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Cutting Concrete blocks for wall
Well, dear wife wants a retaining wall for new garden area.
So, using some of those mortarless blocks...here's the Web site: http://www.mutualmaterials.com/Homeo...85&detail2=122 I am building it. However, I need to cut some wierd angles. In the past I have always used my handy dandy 7-1/4 inch circular saw and some "fiber-type" masonry blades at $2.50 a piece from my local hardware store to cut the things. However, it has been about 10 years since my last foray. Am I getting older, or did I forget....it's hard work to cut these things and I am going through about 1 blade for every 2 blocks.... I poked about the Web and saw a few Hitachi blades, "diamond" advertised for $30 to $70 ....and a few other brands for up to $380. Now, I need to cut a number of these, I haven't quite figured out the total, but a number of them on wierd angles and just a number of them in half to meet her "highness's specs. I am not expecting to cut them totally, just enough to split. I don't want to rent a cutter, because I have no easy way to get it here and they want $50 to deliver, plus the $66 rental charge for the day.... Anyway, would one of those steel Hitachi blades work better than the fiber ones I struggled with today??? |
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On Feb 24, 11:56*pm, wrote:
Well, dear wife wants a retaining wall for new garden area. So, using some of those mortarless blocks...here's the Web site: http://www.mutualmaterials.com/Homeo...id=64&p_id=266.... I am building it. *However, I need to cut some wierd angles. *In the past I have always used my handy dandy 7-1/4 inch circular saw and some "fiber-type" masonry blades at $2.50 a piece from my local hardware store to cut the things. However, it has been about 10 years since my last foray. *Am I getting older, or did I forget....it's hard work to cut these things and I am going through about 1 blade for every 2 blocks.... I poked about the Web and saw a few Hitachi blades, "diamond" advertised for $30 to $70 ....and a few other brands for up to $380. Now, I need to cut a number of these, I haven't quite figured out the total, but a number of them on wierd angles and just a number of them in half to meet her "highness's specs. I am not expecting to cut them totally, just enough to split. *I don't want to rent a cutter, because I have no easy way to get it here and they want $50 to deliver, plus the $66 rental charge for the day.... Anyway, would one of those steel Hitachi blades work better than the fiber ones I struggled with today??? Rent a potable wet saw from a tile store cutting concrete is extremely dusty |
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Cutting Concrete blocks for wall
Original poster here again.
I went to the local masonry store and bought a dry diamond cutting blade for my 7-1/4 circular saw. As one poster mentioned....it was a miracle the way this works compared to the fiber cheapies. This thing was $25 and it is like no big deal to cut with it. Works like a charm. Wish I had known about these long ago. As mentioned, it is dusty work, but I live on a large farm. I just rigged up a 100 foot extension cord, put on a hat, goggles, face mask, rubber boots and my "work in the slop" work clothes and aimed the dust out toward the field. I got pretty dusty, but nothing that a chilly rinse in the barnyard hydrant couldn't cure...brrrrrrrr. Thanks again for the suggestions. |
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Cutting Concrete blocks for wall
if you are talking about the red/rust color blocks that home depot/Lowes
sells for gardens you might want to get a masonary chisel/ ace hardware has them for a few bucks.... just hit the chisel with a hammer and it will break where you want it to. not as precise as a masonary blade, but it works wrote in message ... Well, dear wife wants a retaining wall for new garden area. So, using some of those mortarless blocks...here's the Web site: http://www.mutualmaterials.com/Homeo...85&detail2=122 I am building it. However, I need to cut some wierd angles. In the past I have always used my handy dandy 7-1/4 inch circular saw and some "fiber-type" masonry blades at $2.50 a piece from my local hardware store to cut the things. However, it has been about 10 years since my last foray. Am I getting older, or did I forget....it's hard work to cut these things and I am going through about 1 blade for every 2 blocks.... I poked about the Web and saw a few Hitachi blades, "diamond" advertised for $30 to $70 ....and a few other brands for up to $380. Now, I need to cut a number of these, I haven't quite figured out the total, but a number of them on wierd angles and just a number of them in half to meet her "highness's specs. I am not expecting to cut them totally, just enough to split. I don't want to rent a cutter, because I have no easy way to get it here and they want $50 to deliver, plus the $66 rental charge for the day.... Anyway, would one of those steel Hitachi blades work better than the fiber ones I struggled with today??? |
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