Anybody here done stone carving?

   / Anybody here done stone carving? #1  

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I have a big granite rock that has a large fairly flat face. I would like to carve my last name and my street number into this face. But I have never carved rock and need advice.
Thanks,
Eric
 
   / Anybody here done stone carving? #2  
I tried just splitting some granite with the traditional hammer drill and "feathers and wedges".
I now have much more respect for those who can "read" a rocks grain.😆
Carving may be completely different.
Fwiw I think that today this type of number/letters carving is done by masking the stone to remain a sandblasting the surrounding stone away. Probably due to these and other skills and knowledge that have been going away for years.
 
   / Anybody here done stone carving? #3  
Most I've done is engraving headstones for my dogs when they pass, using a Dremel tool on sandstone or slate. It's a major PIA.
 

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