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Cutting pavers update

Thanks! I went to Home Despot and the greeter girl says "Hello, how are you today?" I said "I get to buy POWER TOOLS, it's a guy thing." She said "Yep, it's a guy thing!" So I got this cool Ryobi 4.5" angle grinder with a swivel handle with a nice clamp-on guard for $39. I had one at home and took it to work to replace one that was stolen. And, I got a $12 diamond blade. Ooooo! That works nice and fast! I cut 1/2" all the way around and tap it with a hammer and "Bink" a perfect cut! Thanks guys!

I'll send pix of the patio when it's finished and lit, it's going to be nice and I entertain outside a lot.

(Now for the waterfall and fishpond!)

Reply to
Buerste
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Those diamond blades are great (and cheap).

The dust when cutting can do a real good job of stuffing the grinder bearings - I use my old crappy grinder for doing masonry.

Reply to
Dennis

I have a small tile saw, but it is not big enough to do the pavers I have. I got another, but have not set it up yet to see if this one will cut all the way through these pavers. I have quite a few to cut to make a quarter circle. Will try the big saw first, and if that isn't deep enough cut, will try your idea. I have several grinders, would just have to get blades.

Steve

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Steve B

I used to use light tools with diamond blades for stone and tile cutting, but when I put in the path from the back patio out to the back door of my shop I spent two days cutting and fitting the first half. I was out there sweating and filthy from brick dust on the third day when my wife arrived with a sliding table overhead tile saw with a water pump and huge tub to go underneath. Wow! I finished the second half of the walkway and still had plenty of daylight left over to sit on the back patio enjoying a beer and admiring my work when I was done and all cleaned up. Big blade. Lots of water. It cut faster than most hardwoods. Zing! Zing! Zing! I didn't even ask her what she paid for it.

Reply to
Bob La Londe

Does she have a sister? Bob

Reply to
Bob Engelhardt

The guy who did my walk (this kind of work is out of my depth) used a diamond blade in a Craftsman 7 1/4" worm-drive saw. He said that he expected it to last a few months, but he was still on the same saw after six years of doing this every day.

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rangerssuck

Does she have a sister?

Reply to
Buerste

I have a tile saw that looks like a angle grinder with a diamond blade. It worked fine with ceramic tile. Cutting slate tile with it was like a hike through hell on a record hot day.

Wes

Reply to
Wes

I did something similar to this last summer when I built a paver patio...went to the local pawn shop, bought a $15 craftsman miter saw then headed to Menards and bought a 10" diamond blade. It was meant for tile, so it was pretty thin...cut one brick and while I was placing that, the blade would cool down and flatten back out.

Total cost...$40 and I still have the chop saw AND the diamond blade.

Mike

Reply to
mdavenport

Just out of curiosity, Buerste, did you use water for cutting or did you grind dry?

Wolfgang

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wolfgang

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