covers an introduction to tools, techniques and uses of basic stonemasonry. Learners can take away their practice stones at the end of the day.
This practical course is designed for:
those individuals with little or no experience in cutting and dressing natural stone.
building contractor working on traditional stone buildings and structures and just want to learn the basic masonry skills for cutting and dressing sandstone
Or a semi-skilled operative who needs to add to his skills set and be able to produce stone masonry units to plumb, level and plane with traditional tooling finishes
We are always happy to help learners choose the right course so please contact us if you would like to discuss which course is suitable for you or your employees.
Learning Outcomes
How to take a stone out of ‘twist’ to true level and plumb
Put a true flat surface on a slab of stone
Effect different tooled surfaces, eg stugged, broached, droved and rock faced finishes
Course Programme
Health and safety – including use of ‘Airstream’ hoods to minimize inhalation of airborne crystalline silica
Introduction to the tools used to cut and dress natural sandstone blocks
Taking a stone out of ‘twist’ using 4 wooden blocks and 2 squares
Production of a true flat surface on a block of sandstone
Production of different surface tooling finishes including: 1. Broached, 2. Droved and 3. Stugged\n\n\n
LOCATION:2 Rocks Rd, Charlestown, Dunfermline KY11 3EN, UK
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