Cutting block pavers with a diamond disc in a chop saw
Zen83237
and one reply mentions using a diamond disc in a chop saw.
I went to my local tool shop and they frowned upon cutting aggregates in a
chop saw as the dust knackers the motors ( using air cooling). Now I did see
a saw on one site that had a water apray sysetm but I can't remember where.
Now this one does say that it will cut aggregates.
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/42602/Power-Tools/Construction-Equipment/RAGE-2-355Multichop-2000W-Chop-SawDoes anybody have any recommendations for a saw.I could hire a brick cutter but I tend to do diy jobs at my leasure so wouldneed to hire one on 2 or 3 occasions. I woul rather buy a reasonable pricedsaw and then keep it for other jobs.Kevin
Stuart Noble
I think a saw runs at half the speed of a grinder. What difference that
makes in practice I don't know
Dave Plowman (News)
Zen83237 <zen8...@zen.co.uk> wrote:
> I posted a few weeks back about cutting the kerb pavers with a block
> cutter and one reply mentions using a diamond disc in a chop saw. I
> went to my local tool shop and they frowned upon cutting aggregates in a
> chop saw as the dust knackers the motors ( using air cooling).
As does an angle grinder more commonly used for this task.
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Zen83237
"Dave Plowman (News)" <da...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
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This came up in my original post. My cutting with a 9" angle grinder isn't
very straight. It isn't the blocks so much as the kerb pieces. I have a
situation from my garage along a boundary and a kerb block will be too wide
so I need to cut 1 or 2 inches off the width, otherwise the garage door wont
open fully.
Kevin
Zen83237
"Stuart Noble" <stuart...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Just that the brick cutter would give a nice straight cut.
Kevin
Stuart Noble
Zen83237
If it came to a brick cutter I would hire it. I could just about justify
buying a chop saw on the basis of using it for other jobs. I have never
heard of an angle grinder stand so I will investigate.
Dave Plowman (News)
Zen83237 <zen8...@zen.co.uk> wrote:
> "Dave Plowman (News)" <da...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:502f104...@davenoise.co.uk...
> > In article <499aaa1b$0$2532$da0f...@news.zen.co.uk>,
> > Zen83237 <zen8...@zen.co.uk> wrote:
> >> I posted a few weeks back about cutting the kerb pavers with a block
> >> cutter and one reply mentions using a diamond disc in a chop saw. I
> >> went to my local tool shop and they frowned upon cutting aggregates
> >> in a chop saw as the dust knackers the motors ( using air cooling).
> >
> > As does an angle grinder more commonly used for this task.
> >
> This came up in my original post. My cutting with a 9" angle grinder
> isn't very straight. It isn't the blocks so much as the kerb pieces. I
> have a situation from my garage along a boundary and a kerb block will
> be too wide so I need to cut 1 or 2 inches off the width, otherwise the
> garage door wont open fully.
You can get stands for angle grinders so they work rather like a chop saw.
But a cheap chop saw - being more common - might not cost anymore.
In case it wasn't clear, I'm not sure 'they' take more precautions against
dust getting into an angle grinder than a chop saw. None of the ones I've
seen use filters.
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Zen83237
I did think that the retailer was may be being a bit over cautious. May be
they got stung once too opten with returned boken chop saw.
The Medway Handyman
> I posted a few weeks back about cutting the kerb pavers with a block
> cutter and one reply mentions using a diamond disc in a chop saw.
> I went to my local tool shop and they frowned upon cutting aggregates
> in a chop saw as the dust knackers the motors ( using air cooling). Now I
> where. Now this one does say that it will cut aggregates.
> http://www.screwfix.com/prods/42602/Power-Tools/Construction-Equipment/RAGE-2-355Multichop-2000W-Chop-Saw
I saw (no pun intended) a demo of the hand held version once
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/40405/Power-Tools/Circular-Saws/Evolution-RAGE185-185mm-Circular-Saw;jsessionid=GRJ2NJTPJ0XLSCSTHZPCFFQ?ts=99958
Very impressive it was too. Much less dust than an angle grider as it
seemed to 'cut' rather than 'abrade' IYSWIM.
They only cut stone with a diamond blade though - which is £48 extra.
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Dave Plowman (News)
The Medway Handyman <davi...@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> I saw (no pun intended) a demo of the hand held version once
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/40405/Power-Tools/Circular-Saws/Evolution-RAGE185-185mm-Circular-Saw;jsessionid=GRJ2NJTPJ0XLSCSTHZPCFFQ?ts=99958
> Very impressive it was too. Much less dust than an angle grider as it
> seemed to 'cut' rather than 'abrade' IYSWIM.
Would be down to the type of blade, I'd guess.
> They only cut stone with a diamond blade though - which is £48 extra.
I have a diamond blade for my angle grinder. Cost more than the machine.
;-)
I've used a plasplugs tile cutter to cut paving slabs - slow but gives a
beautiful edge.
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The Medway Handyman
> In article <KyEml.36510$Sp5....@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
> The Medway Handyman <davi...@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> I saw (no pun intended) a demo of the hand held version once
> http://www.screwfix.com/prods/40405/Power-Tools/Circular-Saws/Evolution-RAGE185-185mm-Circular-Saw;jsessionid=GRJ2NJTPJ0XLSCSTHZPCFFQ?ts=99958
>
>> Very impressive it was too. Much less dust than an angle grider as
>> it seemed to 'cut' rather than 'abrade' IYSWIM.
>
> Would be down to the type of blade, I'd guess.
>
>> They only cut stone with a diamond blade though - which is £48 extra.
>
> I have a diamond blade for my angle grinder. Cost more than the
> machine. ;-)
>
Aldi do them every now & then - really cheap & very good.
Dave Plowman (News)
The Medway Handyman <davi...@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > I have a diamond blade for my angle grinder. Cost more than the
> > machine. ;-)
> >
> Aldi do them every now & then - really cheap & very good.
I got the 9" angle grinder from Lidl - but have never seen that size
diamond discs there. So went to Screwfix. It was for a particular job and
paid for itself. Nearest Aldi is a 90 minute round trip away.
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