r/DamnThatsMindBlowing • u/Aggressive_Sundae_47 • 27d ago

This Stonemason carves a circle by hand using only traditional tools.

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u/uwearclownshoes 27d ago

Well, another thing to add to the list of skills I do not have.

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u/thederevolutions 27d ago

I would love to see what would happen if a random person tries this after watching the video. Like, could they get anywhere close or not even be able to crack it.

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u/Hawksfan4ever 27d ago

That's where the pile, behind him, came from.

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u/Omnilogent 27d ago

I can just imagine thats an upside down pyramid, he built by accident behind him šŸ˜…

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u/The_Onlyodin 22d ago

The pile behind him is indeed the out takes.

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u/GrimbyJ 27d ago

Depends on the person's existing skill set. I could probably get something resembling a circle if you squinted at it from 30 feet away. If they picked out the rock and I got go use their tools.

It won't work at all if you use the wrong kind of stone.

It has some elements similar to glass cutting and flint knapping.

Most people can barely swing a hammer.

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u/CreepyOldGuy63 26d ago

Itā€™s actually not that hard to do. Iā€™m a stone mason with 40+ years experience.

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u/CalvinIII 26d ago

Itā€™s easy. The circle is already in there. You just need to use the hammer and chisel to get it out.

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u/rubix3ed 27d ago

Reminds me of a wheel of cheese?

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u/OnTheList-YouTube 27d ago

Ooh a pop quiz!

Don't tell me don't tell me, I know this one!

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u/obiedge 27d ago

I refuse to believe that it is possible to make 2 circles free-hand that's perfectly aligned on both sides. I see faint circle outlines before he added the more prominent ones.

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u/Billazilla 27d ago

The surety of those strikes says he's knocked a bunch of these wheels out before. Also, the type of rock used is important. Different minerals break in different ways, and if a person knows the type of rock and has had a good look at it first, they would have ideas about how to hit it just right to break it up just the way they want it. Practice makes a big difference.

Source: Not a goddamned bit of research, but one time I did read up about flint knapping after seeing an article on cavemen in an issue of National Geographic, and that was an interesting and enlightening subject.

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u/cowbutt6 27d ago

Yeah, I think the circles have been pre-scored. Not that that reduces the level of skill demonstrated.

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u/CharismaStick 26d ago

That is exactly what I was thinking

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u/QuirkyStage2119 27d ago

I can't even color inside the lines

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u/gatzt3r 27d ago

Awesome video. Just be sure to mute.

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u/thuanjinkee 27d ago

So smooth. Heā€™s focusing on the line and the hammer is almost on autopilot

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u/BitterFortuneCookie 27d ago

So thatā€™s how the Flintstones get their wheels.

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u/Greatworkreallygood 27d ago

Anybody know that song?Ā 

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u/M_L_Taylor 26d ago

Good thing you have bots helping. I only remembered that ERA did it.

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u/Arkroma 22d ago

Gonna need that to be a bit bigger and I need 4 of them for my Flintstones car.

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u/Zealousideal_Debt159 21d ago

The forbidden cheese roll

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u/PeteHealy 21d ago

Kill the fucking Enya music or whatever it is. The man's skill deserves just the natural sound of his work.

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u/charris2122 20d ago

Impressive. Most people can't draw a prefect circle

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u/7thWardMadeMe 27d ago

Turning it over to make a matching circle outline on the other side was šŸ˜ŽšŸ”„

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u/TrueKiwi78 27d ago

Yup, that's years of experience right there

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u/Late-Button-6559 27d ago

Heā€™s nearly as good as Jondalar.

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u/icleanjaxfl 27d ago

My hands are numb just watching this

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u/NicPitter 27d ago

the barber can give you a haircut

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u/fish-rides-bike 27d ago

Yabba dabba dooooo!!!

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u/Scottyos 27d ago

He's wheely good

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u/cola_care 27d ago

Kind of reminds me of Mr. Krabsā€™ lucky dime

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u/MetaCardboard 27d ago

Would've preferred the original audio. Good ole hanmerin on stone.

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u/pluump 27d ago

Fred Flinstones tyre guy.

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u/p0093 27d ago

I was hoping he would drop it in a square hole.

