# Can someone help with the correct method to cut a boulder in half?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-with-the-correct-method-to-cut-a-boulder-in-half/172198>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 30, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-with-the-correct-method-to-cut-a-boulder-in-half/172198 "2003-04-30T17:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-with-the-correct-method-to-cut-a-boulder-in-half/172198/21 "2003-05-01T16:20:10Z")

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They are only one to two fee in size so isn’t drilliing a bit too much? I usually don’t see rocks that size being cut for walls. It would be interesting to see how your finally do it.

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