Gave me a few ideas, u r a star. 9 out of 10.

this applies to both of you!

Jig - howd u no so much about masonary kinds stuff?

should have looked at the link first, thats a masons cutter (the bastards are to lazy to use a hammer and chisle these days) all the stone cut from that machine would be used for walls, slabs, and also statues. (such as the type you`d see on a church or catedarel) what exactly is it you need to know about quarrys?

i need to know (copied from my questionaire):


What are the end products used for?
Paving Stones
Cobbles
Tiles
Facidas (sp?)

What are the types of stone processed?
Granite & Sandstone, (slate in a much smaller capacity)

What are the sizes of stone processed?
32â€￾ x 21â€￾ but can drop to as low as 5â€￾ x 8â€￾.

What is the maximum weight of the stone you process?
Approximately 300/400Kg.

What is the average usage of machine?
At least 1 shift a day, 5 days a week for 20years. This can increase to 2 shifts as need be.

Would you consider it to be a large operation?
Moderately large, but specialised in other areas than cobbling.

Where is your market? Who?
100% builders and DIY niche.

Do you predict growth in your market place?
Strongly dependant on the housing market, proportional to the number of new houses being built with faca (?).

Is machine maintenance a problem?
The piping is loose and is damaged by debris, causing ruptures. Other than that it works until it stops, (no PMs).

If there were anything you would like to change, what would it be?
Pipes hidden away,
Turntable
Offloading rollers
Higher Speed

How many men does it require to run the machine?
3 men, 1 loading into machine, 1 unloading and 1 bringing in raw material at regular intervals.

How much would you pay for this machine today?
£70,000-80,000 would be the maximum limit.

Who manufactured the machine?
Unknown – no documentation or viable labelling.

How would you attract business in this area?
We don’t, the business comes to us, we do not actively seek out anything of this machine as demand can exceed supply.

What would the payback time be on a machine worth £80,000? Is that acceptable?


That is for quarries that have this type of machine, but quarries that do not, i would ask why they wouldnt need one, and what it would need to do to make it justifiable for them to get it

How much of the Statistics side do you need, i've previously down some and am continueing it this year, though not really what a would call hard core Statistics.

What exactly do you want to prove or find out about using statistics?

Glad you didn't want us to do that questionaire as homework sir