✔ This article discusses the 20+ tools used for stone dressing, with appropriate images and uses. Stone dressing is the process of making stones extracted from quarries uniform and smooth.
✔ The stones mined from quarries are rough, so they need to be well-dressed to use as a construction material. The rocks of uneven shape and size are dressed well in this process to improve the structure’s aesthetic where they are used.
20+ Tools Used for Stone Dressing
The following tools are used for dressed stones:
| Name | Image | Use |
| 1. Spall Hammer |  |
Used for the rough dressing of stones. |
| 2. Scrabbling Hammer |  |
Used for removing irregular bushings from the surface of the stones. |
| 3. Mash Hammer |  |
Used for the rough dressing of stones. |
| 4. Wallers Hammer |  |
Used for removing spalls. |
| 5. Club Hammers |  |
Used to strike narrow-headed chisels. |
| 6. Mallet |  |
Used to strike mallet-headed chisels. |
| 7. Dummy |  |
Used for striking chisels for carving work. |
| 8. Gad |  |
Used to split stones. |
| 9. Drag |  |
Used to give drag finish. |
| 10. Hand Saw |  |
It is used to cut soft stones. |
| 11. Cross-cut saw |  |
Used to cut hard stone. |
| 12. Frame saw |  |
Used to cut large blocks of stone. |
| 13. Pitching tool |  |
Used to remove the irregularities from the stone surface. |
| 14. Square |  |
Used to set edges at right angles. |
| 15. Boaster |  |
Used to cut soft stones. |
| 16. Punch |  |
Used for rough dressing. |
| 17. Point |  |
Used for rough dressing for hard stone. |
| 18. Gouge |  |
Used to dress stones for cornices, string courses, etc. |
| 19. Broad Tool (nicker) |  |
Used to form chisel lines on the stone surface. |
| 20. Wood-handled chisel |  |
Used to dress soft stones. |
| 21. Claw chisel |  |
Used to dress hard stones. |
| 22. Tooth chisel |  |
Used to dress hard stones. |
| 23. Drafting chisel |  |
Used for the fine dressing of stone. |
