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ByKoen van Velzen 28-08-201512-02-2026

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Last week I was at Estate De Schaffelaar in Barneveld. I had to remove a plinth of Belgian bluestone, that was anchored with four stainless steel pins of 2 centimetres thick to a concrete foundation. The solution, of course, was the concrete chain saw 230 Volts (Cardi Coccodrillo 35 ie Renova chainsaw). The base will in due time…
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An Owl that snapped (flying buttress figurine)

A video of a pointing machine

Experiment with a Cut-n-break machine (video)

The whole sculptor's workshop is a Nativity scene

Inbetweens: a water spiral for the panipitha

Two putti restored