During his life he lived in city's like Florence, Venice and Bologna in Tuscany, nowadays Italy. Later, during the prolonged illness and after the death of his mother, he lived as a stonecutter and his wife and family in the town of Settignano where his father owned a marble quarry and a small farm. Michelangelo once said to the biographer of artists Giorgio Vasari, "What little good I have within me came from the pure air of your native Arezzo and the chisels and hammers." Michelangelo's desire to become an artist was initially opposed by his father. After a period of grammatics studies with the humanist Francesco da Urbino, Michelangelo continued his apprenticeship in painting with Domenico Ghirlandaio and in sculpture with Bertoldo di Giovanni. Michelangelo's father managed to persuade Ghirlandaio to pay the young artist, which was unheard of at the time. In fact, most apprentices paid their masters for the education. Impressed, Domenico
The pitch represents the number of teeth per inch. The standard pitches are 14, 18, 24, and 32 teeth per inch. For general purpose work the 18 pitch is used. The 24 pitch is used for cutting thick wall tubing, pipe, copper, brass. The 32 pitch is used for thin wall tubing and sheet metal. Mini-Hacksaw Frame is used for difficult-to- reach positions. Tubing cutter is used for cutting tubes. The cutting of tubes with a tube cutter is more efficient than cutting with a hacksaw. Chisels are classified according to their points, the most common being flat, crosscut and pointed nose. Chisels are usually made of octagonal tool steel, carefully hardened and tempered. Flat Cold Chisels are tools used for chopping or cutting cold metal. The size of a flat cold chisel is determined by the width of the cutting edge. Crosscut chisels are usually used for cutting keyways. The pointed chisel is used for cutting `V' grooves and inside sharp angles. When chipping steel,
of David and saw it in its entirety. ■ GREAT SUCCESS REQUIRES LONG, HARD WORK The sculptor quickly arranged to have workmen haul the block of marble to his studio some distance away. He then began the long, hard job of hammering and chiseling. It took him two solid years of work to create the rough outline of the statue. He then put his ham- mers and chisels aside and spent two more years polishing and sanding before the statue was complete. Michelangelo was already famous as a sculptor, and the news that he was working on a major commission for the Medicis spread all over Italy. When the day came for its first public viewing, thou- sands of people came from all over Italy and gathered in the main square. When it was unveiled, the crowd stood gaping in awe. It was
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