China's stone carving factories

[dariod2007]

they must have hearts of stone to do that work.

[maximon72]

My heart goes out to these workers. They too know the meaning of hard work and making the most of every opportunity life throws at them.

[badback22]

Interesting. Thx for post!

[gogsmilne]

Stunning! Ive polished stone all my life in Aberdeen and the chinese lead the world in the manipulation of ROCK!:-)

[EmperorHilo]

Are the tools they use in China made in China or are they imported?

[paulcan38]

They use Chinese tools.

[Augustosrap]

Ten years in this conditions and they are dead.... Chine is a place of opportunities for companies but its a certain death for workers

[tlc2tony]

@Augustosrap try looking closer and you will see dust masks and some blade gaurds. We don"t have much better here. Unless you"re talking about the stress of work and heavy lifting. We have that here too.

[ANCESTERSMEMORIES]

wow holy shit

great work

[datzfast]

did anyone not see the 3 meter tall penis

in the carving yard

[mathew25devlin]

hi trevor what type of stone are they carving?

[paulcan38]

Trevor is the man in the video who filmed it - i am his friend who edited it and posted it on Youtube. I did go in 2009 so please look at my HDef vidoes. The stone carved was many types from Black to Bei Daqing to G633 (softer)

[meattube2009]

@mathew25devlin  granite

[JJP99973608]

can somebody let me know actual where is these place我想知道这些地方在何处？很想去拜访。谢谢

[paulcan38]

Posted some more HD vids above or just type paulcan38 and you will find 13 or so more updated videos.

[mskydolphin]

And they are luck to get 5 cents per hour.

SHAME

[paulcan38]

Actually, around $600 a month.

[sharkfriend]

wow, my dad lived in china for 5 years, and I can tell you: $600 is A.LOT in china. I mean for un-educated people. a taxy chauffeur owns about $280 a month in beijing

[jackingoffkills]

lol! you all overlooked the big stone penis at 7:16 has balls and all

[justoffbyabit]

It is so sad when creative process is duplicated and drained of any joy, but the profit of one who has no talent save the ability to exploit talent itself and make it ordinary.

[emotikana]

And I thought three of us hammering out old pointing was loud!

[deauzie]

r u australian

[paulcan38]

British.

[paulcan38]

I posted a video response of my trip to an Indian factory in Chennai in Feb 08. Please take a look.

[uni000ver000sal]

Electrical hand tools in a WET polishing environment?

We are all guilty as we buy their products!

[crazystoneworker]

@uni000ver000sal

dude there are tools designed for wet work. In example a water jett polishing grinder

[uni000ver000sal]

Sad but when 1,300,000,000 people what can you do!

[soltone]

Makes you wonder first about ear protection then about how much stone will be left in a year or so....

[trigger1979]

wow, what a way to make a living. gotta protect your lungs better than that, boys and girls.

[cenkandic]

hello for carvers

[kennyd58]

Thanks for sharing!