On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:16:31 -0500, dadiOH wrote:
If you want the outside edge of the stones to be flush with the outside
vertical wall, you would be hard put to cut them after laying without
screwing up the wall.

I'm confused.

I thank you for the description - but I don't understand as you 'seem'
to be talking about cutting the edge near the wall. Please allow me to
clarify (in case I explained it wrong).

The edge near the vertical wall is already cut. So are the side-to-side
edges (next to each block).

The edge I'm unsure about is the edge that eventually ends up in the
grass. That's what I'm calling the outside edge.

Here's a picture, taken just now at first light, that has the edge that I
was asking about pointed to.
http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...mg/7452746.jpg

I am not sure if it's best to cut that pencil line (which cuts the length
of each stone to exactly fifteen 1/2 inches away from the wall) BEFORE or
AFTER I set the stones in cement & mortar???

(Note: Unless suggested otherwise, I plan on cutting that line AFTER I
lay the stones permanently. That way, the outside (cut) line will always
be straight. I plan on snapping a chalk line where the pencil marks now
are and then slicing it with the circular saw & diamond blade.)

But I've never done this ... so that's why I ask. It just seems too hard
to get that outside edge straight any other way.