I recently saw an artist sculpting stone and using a device called a pointing maching (I asked) to duplicate another piece.

Can these be bought? Useful?

Anyone here also carve limestone as well as wood?

Brad

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

I carved one piece of jadestone...haven't carved another since...but it is expensive to buy..unless you live in Washington or Oregon and can find it! lol there are several duplicators around, the cheapest I have seen is about 1100.00 and works with a router and produces a 'roughout'. These take time as you have to move the router in the carriage around the original carving....for my part..I would rather make a mold and cast if I want a duplicate...but that is just my personal opinion.

http://abrahamlincolnartgallery.com/...fsculpture.htm
This quote is from the site above, I found the essay on 'Subtractive vs Additive' sculpture interesting.

'Michelangelo, created his works first in clay. Â*The clay would next be cast in plaster and a three dimensional [glow=red,2,300]pointing device[/glow] would be used by a staff of assistants to transfer the dimensions to a block of marble'

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Borglund (name spelling?) used a giant version in the black hills of south dakota!