Message #205315

[iwannano]

Qoasis, If you haven't seen this I think you will appreciate it.

http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/egypt/articles/stonetech.php

As an old machinist I can say from experimental experience turning stone on a lathe is insane (yes I have tried a number of times only to have the piece explode/shatter just when it was starting to look like something). I can also testify that attempting to machine stone on a machine that isn't completely ridgid will have disasterous results. I cannot imagine how they were able to accomplish these items without cast iron or steel machine much less power to turn them. Again the turning must be steady, not some cow turning a  wheel.

http://members.tripod.com/~kon_artz/cultures/stonetec.htm

check out the spools on the above link

I made some napkin holders by using two different size diamond holes saws and a chunk of blue granite mounted in my 22" lathe. I drilled the bigger hole first and then in the cylinder that made I drilled the smaller hole. Then using a diamond cutoff wheel I cut through everything until I was able to free up the ring. It was a lot of work using diamond tools in a heavy iron lathe turned by electricity and I ended up with some rough 1.5" od by 1.125" id rings. The spools on the above link are thin and have raised lips that are also thin. Ask some stone cutters how they did that.

My point with all this is that no one knows how the pyramids were built but I think it is safe to say that the conventional wisdom is wrong. The technology they used is gone, steel rusts, aliens go home and when looking for answers sometimes thinking out of the box is the right path.

I enjoy reading your posts.