Cutting Pavers with Circular Saw

[sniggly]

Hey Yall.....:-)

Any of you have experience cutting pavers using a 7 1/4 circular saw? I am doing it tommorrow because I didn't want to rent a saw. I purchased a Dewalt 7 inch diamond blade at Lowe's today. It was 40.00 dollars. Most expensive they had. The blade says something like 450x er something.

Anyway......that's what I'madoin. Got any advice?

[Smitty58]

That will work fine. All you have to do is score the pavers and then hit it with a masons hammer to break it in half.

[desertrat]

The circular saw will work a few times, but you will burn it up after a while unless it is a heavy duty one. Not sure how big the job is, but a $40 blade won't last long. Most good blades are in the $100 range.

[gogetter]

What would it have cost to just rent something?

[bigviclbi]

home depot rents saws i forget how much maybe 75.00 a day i think less. but they only rent big ones with stands.

[lawncare4u]

Hey Yall.....:-)

Any of you have experience cutting pavers using a 7 1/4 circular saw? I am doing it tommorrow because I didn't want to rent a saw. I purchased a Dewalt 7 inch diamond blade at Lowe's today. It was 40.00 dollars. Most expensive they had. The blade says something like 450x er something.

Anyway......that's what I'madoin. Got any advice?

You would have been better off adding the rental of saw in your bid,let the customor pay,after all it's his pavers! :p

[D Felix]

I would agree about renting a saw. A wet saw would work so much easier and be a LOT less dusty.

Depending on the size of the pavers, I think you might have trouble holding them in place while cutting. Good luck with that, just make sure you don't cut your finger.

The 450x is probably meaning that it lasts 450 times longer than an abrasive blade. I bought a turbo blade (~$15) for my circular saw last summer, but I was cutting concrete masonry block with it. Good investment for what I was using it for, but if I needed to cut pavers, I would be looking at other things. I'm not saying it can't be done, but there are better tools to accomplish a cleaner, neater finish.

Dan

[sniggly]

Today I made about 10 cuts with the 7" Dewalt blade I bought (on my Skil saw). It really was quite easy to do. Cuts are straight too. I am a woodworker so I made a small sacrificial jig to help hold the pavers. Only compaint is the dust....and my respirator takes care of that. All in all I am pleased.

Have about 20 more cuts to do tommorrow and all is done. I'll post some pics fer ya.

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[NEUSWEDE]

next time price a rental on wet saw if it is a larger job and add into estimate and it will wipe right through it and make life easier.
Good idea though for the circular saw if I am ever in a jam.

[gogetter]

I don't do this type of work, but reading this thread just has me curious now, about how you know when you need a wet saw, and when you need a dry saw? Does it depend on WHAT you're cutting?
Again, just curious.

[sniggly]

....one of the things I haven't said here is that this job is on my own property. Prior to laying these pavers, which were reclaimed from a downtown demolition project, I demolished the entire property and put up 232 linear feet of custom privacy fence. I went over budget......which is what drove me to the 40 dollar blade and my saw.

If had it to do over again, and budget wasn't an issue, I probably would have gotten a wet saw. Like I said though, the dust isn't an insurmountable issue.

I have some pics to post tonight.

[1bsman]

Gogetter, there are many reasons to choose between wet and dry cutting. Some municipalities only allow wet cutting. Open windows nearby, proximity to neighbor's homes, wind conditions, swimming pools, cars parked nearby, and the color of stone being cut all come in to play. Also, the number of bricks or linear feet being cut and accessibility to water source.
Both have pros and cons mainly dust or sludge. If I'm only making a handful of cuts, its a pain to wet cut because set up and clean up. Also, longer cuts lead to more heat build up on the blade leading to quicker wear. Usually this would make wet cutting preferable.
I'm sure others have additions to this list as these are what comes to mind immediately.

[mbella]

Personally, I never use a wet saw. I have a hose attachment for my TS-400 that I use, but never a true wet saw. My table saw has a dust collection system. If I have a lot of cuts to do on a table saw, I have found that the water from the wet saw leaves my fingers raw. When handling pavers the last thing you want is raw skin.

[LB1234]

home depot rents saws i forget how much maybe 75.00 a day i think less. but they only rent big ones with stands.

Not correct. Each store carries different equipment in their rental department (if they even have one). I rented a cut-off saw (Not sure if I'm using proper name) from the store in Flemington, If I recall it was like 75 for the day, 125 for the weekend or somewhere in that range.

As another example, the Flemington store has more attachements for its walk-behind tractor than the branchburg (?-i think that's the town its in) store.

[paponte]

I don't do this type of work, but reading this thread just has me curious now, about how you know when you need a wet saw, and when you need a dry saw? Does it depend on WHAT you're cutting?
Again, just curious.


We use wet saws for everything. I just can't deal with looking like Casper the friendly ghost after just a couple of cuts. The real question is when to use the table or the cutoff saw. We have a 14" cutoff that we use pretty much for everything, and all of our big cuts. The table saw is more for intricate or small cuts. :)