Limestone cutting the old way demonstrated

Eric & Ian Smith from Allendale / Port MacDonnell got out their old saws and show us how limestone blocks were cut out of the ground in the 1950`s before mechanisation changed the job.

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[MrSuliram]

@eponeto If u look at the sharp end of the saw you see that it is slightly curved. This allows the tip end of the saw to work higher than the rest of the saw and you cut a bit further than the actual breaking point of the stone. Kind of how a circular sawblade works but without the rotation. Also the worker is tilting the saw up and down while using it even more creating this effect. Hope I made sense ;) Great vid!

[barrybrum]

Excellent! I'm an American expat, I can tell you that today's generation of American mommy's boys could not do the sort of work these men do. Imagine how much work could be done if America placed all of their welfare, free housing, and food stamp recipients on either end of those saws. We could drive on highways of granite. But no, it's easier for the bums here to sell drugs, steal, attack people, and whine about how beat down they are. My respect to these men and the work ethics of Australia.

[johnh32156]

Now here are two men that KNOW about hard work. I have nothing but respect for them! Great video!!!

[eponeto]

Very nice video- How do you keep saw from bottoming out so to speak on the tip?

[PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT]

If the world had only a few less investment bankers, and only a few more of these real people, we would be just fine. Too many take, not enough make.

[TheCornice]

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[gardana273]

Man, this is a great video! I would love to be able to find one of the saws that they are using in this video. I have a ranch with limestone hills to the back and would like to be able to cut a few slabs like they show here. Is there any way to contact these gentlemen or the producer of this video to find out more information?

[tniapyarps]

Is there anyway that you could tell me where or how to find one of those saws? I have a large driveway and a limited budget and cutting much smaller stones would work for my driveway but I can't find a hand saw online like the ones showed here. Even the name of the saw might help. Thank you in advance.

[rlewis1946]

Certainly have a lot of respect for the men and what they did with the tools they had. Do you have other videos on what happened to these pieces of limestone....RL Atlanta, Georgia, USA

[andrewloyd67]

Tough old buggers.

*hat comes off*