Rock Splitting Wedges And Feathers

These tools are the oldest and still one of the best ways to split stone.

Rock splitting wedges and feathers.

Small wedge and shims in 5 8 and 3 4 sizes are good for stone yards or stone masons who want to reduce their rocks to workable sizes. The feathers and wedges should fit snugly into the hole. This stone splitting wedge and shim are placed into a series of drilled holes that will cause the stone to split. These shims and wedges can be purchased by the piece or by the set.

An addition to my toolbox that comes. 6 pcs stone splitter and 1 pcs rotary hammer drill bit wedge and feather shims concrete marble granite rock stone splitting hand tools 9 16 14mm 4 3 out of 5 stars 46 25 99 25. With repeated striking of the wedge this tool is built to last. The splitter is used to break rock and concrete.

It hangs from an excavator and uses the existing excavator hydraulics to push the wedge between the feathers which. It s worth it to dig to expose what you need to bust because of the additional time splitting and chiseling out your shims you will save by having clean splits. Brian post shares more information about how to use feathers and wedges aka wedges and shims to split stone. Breaking rock the old fashioned way these little plugs and feathers managed to break some really hard rhyodacite rock.

Drill holes along your split line at least as deep as your wedges are long and about 6 apart. The softer rock compresses the granite doesn t split as expected and you have to chisel your wedges and shims out. They work best if you have the rock you are splitting above ground. Larger sizes 1 1 1 4 1 3 8 are for splitting large rocks.

Rock splitting technologies is the distributor for hirado products dealer inquiries are invited. Also known as wedge and feathers. This detailed video will take you through setup what sizes to use spacing and layout drilling history and much more as we split down granite blocks to make through stones and cheek end material. Wedge shims.