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Stone mason restores ancient cathedrals

submitted by AugustineOfHippo2 to videos 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 20:45:44 ago (+45/-0)     (m3.gab.com)

https://m3.gab.com/media_attachments/84/67/e4/8467e418905419c4bd11d57d400ca05f.mp4



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[ - ] Lost_coast 9 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 20:47:13 ago (+9/-0)

That was awesome

[ - ] con77 6 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 21:04:24 ago (+7/-1)

That's the most incredible skill I've ever seen.

Post of the month

[ - ] SteppingRazor 3 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 23:25:06 ago (+3/-0)

That’s amazing, a lost art. The book Pillars of the Earth is about a guy that builds cathedrals, it’s a great one.

[ - ] registereduser 3 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 21:11:44 ago (+3/-0)

0:26

Using water to slowly expand wooden wedges, never seen this before. Next level for sure.

[ - ] Lophan 5 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 21:59:23 ago (+5/-0)

That looked like molten metal into a mold

[ - ] x0x7 2 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 22:49:38 ago (+2/-0)

It looks like there is some rebar there. The wood is centering it in the hole. Maybe lead is just faster than cement. Or maybe the cement expansion would crack his stone? It almost looks like he put fault lines in it. I'm sure he has a reason but maybe the trade off makes it so it would crack along them. IDK, he knows what he's doing and we can only guess at shit.

[ - ] SteppingRazor 4 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 23:32:02 ago (+4/-0)

They were pouring molten metal down into the stone to hold it together with the course below it. The clay was a funnel, and the rebar was used to keep a gap for the liquid Metal. They didn’t use mortar, they used metal to keep the stone together in some parts. They don’t do anything to crack the stone at that point.

[ - ] registereduser 0 points 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 08:29:37 ago (+0/-0)

Oh right, it's a bowtie. Had to watch again to see it.

[ - ] GeorgeBailey 2 points 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 04:35:04 ago (+2/-0)

Q: but why?

A: because we can. Glory to God!

[ - ] UncleDoug 2 points 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 04:31:10 ago (+2/-0)

Amazing!

Architecture is where engineering meets art.

[ - ] WNwoman 1 point 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 09:11:32 ago (+1/-0)

I love this so much.

[ - ] boekanier 1 point 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 04:58:45 ago (+1/-0)

better to restore them than to sell them to private individuals so that they can turn them into a billiard palace and the like, as is done here with churches

[ - ] drhitler 1 point 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 01:55:21 ago (+1/-0)

How is all the art decided? does the architect design the statues or is the space left empty in planning for the artist to decide?

[ - ] CHIRO 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 23:58:28 ago (+1/-0)

That is so fucking cool. His skill is unreal.

[ - ] Nosferatjew 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 23:49:42 ago (+1/-0)

More.

[ - ] SirNiggsalot 0 points 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 18:23:26 ago (+0/-0)

That's fucking cool as shit.
Amazing.

[ - ] zongongo 0 points 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 15:06:25 ago (+0/-0)

Lived in France for a while.
Had a friend that was going to school for this skill. Obviously it is still taught and it is well paid.

[ - ] Equalizer 0 points 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 11:38:48 ago (+0/-0)

Netflix adaptiation - disabled negress with vitiligo or some shit, with a white-man-bad oppression backstory. Written by a jew of course.

[ - ] ShortbusAlcoholic 0 points 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 02:02:32 ago (+0/-0)

If they keep allowing niggers of various types to flood their country they'll tear that place down brick by brick in a couple generations. I bet this white stone mason only has 2 kids from 2 seperate divorces.

[ - ] Belfuro 0 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 22:47:06 ago (+0/-0)

Also destroying the original block work.

[ - ] Sal_180 -1 points 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 09:28:30 ago (+0/-1)

You got to, hundreds of years if weathering wears it down