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TheScullster
May 25, 2012, 3:44:33 AM5/25/12
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Hi all
I need to shore up the boundary between my garden and next door due to
different soil levels.
There is a gravel board left over from a previous fencing project which
looks useful for the job.
The board is of the plain concrete variety with one smooth (face) side and
one gravelly. This is not the type with cast ribs, just a constant
thickness of concrete.
What does the group recommend for cutting this to length?
I don't have a stil saw.
As the whole board will be buried, the finish at the end of the cut isn't
too important.
Tools that are available and spring to mind are:
The ubiquitous angle grinder with stone disk - can I use this for cutting,
or are the stone disks specifically for smoothing? (This is a small hand
held jobby so I doubt if any cutting attempt will go through the full
thickness of the board)
SDS drill used to either chain drill holes or with chisel and rotary stop.
TIA
Phil
I need to shore up the boundary between my garden and next door due to
different soil levels.
There is a gravel board left over from a previous fencing project which
looks useful for the job.
The board is of the plain concrete variety with one smooth (face) side and
one gravelly. This is not the type with cast ribs, just a constant
thickness of concrete.
What does the group recommend for cutting this to length?
I don't have a stil saw.
As the whole board will be buried, the finish at the end of the cut isn't
too important.
Tools that are available and spring to mind are:
The ubiquitous angle grinder with stone disk - can I use this for cutting,
or are the stone disks specifically for smoothing? (This is a small hand
held jobby so I doubt if any cutting attempt will go through the full
thickness of the board)
SDS drill used to either chain drill holes or with chisel and rotary stop.
TIA
Phil
The Medway Handyman
May 25, 2012, 3:53:29 AM5/25/12
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through, cut a line from each side & it should break along that line.
May have rebar inside, so switch to a metal cutting disc.
>
> SDS drill used to either chain drill holes or with chisel and rotary stop.
Likely to shatter it.
> SDS drill used to either chain drill holes or with chisel and rotary stop.
--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
Tim Watts
May 25, 2012, 3:53:45 AM5/25/12
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round to about 0.5cm deep will usually allow it to be snapped cleanly -
otherwise, cut right through.
--
Tim Watts
Tim Lamb
May 25, 2012, 4:35:19 AM5/25/12
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In message <YNydnWNC3YbGpSLS...@eclipse.net.uk>,
TheScullster <ph...@dropthespam.com> writes
Can I be first?
Angle grinder!
Even a 4.5" with *cutting* disc should cut 1" deep. Expect steel
reinforcement. Cut both sides and snap remainder.
regards
--
Tim Lamb
TheScullster <ph...@dropthespam.com> writes
Angle grinder!
Even a 4.5" with *cutting* disc should cut 1" deep. Expect steel
reinforcement. Cut both sides and snap remainder.
regards
--
Tim Lamb
NT
May 25, 2012, 4:35:49 AM5/25/12
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disc (6mm) would take ages.
NT
TheScullster
May 25, 2012, 4:53:03 AM5/25/12
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"NT" wrote
Thanks to all - grinder it is!
Phil
Phil
stuart noble
May 25, 2012, 5:11:15 AM5/25/12
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NT
May 25, 2012, 5:16:37 AM5/25/12
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cheaper per cut.
NT
stuart noble
May 25, 2012, 8:07:56 AM5/25/12
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ARWadsworth
May 25, 2012, 2:56:43 PM5/25/12
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
> On 25/05/2012 08:44, TheScullster wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I need to shore up the boundary between my garden and next door due
> > to different soil levels.
> >
> > There is a gravel board left over from a previous fencing project
> > which looks useful for the job.
> > The board is of the plain concrete variety with one smooth (face)
> > side and one gravelly. This is not the type with cast ribs, just a
> > constant thickness of concrete.
> >
> > What does the group recommend for cutting this to length?
> > I don't have a stil saw.
> > As the whole board will be buried, the finish at the end of the cut
> > isn't too important.
> >
> > Tools that are available and spring to mind are:
> >
> > The ubiquitous angle grinder with stone disk - can I use this for
> > cutting, or are the stone disks specifically for smoothing? (This
> > is a small hand held jobby so I doubt if any cutting attempt will
> > go through the full thickness of the board)
>
> You can buy stone 'cutting' discs easily. No, it won't cut right
> through, cut a line from each side & it should break along that line.
> May have rebar inside, so switch to a metal cutting disc.
Thats what I did when I cut one. The larger angle grinder would have done
> On 25/05/2012 08:44, TheScullster wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I need to shore up the boundary between my garden and next door due
> > to different soil levels.
> >
> > There is a gravel board left over from a previous fencing project
> > which looks useful for the job.
> > The board is of the plain concrete variety with one smooth (face)
> > side and one gravelly. This is not the type with cast ribs, just a
> > constant thickness of concrete.
> >
> > What does the group recommend for cutting this to length?
> > I don't have a stil saw.
> > As the whole board will be buried, the finish at the end of the cut
> > isn't too important.
> >
> > Tools that are available and spring to mind are:
> >
> > The ubiquitous angle grinder with stone disk - can I use this for
> > cutting, or are the stone disks specifically for smoothing? (This
> > is a small hand held jobby so I doubt if any cutting attempt will
> > go through the full thickness of the board)
>
> You can buy stone 'cutting' discs easily. No, it won't cut right
> through, cut a line from each side & it should break along that line.
> May have rebar inside, so switch to a metal cutting disc.
better had it not been on loan.
--
Adam
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