Let's make like a banana and split!

Well not so sweet as a Banana split, but I did have an equally rewarding afternoon.
I split my first rock today using the feathers (shims) and wedges that my father made me for my birthday and boy is it fun strangely fun.
It worked just as the book I'd read said it would and that's just fantastic for me. To take new found  information and apply it, is as rewarding as any other challenge i've come across.

So here's the quick version.
Buy a rotary hammer drill. This is very important, why? See my previous post on burning out a drill!
Drill holes 150mm or so apart
Insert feathers with wedge
Tap continually in sequence till you hear a great, immensely satisfying but little, snick.

So the rock I bought home to practice on was large enough to split twice. So now, out of one somewhat unusable round stone I now have three, very useful flat bottomed face stones one of which will be used in a corner. (A very important location)

One happy chappy today.

Now i'm going looking for those large difficult rocks!

Rotatry hammer drill

Feathers and wedges in place