Cutting Concrete Pavers With A Skill Saw

Another method for cutting concrete pavers is to use a hand held power saw such as a skillsaw with a masonry blade or a cut off saw.

Cutting concrete pavers with a skill saw.

Mark the cut and clamp the stone or paver to a stable work surface. Position the paver place the paver on the saw sled making sure it is resting fully against the back lip of the sled. Although it takes a much deeper cutting depth than 1 4 inch to cut through a paver with a circular saw starting with a shallow cutting depth prevents the saw s blade from binding and kicking. Cutting pavers with a power saw.

Cutting hollow concrete block next chip away the waste after scoring remove the concrete to one side of the line using increasingly hard whacks of a hand sledge. Depending on the thickness of the concrete you may have to raise the blade and cut through only a portion of the paver. Cut the block allowing the saw and blade to do most of the work don t apply too much force. Turn on the saw turn on the saw.

Set up workhorses or preferably a work stand with adjustable sides to secure the pavers. Power saw and concrete blade. These saws are especially handy on stone pavers which can be time. A circular saw with a masonry blade can also be used to either score or completely cut through the block.