Keep It Simple: Efficiently Cut Retaining Wall Blocks With A Low-Tech Tool In Your Shed Already

Cutting retaining wall blocks doesn't have to be an expensive endeavor with pricey power tools. You can do it with some basic ...

Burdened by debt, bonded to life of toil

Rescue of bonded labourers from illegal stone-cutting unit highlights ongoing struggles of debt bondage in Andhra Pradesh's ...

Cut Cinder Blocks Efficiently With A Tool You Might Already Have Sitting In Your Shed

You might see some videos circulating online advising how to cut a cinderblock with a circular saw, but there are some ...
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The largest stone at Bolivia’s Puma Punku weighs about 131 tons and shows no chisel marks

A single block of andesite at Bolivia’s Pumapunku temple complex weighs an estimated 131 tons and bears no visible chisel ...
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How the best handymen kept their tools sharp for years

Old tool-care habits, not fancy sprays, are why some blades still cut clean decades later.

Jade across the Rockies: New research on stone celt artifacts helps map Indigenous trade routes

New research analyzing jade artifacts, unearthed east of the Rocky Mountains, sheds light on vast Indigenous trade networks ...

Mount Penteli – inside the coolest quarry in the world

In the fifth century BC, huge blocks were cut from the mountainside with iron tools and wooden wedges and then used to ...

With a chainsaw in hand, ‘Tiki’ Dan Bialk carves up the Peninsula

Dan Bialk, a former teacher, now spends his time sculpting figures and totem poles out of the remains of palm trees.

37 Clever Handy Hints Under $5

These genius ideas will save you time and trouble during home improvement projects. And each costs less than $5 to do.

For 28 years, a Latvian immigrant built Florida’s 1,100-ton Coral Castle mostly alone at night, and never fully explained his methods

A heartbroken immigrant named Edward Leedskalnin built Coral Castle over thirty years. He single-handedly moved over one thousand tons of limestone using basic tools. Leedskalnin never revealed his ...

Meet the English artisans turning nature into art in Cornwall

For centuries, Cornwall has been renowned for its craft traditions. it’s a place where creativity is as much a part of the landscape as the granite and the gorse. We meet five of the county’s modern ...