In a message dated 9/10/02 8:23:29 PM, shea@GTSDESIGN.COM writes:

<< Using hammer swings of 2-3", I can take away about a 1/2" of granite

over a 6" x 6" area in an hour, if I work at a pace that insures

survival of the block... >>

This affirms what an old mason told me when I asked him how long it would
take to dress by hand enough stone to build a cut stone house.  He said in
the old days it would take a master with two helpers about a month.  But, he
added, back then men knew how to work, so, today it would take a year.

George