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There's been that much going on I forgot that one, sorry Nigel. So we have two ideas to eliminate slippage, so much the better. I've been thinking about Steves rotating pivot log and how to secure it to the stone. So here goes, use a fairly substantial pivet log, place a similar log on top of the stone directly above the first, join the two together with logs each side of the stone using motise and tenon joints with an extended tenon. (like the legs of a refectory table) When the wedges are driven home it will grip the stone like a vice. If that's still not enough do the same again further down the stone (about three foot) and join the two rings together with cross bracing. That should hold forty ton for the time period required.

> join the two together with logs each side of the stone using motise and tenon joints with an extended tenon. (like the legs of a refectory table) When the wedges are driven home it will grip the stone like a vice.

Extended tenons with wedges have all the strain on the wedge holes and they can easily shear away under strain unless the tenons are left fairly long. Tapered mortices and wedged tenons (like a hammer head) would make a stronger job and then further wedges could be driven between the stone and the logs to tighten the whole thing up, but in general I like the principle. It would be stronger than using a rope lashing and may well solve the problem of slippage.