Resources & Links
These are resources which various members have used. These companies are not related to the Stonecarvers Guild, with the exception of those noted with an asterisk*.
Stone Suppliers — Indiana Limestone
Capital Stoneworks. *
180 Shepard Ave.
Wheeling, IL 60090
phone (847) 873-0298
www.capitalstoneworks.net
Indiana limestone S6S and landscape stone
Clear Creek Stone Co. *
Bloomington Indiana
phone 812-824-7050
fax 812-824-7051
www.clearcreekstone.net
Reasonably priced buff limestone, Blocks or S6S.
Ranier DeVido Stone & Marble Co. *
2619 New Butler Rd., Rte. 422 East
New Castle Pa.
724-658-8518
www.devidostone.net
B G Hoadley Quarries
Bloomington, Indiana
812-332-1447
Fax: 812-332-6085
Quality gray stone.
Independent Limestone Co, LLC
Bloomington, Indiana
888-824-6588
Fax: 812-824-7405
www.independentlimestone.com
Buff stone, quarry blocks only.
Indiana Limestone Company
Bedford Indiana
812-275-3341
Fax: 812-279-8972
www.indianalimestonecompany.com
Quality buff stone, specify PM&B buff.
Indiana Limestone Institute
Stone City Bank Bldg Suite 400
Bedford, IN 47421
812-275-4426
www.iliai.com
List of stone mills around the country, provides specifications.
Stone Suppliers — Marble
Gawet Marble and Granite
Center Rutland
Vermont
800-323-6398
Many varieties of marble S6S.
The Marble Institute of America
www.marble-institute.com
Info on marble and suppliers, stone maintenance and cleaning info.
Stone Suppliers — Texas Limestone
Continental Cut Stone
Florence TX
254-793-2329
www.continentalcutstone
Quarries Lueders Limestone. Full line production mill, milling most of the Texas stones as well as Indiana Limestone.
Leander Cut Stone
Liberty Hill, TX
512-778-5064
Quarry Cordova Crème, and Shell, and a milling operation.
Texas Cut Stone
Liberty Hill, TX
512-778-5232
www.texascutstone.com/
Full line production mill, no quarry operation. These guys have a huge lathe.
Texas Quarries
Cedar Park TX
512-258-1474
www.texasquarries.com
Quarries Cordova Crème, Texas Shell and several Lueders limestones. A full line production mill.
TexaStone
Garden City, TX
432-354-2569
www.texastone.com
Quarry source for Cedar Hill Cream and pink, Hadrian and Permian Sea Coral. Also mills and produces tile.
Tools — Italian
Gino Cuturi
Off Mecc. S.R.L.
Zona Industriale Apuana Via Degli Oliveti 15
POBox 32
54100 Massa
Italia
Phone (0585) 83123213
Fax(0585) 831231
Telex 500047 Pasmas /
(Air hammers, rifflers, chisels etc. English speaking)
Luciano Baicchi
Officina Meccanica Produzione Abrasivi
Via Pisa 8
54033 Fossola
Carrara, Italia
Phone 0585/841541
Fax 0585/84047
Telex 501198 Bai Luc /
(Air hammers, chisels, and other stone working supplies. No English)
Milani Utensili
Via G. Verga, 6
55045 Pietrasanta (LU)
Italy
Tel and Fax: +39 584 742-696 (Italian speaking only)
55045 Pietrasanta (Lucca)
(Makes chisels and pointing machines)
Tabula Rasa
Viale Dello Scalo di S. Lorenzo 40
Roma 00185 Italia
+39-06-4450070
fax +39-06-4456760
(Italian tools and air hammers, will do mail order.)
www.tabvlarasa.com
Tools — American
Southwest Stoneworks *
PO Box 248
Dixon, NM 87527
(505) 579-9179
(575) 770-4368
www.saxstonecarving.com
Trow & Holden Tools *
Barre, Vermont
800-451-4349
Manufactures pneumatic hammers and chisels. Good selection of carbide tools.
www.trowandholden.com
Bicknell
Elberton GA
800-241-7105
Pneumatic and hand tools, abrasives, Lithochrome, stone handling equipment.
Blue Bonnet Tool Co.
Dallas, TX
800-492-5174
Extensive catalogue.
Braxton Bragg
800-575-4401
www.braxton-bragg.com
Stone working tools, work benches.
Bybee Stone Tools
6525 W Maple Grove Rd.
Ellettsville, IN 47429
(812) 876-3058
Chisels and other stone working tools
www.bybeestone.com/bybee-stone-tools/
The Compleat Sculptor
90 Van Dam St.
New York, NY 10013
Tel. (800) 9-SCULPT
Fax. (212)243-6374
www.sculpt.com
Eastern Marble Supply
Scotch Plains, NJ
800-643-8818
www.easternmarble.com
Distributes Trow & Holden Tools and all sorts of stoneworking and polishing supplies.
Granite City Tool – MN
247 28th Ave S
Waite Park, MN 56387
800-328-7094
www.granitecitytool.com
Granite City Tool Co.
Barre, VT
800-451-4570
Much the same as Bicknell. Carries diamond hand pads in grits from 50 to 3500.
www.granitecitytoolvt.com
Material Concepts
11620 Caroline Road
Philadelphia, PA 19154
800-372-3366
Large sheets of .020″ Template plastic
www.materialconcepts.com
Ty Mathews
The Stone City Forge
3748 Pinhook Road, Bedford 47421
Very good blacksmith, hand forged tools.
Wenzco Supply
Sales@wenzco.com
(800) 346-78057
(Used shop equipment and tools, including used air hammers and carboff rubbing paper to do tracing of lettering.)
Gibson Tools
2023 58th Avenue Cir E
Bradenton, Florida 34203
Tel: 941 3061028
www.gibsontools.com
(English, Scottish, Italian and other stoneworking tools
Books
Il Mestiere del Marmista (The Marble Worker’s Craft)
Gabriele Rovai
Officina Michelangelo
Pietrasanta, Italy, 1999
In Italian & English, on the traditional techniques and training of Italian marble carvers.
Pugin’s Gothic Ornament
The Classic Sourcebook of Decorative Motifs
Augustus Charles Pugin, 1831
Reprinted by Dover Books, 1987
ISBN 0-486-25500-X
The Stone Carvers
Master Craftsmen of Washington National Cathedral
Marjorie Hunt
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999
ISBN 1-56098-829-0
Stonemasonry Detailing
Roy Pepperell
Attic Booktool, England, 1990
ISBN 0-948083-13-1
A textbook on stone cutting and masonry.
