Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 166
nt and then picked all over as though a woodpecker CUT STONEWORK. 161 had picked it. Broken ashlar finished in this way has a very prettyeffect, but is quite expensive. Patent-hammered or Bush-hammered (Fig. 86).—When it is desiredto give a finished surface to granite and the hard limestones they… … Fig. -Patent-hammered. Fig. 87—Bush hammered. blades in the hammer, and the work is said to De six-cut, eight-cut or ten-cut, according as six, eight or ten blades are used.Government work is generally ten-cut. Eight-cut is mostly used foraverage work, and for steps and door sills six-cut is…
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