tools commonly used in stone crafts

stone crafts, as the name implies, refer to sculptures made of stone crafts. They have different meanings and cultures according to different carving images, but they are all reflections of people's life. So the stone handicraft tools commonly used in stone sculptures are: Which ones?

Also known as "chisel". One of the stone handicraft tools. An iron rod-shaped chisel with a wedge-shaped or cone-shaped lower end and a cutting edge at the end. Exclusively for carved stone. When in use, hit the upper end with a hammer to force the lower end blade to carve stone.

According to the shape of the blade, it can be divided into pointed chisel, flat chisel, semicircular chisel and tooth chisel. The pointed chisel is a wasteland chisel, with large, medium and small sizes. Large, medium and small deserts can be opened respectively. The large flat chisel is used to make planes, and the medium and small flat chisels are used to polish and make details. The thick-bladed semi-circular chisel can be used for cutting the middle waste of harder stones, and the thin-bladed carvings and details. The tooth chisel is used to arrange the rough blank into large size. According to the material, it can be divided into ordinary quenching chisel and carbide chisel. The former adopts No. 45, No. 60, T7 steel and train spring steel. According to the type of carved stone (granite or marble), the quenching depth and hardness of the applause blade tip, it has a wide range of applications. The disadvantage is that quenching is difficult and easy. wear and tear. The latter chisel is made of the same material as the quenched chisel, and the end is inlaid with tungsten-chromium alloy cutter head by brazing. Generally, it is made of YG8 material cutter head in different shapes. It is hard, sharp, not easy to wear, but resistant to bending. It has low strength and is not resistant to impact, so it is not suitable for carving granite. The land reclamation chisel is made of YG15 material with slightly lower hardness and higher bending strength.

One of the stone handicraft tools. It is specially used to strike chisels and chisel stone materials (it can also be used for Wood Carving). The size of the hammer heads at both ends is slightly different. The length of the hardwood handle is about 20 cm, and the placement position is generally not in the center, but slightly farther than the larger end, so as to be suitable for striking chisels of different thicknesses and qualities. Usually divided into three sizes, large, medium and small. The large size weighs about 1400 grams, which is a land reclamation hammer for stone crafts; the medium size is 800 grams, and can also be used for wood carving; The bottom is slightly narrowed at an angle of about 10 degrees, forged with No. 45 steel, and the surface is hardened.