No idea why youtube showed me this video, but I watched it regardless. I do no feel my time has been wasted.

@billrosenstein

Ай бұрын

Not or now?

@davidpile2576

Ай бұрын

@@billrosenstein bit of both.

@baxterraccoon6832

Ай бұрын

You, too, huh? This was out of the blue for me.

@MetroPCSPhoneUnboxxer

Ай бұрын

Really don't care about the feelings of the creator at all work a callous comment like that. I really liked this video and found it informative

@billrosenstein

Ай бұрын

@@davidpile2576 that's a bit skitzo .

please for the love of all, keep making videos showing how we used to do things so this knowledge is not lost.

@sunsetpark_fpv

26 күн бұрын

There's a LOT of those type of things....in books

@elickson7340

25 күн бұрын

​@@sunsetpark_fpvbooks are boring

@benllewellyn1887

15 күн бұрын

I still do these things 😂😂😂 But I use a drill 😉

I was waiting for him to be arrested at the end. Very disappointing.

@hlcepeda

Ай бұрын

Mason when arrested: "It's a fair cop."

@neilcarroll4579

Ай бұрын

I was waiting for the part where the dinosaur signalled it was the end of the working day and he went home in his open bottomed car .

@bellowphone

Ай бұрын

"What are you in for?" "Murder. You?" "I used a three-pin lewis." And they all moved away from me on the bench.

@MikehMike01

Ай бұрын

The UK will arrest people for memes so this is nothing

@antediluvianatheist5262

Ай бұрын

It's illegal to use because it's not that safe. A MASTER, as this guy probably was, knows what he's doing. But someone less skilled only has to cut the hole slightly wrong and it will fall out. or if the stone is bad, the force wil fracture it, and it will fall out. You need something that works, even if the guy doing it is clueless. And when you're lifting multi ton stones, yeah, you wanna get it right.

I call Three Pin Lewis And the Stonemasons as my new band name.

@abitoffblacksmithing9985

Ай бұрын

Nice....

@thatellipsisguy8984

Ай бұрын

All your admirers will want to see your centre pin… just be careful what you let them pass through the eye

@kyzor-sosay6087

Ай бұрын

Not bad

@sotxjoe3216

27 күн бұрын

Three-Pin Lewis "The Stone" Mason is my wrestling name.

@janskeet1382

27 күн бұрын

Sounds very prog-rock 🎸

I have worked with old stone masons who didn’t have power tools, and I have helped them to build a couple of private mausoleums. They were 8” thick granite walls 8’x10’ they called that device a German key. The Lewis pins we use are single angled apposing holes. Sometimes as many as three mostly two. And the type of steel they are made of now makes them very expensive but they work great,because you can’t use straps when setting walls. And also the pinned stone clamp works too and cheaper.

He picked up the three pin Lewis, the most difficult spare in all of bowling!!!

@iamnegan1515

26 күн бұрын

Lewis Lebowski

The Stomasons’ Guild of St. Stephen and St. George’s. What a title, absolutely wonderful.

Thank you for recording an posting this valuable educational video.

@DonKeecock

Ай бұрын

The entire time I've been getting it wrong. I was using a two pin lewis. Now maybe I can make some progress on my stone moving.

Hello, Dr., I watched this video that was randomly offered by KZread, which rarely got is useful out entertaining and EDUCATIONAL, but this is. I subscribed and I hope to see more.

Absolutely no clue how this appeared in my feed, but after a riveting two minutes twenty I declare a three thumbs up.

at age 71, having spent years in construction, mostly in everything EXCEPT stonework, and as a speculative Mason, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video, new sub, but I seriously doubt I will EVER have occasion to use this on any stone whatsoever. That said, I can see this technique being very useful when similar constraints are applied to the lifting and placement of non-stone materials. Thank you.

It's always a pleasure to watch an Operative Mason at his craft!!! 🤠👍

@diogeneslantern18

Ай бұрын

An Operative Mason you say? Whence came ye?

@CristiNeagu

Ай бұрын

@@diogeneslantern18 From the West, I bet.

@alphagt62

Ай бұрын

Using those round hammers is a trick! Lots of practice to do that effectively

@worldtraveler930

Ай бұрын

​@@diogeneslantern18From a Lodge of the Holy Saints John. Stephenville #267 and Clairette #1052 AF&AM. 😁

@worldtraveler930

Ай бұрын

​​​@@CristiNeaguThe East. PM.

