The title.

Feel free to ask me stuff. I'm in Scotland, born in Canada. I've been a mason for coming on 15 years. And my favourite dinosaur is....not really a dinosaur.....the Stenopterygius species. because they're tubby not quite dolphin looking (apparently) reptiles.

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[–] [S] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Right. So most of what I worked with in Canada was granite and basalt. And the style of Random we mostly did back home is a very different kind of Random Rubble than what gets done here in Scotland. Third picture.
Pictures below 👇

Can't really say what's my favourite stone. I miss doing stuff like what's in the first and second picture in granite. There's a lot of sandstone and whinstone(this is kinda a catch-all, includes: basalt and dolerite [igneous] and chert [sedimentary]) used in the part of Scotland I'm in.

I guess my favourite stone to work with is the one that looks really fucking good when I'm done?

Below is not something I built, it's a maintenance job. Remove the fucked mortar and repointing with new.

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    Question coming from complete ignorance: are you picking through a big pile of stones to find the ones that fit a gap or are you cutting them to fit (or both)? Also, are you a Mason (like a member of the illuminati group)?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago

    Both, but it also depends on what style of stone is being laid. The examples I've put up are all random. For ashlar you'll have either a set pattern of sizes, or a small selection of sizes. You'll still end up cutting pieces smaller due to needing a proper bond and keeping the pattern.

    I am not a Freemason.

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