Damon and I stopped at J.C. Stone on our way out to Dan Ucci's yesterday morning. J.C. is our major source of stone in the mid-coast region and they have been for many years now. Specializing these days in the cutting and fabricating of truly incredible sculptural pieces for homes, businesses, and monuments; there is hardly anything in the way of rock they cannot provide. We stopped into the saw shop and I am always struck by the sheer magnitude of the diamond blade on the CNC (computer numerical control) machine they use to slice through granite blacks the size of large automobiles. It must be a fourteen-foot blade. The air inside is thick with moisture and noise and a pasty gray film of wet stone dust covers everything. It is impressive and intimidating at the same time. This is the other end of what I do, the other side of stonework, the technical side; and J.C. Stone does it well.
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