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Posted by RicodJour on July 25, 2008, 9:30 am
> I'd like to split some retaing blocks in half, so that they would be half
> the height of the original blocks. These would become capstones for anoth=
er
> project. The stones are 4" high by 8" deep and (9" and 6") wide. I'd happ=
ily
> pay someone to split these for me (30 blocks) assuming they did a decent =
job
> and I could not buy a machine cheaper.
>
> Any thoughts on the right toy to cut these? I gather something wet would =
be
> best, but anything I've seen would require two cuts. An 8" depth of cut i=
s
> required. The 14" cutoff saw looks interesting, but would still require t=
wo
> cuts and be a tad dusty.
The cutoff saw is about the only way of doing it and you probably
won't be happy with the results. A brick saw won't have enough depth
of cut, but would leave a cleaner cut and have less dust but more mud.
It would be a lot easier just to pop for the cap stones, particularly
if you did a halfway decent job with the wall. It doesn't make sense
to try to save a few bucks and botch up the most visible part of the
project.
R
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