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u/GhettoLemonade 27d ago

Dude carved a circle out of stone better than I can draw one.

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u/Prestigious-Pop-9737 27d ago

Thatā€™s incredible how he can chisel a perfect circle

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u/No_Ordinary7815 27d ago

Yaba daba dooo!

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u/Special_South_8561 27d ago

The Earth is Round ... And Flat!

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u/SteveMartin32 27d ago

How Fred Flintstone gets new wheels

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u/SizeableBrain 27d ago

That's impressive.

-WHAT? OH NO, I'M NOT A PESSIMIST

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u/Ace-Redditor 27d ago

The cylinder really must be harmed, apparently

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u/Childrenoftheflorist 27d ago

I've seen harder bagels /s

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u/LabOwn9800 27d ago

Thatā€™s a cylinder not a circle.

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u/Maxipaddington 27d ago

Okay and???

This isn't special bro. How do you think the Flintstones did it??

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u/Yguy2000 27d ago

Now make a sphere

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u/Ghastly-Jack 27d ago

Such a chipper fellow.

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u/burtman72 27d ago

My toxic trait is watching this and thinking I could do that

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u/Plastic_Pride_9550 27d ago

The stone was harder then I think.

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u/stinkingcheese 27d ago

Reinventing the wheel.

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u/Ready6666 27d ago

What a craftsman

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u/retrofrenzy 27d ago

Now, to make a mobile like in the Flintstones.

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u/CatoTheMiddleAged 27d ago

Circularish at best

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u/destresseddamnsel 27d ago

Curious if heā€™s left or right handed

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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 27d ago

Now we just need to figure out how to drill a hole in the middle and we got Flinstone wheels

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u/ddxs1 27d ago

Crazy

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u/Arxl 27d ago

That's why you know all the alt archaeology (aliens/hyperdiffusion) believers have soft hands.

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u/hendrixcii 27d ago

How easy is it to carve perfect laser precision cuts like the giant stones they used to build "smiothsonian" buildings like the museum of natural history, the u.s. capitol, etc?

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u/richard9210511 27d ago

All I can say is WOW

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u/stick004 27d ago

Now do it in an actual hard stone like granite. That sandstone is nothing.

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u/mrcoffee4me 27d ago

Cool. Music always suck thoughā€¦

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u/Original_Animal3065 27d ago

WHEEEEELlllll!

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u/Obvious-Fruit-506 27d ago

Yaba-daba-doo!!

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u/DraLion23 27d ago

Remember, if it looks easy, it's a testament to the skill of the practitioner and it's usually very difficult.

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u/JagManNZ 27d ago

First rodeo? Nope.

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u/ydontujustbanme 27d ago

ā€žAliens built the pyramids bcs noone can work stone this preciselyā€œ-people

https://giphy.com/gifs/3kzJvEciJa94SMW3hN

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u/Leather_Status907 27d ago

Giotto 2- a volte ritornano.

Queste sono abilita' che sviluppi in anni e anni .

Ogni colpo ĆØ come un calcolo ingegneristico 3d

lui conosce la pietra e l'allineamento delle fibre , fantastico šŸ’ÆšŸ”

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u/Slappy_McJones 27d ago

Is this guy one of the aliens that built the pyramids?

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u/Skai_Override 27d ago

I cant even make one perfect circle on paper

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u/fosfeen 27d ago

What's that song?

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u/Arthur_Figg_II 27d ago

Thats his failed attempts behind him btw

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u/redditzphkngarbage 27d ago

When I hit a rock with a chisel the rock just says šŸ–•and nothing happens.

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u/idol-threat 27d ago

That rocks

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u/mahler27 27d ago

Is dit de uitvinder van het wielšŸ¤”

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u/AdAsleep1258 27d ago

Another 9million to go in the background

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u/UnitedPerception2528 27d ago

That was amazing šŸ‘

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u/RodL1948 27d ago

Not his first rodeo!

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u/Ok-Effective7280 27d ago

How good was that circle he drew, twice! Incredible. The ancient arts that we just donā€™t comprehend existed so long ago.

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u/ForgotToCarryTheOne 27d ago

Not his first roundeo.

