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Stone
mason setting out a stone - SMC237
This
is Colin Watson, the St Magnus Cathedral Stone Mason, setting
out a dressed block of sandstone. This was one of the first
steps in replacing a finial that had fallen off the Cathedral.
Colin uses callipers to measure the width of one of the feafs
of the finial. He then marks the correct location on the block
of stone in pencil. This is done so that he can make an almost
exact copy.
The finished finial can be seen on the gable of the north
transept chapel.
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