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Originally Posted by Jens
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Originally Posted by Maksutov
That's funny. Stonecutters have been producing smooth and flat surfaces on marble and granite blocks for centuries. Visit an old graveyard in New England some time and check out the near Grade B surface plate faces on some of the stones from the 1600s.
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My understanding, and I'm no expert here, is that one of the major issues is the fact that the Egyptians had not developed iron, and so were doing this all with copper tools. It allegedly is very difficult and time consuming to drill into granite using copper. Of course, I've never tried it, so I can only repeat what I've heard. |
@jens: yes. actually, i believe they did their drilling with harder stones.
@mksutov: smooth, yes, but not nearly as smooth as the cuts and bores in the egyptian pyramids, FWIU.
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