We have these holes in the 1891 stone and brick mansion we are restoring. We don't trust the old holes so we have just been using cargo straps. Every once in a while one of our viewers will mention these Lewis pins.

@Tight4Skin

Ай бұрын

Don't trust them holes! 😂

Illegal you say?! “Pulls out my 4 pin Geoffrey” the police run away screaming

They allow a stone to be positioned or fitted into a slot where other lifting systems would get in the way. The quality of the stone is important as the device puts the block in tension (splitting). My opinion, for what it's worth, is from basic mechanical engineering and dry stone wall building experience.

@zachweyrauch2988

Ай бұрын

thanks. I was about to ask "why is this a thing when we have ropes?"

@Max_Griswald

Ай бұрын

​@@zachweyrauch2988- Ropes would be difficult to remove once the stone was in place if you had it sitting on them. You could use either nubs or pins driven into the sides of the stone to lift with ropes rather than having the rope lift from under the stone.

"What are you in for?" "Murdered my family. You?" "I used a three-pin lewis." And they all moved away from me on the bench.

@Marc-dm1fh

Ай бұрын

Nice reference

@jcarry5214

Ай бұрын

Litterbuggin

@dpall38

Ай бұрын

The Group W bench!

@ScottyBrunton

29 күн бұрын

Ha, ha, ha, that is a funny response thumbs up!

@ablanccanvas

28 күн бұрын

🤭

I always wondered...Thanks for a great video, impressive demonstration with a clear narration. Well done, Sir, well done indeed.

@ljprep6250

Ай бұрын

Do you cut a keystone shape in the stone, with the bottom wider? The 3 pieces fit too loosely to think otherwise, not that it needs to be a tight fit in either dimension.

@stasi0238

25 күн бұрын

​@ljprep6250 yes you start squarely and then go wider

This is great! I've learned more in the comments than I expected 👍

Interesting but there’s plenty of stuff we don’t do now that we used to. Safety rules are written in blood.

@Fez4ever

27 күн бұрын

Actually.....safety rules are written in money by lawyers and insurance underwriters. Nobody in power cares about anyones life or safety. Never have, never will.

Used one in the ceiling of a bath stone quarry to lower crane parts years ago.

Very cool, thanks!

I love learning the "Old Ways" as the ingenuity of simple tools built way more things than the modern equivalents. There's a time and place for everything.

@truantray

Ай бұрын

This method was banned because the pins pull out and workers have died from the falling stone. So much for the old ways.

@andrewhooper7603

Ай бұрын

It's a neat little device, but saying it built more than modern cranes is just nonsense.

@CastleHassall

Ай бұрын

​@@andrewhooper7603well, really the old devices built much more impressive and far more beautiful and character full buildings such as cathedrals

Second time seeing this and still love it. Thanks

People always tell me the cylindrical hammers are better until I try using one in front of them 😅

Absolutely fascinating, thank you very much.

Fantastic, learnt something new today. Thank you!

I have used Lewis pins in Canada, during a restoration. Sadly, they aren't up to standards, anymore. Nice video, great craftsmanship.

BRILLENT !!! I love it.......simple.....and it works.

Interesting demonstration! (new subscriber, stone-carver, Virginia)

Great little video!

Oi mate! Ya got a loicense for that there dangerous lewis??

SO SIMPLE... EXCELLENT VIDEO, STAY SAFE

These videos are great. Masonry and geo fan from the USA

Good work brother!

Fantastic chisels. They must be very hard and yet not brittle.

@anonymousguy1794

Ай бұрын

That's what she said...

@BeaulieuTodd

29 күн бұрын

Not in many years. 😢

Love the skill.

Very cool thank you for sharing that is a lot of work for one stone

@LT1

Ай бұрын

Yeah it should be illegal for being a gd waste of time

@user-kj1od5ed7p

Ай бұрын

@@LT1 I don't know anything about being a stone Mason so I would not know if this is a waste of time

@wolfie498

29 күн бұрын

@@LT1 Why is it a waste of time?

@TheBeefSlayer

17 күн бұрын

@@wolfie498because you have to chisel out a deep hole. You could use a claw grip or straps to lift it much faster than prepping this tool.