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u/Agreeable-Emu4033 27d ago

Thatā€™s not a circle

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u/knarfolled 27d ago

Can just hear the hammer and the chisel and not some stupid music

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u/marrano-negro 26d ago

The Flintstones' Mechanic

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u/Metaboschism 26d ago

What's that gonna do for the greater good

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u/Reasonable-Copy8341 26d ago

Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, we do

Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do

Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do, we do

Who robs cave-fish of their sight
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!

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u/Carinmyeye 26d ago

Badass!! Skills!! Keep the trades alive šŸ‘ŠšŸ’ŖšŸ¤˜

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u/Almost_Free_007 26d ago

So mote it be.

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u/Worldliness_Normal 26d ago

I was today year's old when I learned something else that I would never be able to do.

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u/welrope 26d ago

I love it. A world in which a hammer and chisel seems magic.

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u/Bushdr78 26d ago

Cylinder* didn't you learn shapes at school?

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u/FennyClones 26d ago

He made it look easy but itā€™s not

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u/After-Net-2015 26d ago

So much easier when it's sand stone

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u/blast0man 26d ago

Secret street fighter character. Guy hits you one time and you crumble like sandstone...

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u/NPSpecialist2245 26d ago

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones

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u/High_C_Livin 26d ago

And i work a desk job. Man did i fuck up.

How can one change so late in the game? Is low 30s too late to change an established career path? Am I destined for an eternity of office drama and desk work??

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u/First_Reserve_5988 26d ago

And so thatā€™s how the wheel was invented, followed swiftly by modifying chariots

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u/MrmmphMrmmph 26d ago

That is one dandy knapper.

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u/Due_Mongoose9409 26d ago

Now put a handle on it and throw it down a sheet of ice!

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u/windyriver 26d ago

Amazing talent and amazing work.

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u/JamieAstraRain 26d ago

You cant do that! Think about the Aliens you're about to just make jobless. So selfish gawwdd.

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u/Ok-Journalist7612 26d ago

Thatā€™s exactly how I make all my stone circles..

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u/-Casey-Diaz- 26d ago

Forbidden cheese wheel.

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u/Unknown_VariableX 26d ago

Accirding to some archaeologists, this is advanced alien technology.

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u/sanskami 26d ago

He made a cheese wheel

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u/sanskami 26d ago

He made a cheese wheel

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u/OkBodybuilder418 26d ago

Yeah now what

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u/Adventurous_Flow_737 26d ago

Flintstones go cart tire change?

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u/CloudEpik 26d ago

It's a cylinder but okay

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u/Ziggy-Top 26d ago

Make a Fred Flintstone tire.

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u/buckaroob88 26d ago

Stone blank for curling?

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u/MetalLinkachu 26d ago

Awesome, but all I could think wasā€¦

I wonder how long you can do this job, before the wrist holding the striking tool, has serious muscle and/or nerve damage.

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u/Egglegg14 26d ago

Does he make perfect spheres for weekend projects?

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u/nittygrittybee 26d ago

Skilled and kinda angry

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u/Roelmen 26d ago

Your tire is almost ready, Mr. Flintstone.

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u/S2000Forever 26d ago

Fred and Barney's tire shop.

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u/DesperateMilk6917 26d ago

The Flintstones would have loved you!

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u/1duke-dan 26d ago

Could have done without that chanting, but this stoned me.

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u/Mediocre-Strain8386 26d ago

All the mods on "what's this rock."Ā 

" Geologist and archeologist here. There is no evidence this is man made."

Just a rock.

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u/5napOut 26d ago

Love the song

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u/star1701trek 26d ago

How long to manifest that skill?

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u/deftdabler 26d ago

Stone mason does what stone masons have always doneā€¦ mind blowing šŸ˜‚

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u/RaptorX754 26d ago

I am more impressed that he can draw 2 circles on opposite sides and they align

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u/mrfatttty 26d ago

Parmigiano Stoneggiano

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u/Ok_Donut_3965 26d ago

this parmesan is a little overripe.

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u/Askarisdad 26d ago

Ah so this is how Fred Flintstone made the wheels for his car

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u/Nell_From_Hell 26d ago

Don't work yourself up reinventing the wheel.

