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Building with Stone | 
| Author: Charles Mcraven
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 29891
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0882665502
Dewey Decimal Number: 693.1
UPC: 037038005509
EAN: 9780882665504
Publication Date: January 8, 1989
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Product Description
An introduction to the art and craft of creating stone structures with step-by-step project instructions.
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 A treasure September 7, 2008
This book is informative with good use of photos, which I expect in a book of this type. What else you get, is a really well written and entertaining book as well.
The author is humorous and also a blacksmith among other things. He talks about doing things in the old ways with the help of modern contraptions where they will actually help.
If you are interested in American History or primitive skills (not to mention building with stone) you should read this. It may even help make you a better person.
 Manual labor is hard April 28, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Chuck will keep you smiling as your read his books. They contain plenty of humorous stories while they display the stone arts. There are better guides but you should read as many as possible: you'll need it.
Stone work is the hardest task you'll probably ever do in your life. If your project is big, it seems to never end and you'll doubt you'll ever finish. One rock can take 2 hours to lay whereas if all goes well, you can lay 5 in an hour. So, if you are interested in stone work, I'd advise to start small on the first few projects. This book is a good guide to helping you along the way.
A good introduction for the would-be amateur stone mason July 3, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
An excellent introduction for anyone who is interested in learning more about stone work and masonry.
I enjoyed the book for the breadth of coverage, and for the anecdotal stories. It is one thing to be told safety tips and procedures, but the lesson is much more effective with a good story. I had hoped for a more comprehensive discussion of the tools used, how to use them, and how to shape the stone. However, lack of this does not detract from the usefulness of the book. The closest I have come to stonework was moving stones around for landscaping, but now if I were armed with a set of stonework tools, I would be tempted to try something more complex.
Great starter book! April 26, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book was better than I expected. I was hoping for color photographs, but it has B&W only. Doesn't get into a lot of details, but covers quite a few topics on the subject of stone masonry. I agree with previous review. Would have been great if the section on Mortaring Stone could have been more detailed. All in all, a good starting book to refer to.
Little bit of everything. December 16, 2002
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
This book seems to have a bit of everything that has to do with traditional stone masonry. It shows how to build different types of buildings and objects. Pictures are only in Black and White. If your looking for a full colour glossy paged book on stone architecture this is not for you.
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