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Stonecutting

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stone·cut·ter  (stnktr)
n.
1. One that cuts or carves stone.
2. A machine that is used to dress stone.

stonecutting n.


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One time, when the electricity came back suddenly with a strong power surge, it crippled the dynamo of the stonecutting machine.
At a stonecutting yard in Italy, masons had noticed what looked like cross-sections of a skeleton in slabs cut from a huge hunk of limestone imported from Egypt.
The hardest challenge facing the stonecutting industry isn't cutting through solid marble or granite, however; it's doing so with maximum productivity, precision, and efficient use of raw materials.
 
 
 
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