Trethevy Quoit 11
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Trethevy Quoit

A clean slate? (or should that be granite?)

StoneGloves S
StoneGloves May 6, 2011 16:19:28
Replying to nigelswift

No, lowering the capstone isn't what we're suggesting. Using the 'stub tenon joint' as a pivot point is more like it. So all the energy of lifting and placing the capstone can be directed at the other end of the stone.

N nigelswift
nigelswift May 6, 2011 16:34:18
Replying to StoneGloves

StoneGloves wrote:
No, lowering the capstone isn't what we're suggesting. Using the 'stub tenon joint' as a pivot point is more like it. So all the energy of lifting and placing the capstone can be directed at the other end of the stone.
Hmmm, I like that less. All that effort creating the stub when you could be getting on with the job. You wouldn't make a stub if you were in a capstone-placing race would you?

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