@wolfie498

16 күн бұрын

@@TheBeefSlayer not straps, that's the point. Claw grips if they're strong enough though, sounds a reasonable alternative.

Ingenious idea

Get in there Lewis!

Im amazed at the grand architecture we had centuries ago. They built awe inspiring structures that are still standing. Our current way of building is garbage in comparison

Learned something. Safe for smaller blocks, with care, clean stone, surely.

Wonderful!

What!!! No alien rock melting tech.

@Stonemasonsguild

Ай бұрын

Sorry

@janskeet1382

27 күн бұрын

You are just being naughty. You know that they did it with multi-harmonic sound waves. 🔊

Super cool video

A simple but great and illagal technique. 😊

Very interesting, thanks!😊

I use this account for ASMR and for popping. No idea why the KZread algo felt this was something i might like but here i am nonetheless...

I never knew why all those old stones had that hole in them, now I know!

Very cool!

Neat. Thanks for this info.

Great to see the video pop up in my feed! Why are they illegal now?

I liked it.

is there a particular reason they are illegal now?

@Smokinnnn

Ай бұрын

My guess is safty reasons.. 🤷🏻‍♂️ It's held only by preasure.

@Scarabswarm

Ай бұрын

​@@SmokinnnnThat's my guess as well. It's too easy for a novice to carve the slot improperly, and the key to slip out while the block is in midair. It's also not guaranteed that a hidden flaw in the stone won't cause it to split while in midair and there is a ton of pressure on that wedge.

@Smokinnnn

Ай бұрын

@@Scarabswarm Exactly mate. Sounds logic to me. ✌🏽🍻

@serenity1378

Ай бұрын

@@Scarabswarm Either that or the pin failing. Ultimately, it's less safe than modern methods. Guarantee it was safer than alternatives when it was created but times move on and if we can save even a single life, we should.

Does your belt have a clock on it? If so that is both useful and cool looking.

What’s the largest size block you would lift with this? Would you ever use more than one in a single block?

@Stonemasonsguild

29 күн бұрын

I don’t know exactly but I have seen very large Lewises

Good. Thanks.

That s the same idea granite quarries use to pick up massive blocks of stone that weigh many tons. Of course it’s much larger than this. And the hole is drilled in with a jackhammer.

I like that👍

Explains how they hoisted blocks into place

The 3-Pin Lewis sounds like an especially nasty type of wrestling submission, possibly involving a bit of the what the ref cant see.

How long did it take? 15 minutes?

Fascinating. But why is it illegal? Scrolling through the comments now to see if it's already been answered.

Pretty cool, though I can see why it is illegal, someone that did not know how to make it right could kill someone lifting it

@grantofat6438

2 жыл бұрын

How? Someone lifting it would not be so stupid as to walk under it. Would they?

@jeffharper7579

Ай бұрын

Yeah I work with a couple of morons that are a little high and do stupid stuff like that. I work at a small stone quarry and have seen them walk under parts of the crusher as we had to replace some of it.

@paulfrost8952

Ай бұрын

@@jeffharper7579do they not put a barrier up to alert people of the overhead danger?

@pobvic

Ай бұрын

@@paulfrost8952 if you have a controlled number of people on site (ie staff and not public) then information rather than barriers is standard practice for lifts. Barriers can be impractical and people still walk through them.

@paulfrost8952

Ай бұрын

@@pobvic if the barrier can be walked through it’s not a barrier!

i wonder if this method was not to be used for stones exposed on the upper side of buildings as rainwater pooling and freezing in the slot (if turned upwards) could have prematurely weathered and split the stone

@tomekciepiaszuk582

Ай бұрын

It's UK, I will bet it's either something to do with H&S or someone was offended...

@beeble2003

Ай бұрын

@@tomekciepiaszuk582 What on Earth are you talking about? The question was about whether this method would have been used _in the past_ for stones on upper surfaces.

@tomekciepiaszuk582

Ай бұрын

@@beeble2003 Ah yes, clearly I didn't pay enough attention, ignore me.

@beeble2003

Ай бұрын

@@tomekciepiaszuk582 Fair enough. :)

@jack504

Ай бұрын

The holes would be in the mortar joints between courses. Capstones would be lifted wrapped with rope or inverted

First time I've seen a stonemason wearing a tie at work!

