machining basalt
Any size stone can be cut and faceted given the size machine, equipment, and knowledge.
The above large faceted basalt with 16 equal sides is located at the shore temple in manabaliuram, India.
As a demonstration, I selected a piece of basalt from my backyard and cut out a rectangular piece using a grinding circular saw.
By hand, preform a basalt cylinder on a flat grinding lap.
Measuring is not required when making the faceted basalt hexadecagon.
The basalt is glued to a dop stick and inserted to the faceting machine using a 64 index gear. 16 facets are ground down equally at 90 degrees.
The basalt cylinder hexadecagon has 16 side facets. The top is faceted with an additional 16 facets at 51.8 degrees.
Flat lap faceting creates flat planes on a stone. When polished, a facet will reflect light evenly.
After a light polish of the facets, I remove the basalt from the dopstick.
Grinding saws make straight cuts in stone.
(below) Ultrasonic grinding allows for precision holes to be made near the edge of the basalt. A star tube is used to ultrasonically grind star indentations. Ultrasonic grinding is a hallmark of ancient construction.
Actively machining stone will help in understanding and locating very ancient construction sites often associated with machined artifacts.
The stone left over from machining will leave specific marks (machine marks).
Below in basalt are precision round holes, perfect straight grinding cuts, and wheel marks found in basalt.
Below is a 3 inch wide by 4 foot long round drill hole in basalt rock. The hole can be created by a spinning grinding tool or ultrasonics, only the trained eye will know the difference.
Conventional spinning wheels and tubes can create rounded machine marks whereas ultrasonic grinding can leave any shape with more precision.
Learning these techniques will help equip a person in the field for finding lost ancient ruins and magnetic anomalies associated with ancient construction.
A 2-day workshop will be available in order to help people researching in the field.
Each workshop attendee will learn basic stone machining and much more. Field trip locations will be discussed at the workshop.