Building Construction And Superintendence volume 1
Building Construction And Superintendence volume 1
Frank Eugene Kidder
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Patent-hammered or Bush-hammered (Fig. 86). When it is desired to give a finished surface to granite and the hard limestones they are first dressed to a rough surface with the point and then to a medium surface with the same tool, and finally finished with the patent ham- mer. The fineness of the finish is determined by the number of Fig. 86. Patent-hammered. Fig. 87. Bush-hammered. blades in the hammer, and the work is said to DC "six-cut, " "eight- cut " or " ten-cut, " according as six, eigh...t or ten blades are used. Government work is generally ten-cut. Eight-cut is mostly used for average work, and for steps and door sills six-cut is sufficiently fine. The architect should always specify the number of blades to be used when the work is to be finished with^a patent hammer. The same finish may be obtained with the axe, but it requires much more time. Fig. 88. -Vermiculated. Fig. 89. -Fish Scale. Vermiculated Work (Fig. 88). Stones worked so as to have the appearance of having been worked by worms.
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