A glacial stone of gneiss, which in this one shows a strong margin:
while propped to the level I want, the top is removed to make a flat surface:
I roughed out the shape of the pool, and did plunge cuts with a 7 inch diamond blade:
the cuts weaken the material to allow me to hammer and chisel the chunks away:
a little more to go for the rough basin:
roughing out complete, now for some grinding with a 4 inch diamond blade:
initial basin smoothing complete:
smoothing the edge of the pool, left side is done:
after finishing the smoothing of the top, the bottom is flattened:
Bottom with the hardest rock remaining:
Bottom complete, with signature:
Wetted dwn final product:
A little bit of water to show shape of pool:
Water just below the rim:
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