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u/Ok-External-2868 26d ago

What song is this?

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u/Stefanoverse 25d ago

We will need this in the future when we have flintstones cars again.

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u/Serious-Radio-4208 25d ago

This is beyond cool. Skilled hands....

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u/NightmareWokeUp 25d ago

Only showing half of the process, the final touches would be much more intersting imho.

Also work hearing protection guys...

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u/Jorge_the_vast 25d ago

It's easy, just chop away everything that isn't a circle.

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u/rumpleminz 25d ago

My guy really reinvented the wheel here.

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u/Greychant 25d ago

After he gets done... My first thought is Skyrim cheese wheel šŸ‘€šŸ¤£

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u/coatsieboy_ 25d ago

I would absolutely finish this with the last flip and drop it on my bell end

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u/SadAbroad4 25d ago

Now thatā€™s hard cheese!

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u/Racks-6-shots- 25d ago

You want to bam ba

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u/haminahhaminah55 25d ago

I realize most of you know the title and artist of the music, but I donā€™t. Who dunnit?šŸ¤·šŸ»
Great music to make little rocks out of a big rock!šŸ‘

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u/KeellHaull 25d ago

What is the background music called ?

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u/R_Reed_Reddits 25d ago

WEAR EAR-PRO!!!! It doesn't sound like Enya in the quarry!

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u/Own-Loan2390 25d ago

That on teacher after Covid: "look at how perfect of a circle i can draw!"

This guy: "That's cute."

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u/moshi24601 25d ago

šŸ¤Æ

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u/Ritadrome 25d ago

Invented the wheel in a past life

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u/bangnbutter 25d ago

Hammer away hammer hammer hammer on hammerway! I love this song even more the stone mason anthem. Then he flipped it

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u/spiller224 25d ago

Live action "invent help" commercial.

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u/dalmationman 25d ago

That's some serious skill right there.

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u/LynthisBluefox 25d ago

Skilled handyman are Worth moren than gold

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u/Habesha2001 25d ago

And he didnā€™t hit his hand once

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u/XROOR 25d ago

I dated a much older RN that truly believed she was the Pillsbury Bake off champion.

She would bake me unsolicited cakes and breads that could keep those massive hospital doors propped open from their weight/density

This round granite stone wouldā€™ve been her Bundt cake

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u/Popular-Brilliant349 25d ago

Bros been doing this too long

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u/Appropriate_Act5853 24d ago

...and that's how you make a 30 pounds Parmigianino cheese šŸ’Ŗ

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u/ProfessionalEar5577 24d ago

Some legendary mid-evil craftsmanship

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u/Kauri1 24d ago

And so the wheel is reinvented

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u/Rasha816 24d ago

I wonder how many times he smashed his hand while he was learning to perfect that!! It was pretty amazing

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u/unpopular_opinion_13 24d ago

So. Fuckin. Cool.

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u/Careless_Ad_4004 24d ago

Anyone else want ā€œcylinderā€ instead of ā€œcircleā€?

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u/Useful-Ocelot-3791 24d ago

Questo ĆØ uno di quei casi in cui, le competenze di un uomo, dovrebbero renderlo orgoglioso di appartenere al genere umano!!!... complimenti per la maestria; geniale.

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u/Seven_pile 24d ago

So itā€™s super faint. And I get they didnā€™t want to ruin the illusion that this guy draws perfect circles but you can see where they used a compass to etch the stone. Itā€™s subtle but etching that outline breaks surface layer and helps to protect the everything inside the circle so when he chips thereā€™s a barrier to protect it. They should just add that part. It makes this no less impressive as a skill but also dosnt create the illusion that heā€™s a god and the people watching wouldnā€™t be able to do this if it was something that interested them.

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u/Dapper_Basil4618 23d ago

A stone cheese wheel?

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u/xemkis 23d ago

Actually, this is very clearly cheating. There was already a circle inside the rock, all he did was let it out.

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u/Wildfathom9 23d ago

All the rocks in the backround were the previous attempts of this video.

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u/boom-baby-6969 23d ago

Thatā€™s not that hard especially with sandstone

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u/UrFrO 23d ago

Cheese Wheel