@Stonemasonsguild

Ай бұрын

that would depend on your clients.

@jcarry5214

Ай бұрын

I feel like I'm about to be served a 60 degree ale, not a rock.

I wonder who's job it would have been to cut these sockets, my first thought was it would have been an apprentice's job, to teach them to cut accurately, but then thinking of what all could go wrong and how costly it would be if not done right if it would have been the 'old guy' who had put his time in up top and was on what would have been considered light work?

Awesome! Now build a full-scale pyramid. Thanks!

@Stonemasonsguild

27 күн бұрын

Is this meant to be funny?

I assume that they were effective and easy to use, but the blocks can still split, so they were made illegal to stop people from using them. Professionals may have an occasional accident but the tool is so easy to use that amatures would cause all sorts of trouble. A pity.

Why is it illegal?

I was just wondering how to do this

So why is it illegal now?

Out of a million people.....maybe three or four could do that..!!

I can definitely see why its banned for use. probably wasn't uncommon that a stone could split and fall

Why's it illegal?

At first I thought "Three Pin Lewis" was a British version of "Three Card Monty."

Oh come on there's no way that stone could be lifted without advanced alien technology.

How heavy of a stone can this move?

Didn't catch the first few words, what is illegal to use?

@beeble2003

Ай бұрын

The three-pin Lewis that the whole video is about.

I clicked on this video thinking that block was some type of cheese.

A very good traditional technique. Unfortunately, I had to realize during the restoration that the weaker the sandstone, the more susceptible it is. Microcracks form and over time the stone cracks in two.

Neat 🙂

Illegal? What am I missing

Thank you, so why are they banned, health &safety say no they dont find it 100% safe. Would like to know.😊

Neat

The pin in the shackle is called a forelock 😊

Why would it now be illegal to use?

@jcarry5214

Ай бұрын

Splitting large rocks high in the air annihilating crewmen and passersby alike is my guess.

@serenity1378

Ай бұрын

Things fall, people get crushed, we have safer methods.

Stonemason’s version of “Ridin’ Dirty”.

OK, so WHY is this illegal?

oi mate where's ya 3 pin lewis loicense

The Freemasons hate him for revealing the secrets.

Why is it illegal now?

@NigelHatcherN

Ай бұрын

It can fail.

why is it now illegal to use?

@DanielMendoza-vz6ss

Ай бұрын

Not safe

@johnfisher7143

Ай бұрын

This device must have pre-dated safety. Safety is a modern concept designed to add thousands to the cost of everything, slow everything down, provide employment for a whole subculture of “safety” experts and increase the salary of everyone involved as a “pass through cost” to consumers.

@paulklee5790

Ай бұрын

@@johnfisher7143… and probably save a few lives along the way…

@DeeCook-ir2ny

Ай бұрын

@@johnfisher7143 Boy did you hit that one square and true. Safety is fine and all but there comes a point that if you need to feel that safe, it would be best that you just stay wrapped up in bubble wrap and your little blankie at home in Mommy's basement being fed pudding and pre-chewed bread...

@gloriousapplebees

Ай бұрын

I guess the safety question is 'how often does this fail?' causing a large heavy stone to fall with a lot of potential for damage. As well as whether this could compromise the internal strength of some stones (1 or a few in a wall?) which could cause a lack of expected structural strength. Probably just a bunch of pussies though looks good enough just slap er and make sure you say "that ain't going anywhere" LOL

Illegal? I’m not sure I understand? Like on a commercial site you mean? Or like……..ANYWHERE?

Illegal?

@andrewhooper7603

Ай бұрын

Used to be a man could hoist his own stones up with a simple lewis, but can't anymore because woke.

My middle name is Lewis… I wonder if it is somehow related to stone masonry.

Wouldn't it be easier and faster to just carry the stone at the edges?

Why is it illegal now? Unreliable?

@Stonemasonsguild

Ай бұрын

they can fail if they are snatched up to quickly, no problem with an old rope pully or block and tackle but with an electric winch or crane they can brake the stone around them and pull out.

So what is this for? Im so confused.

@Demonstormlord

Ай бұрын

He says in the beginning. It's an old method of lifting stones with a crane or tackle block.

@Stonemasonsguild

Ай бұрын

thanks

greeting fellow algorithm surfers 🏄

Stonemason ASMR. Thanks YT algorithm