Brian post shares more information about how to use feathers and wedges aka wedges and shims to split stone.
Rock splitting wedges and feathers.
Drill holes along your split line at least as deep as your wedges are long and about 6 apart.
Breaking rock the old fashioned way these little plugs and feathers managed to break some really hard rhyodacite rock.
Wedge shims.
The splitter is used to break rock and concrete.
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They work best if you have the rock you are splitting above ground.
Small wedge and shims in 5 8 and 3 4 sizes are good for stone yards or stone masons who want to reduce their rocks to workable sizes.
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Also known as wedge and feathers.
A time tested way to split stone feathers wedges are available in a variety of sizes.
Larger sizes 1 1 1 4 1 3 8 are for splitting large rocks.
With repeated striking of the wedge this tool is built to last.
The feathers and wedges should fit snugly into the hole.
These tools are the oldest and still one of the best ways to split stone.
It s worth it to dig to expose what you need to bust because of the additional time splitting and chiseling out your shims you will save by having clean splits.
These shims and wedges can be purchased by the piece or by the set.
These tools are the oldest and still 1 of the best ways to split stone.
It hangs from an excavator and uses the existing excavator hydraulics to push the wedge between the feathers which.
An addition to my toolbox that comes.
This splitter is the n50w95a700 series which uses a feather and wedge system.