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Handyman Tip To Cut Pavers

  
  
  

handyman paversIf you are installing pavers for a walkway, just ask a handyman which tool to use. He will probably tell you that there are several tools you could use. I guess it depends on how often you cut pavers and what your budget is.

Personally, I have more tools than I have sense, but even if you don’t have many tools, you can improvise. I like a handheld grinder with a masonry wheel in it. Once you have the grinder, you can replace the wheel with whatever your needs are. The wheels are cheap and make quick work of cutting masonry materials. You can cut pavers, brick, block and cultured stone. Just make sure you use protection for your eyes, breathing, hearing, and certainly heavy gloves.

If you don’t have a grinder, you can outfit a standard circular saw with a masonry wheel to do the job. Buy the correct wheel and the correct size for your saw and tighten everything down. Dawn your safety gear and cut the material slowly. It’s a good idea to secure the material you are cutting so that the force of the saw doesn’t accidentally move the paver and ruin it.

You can make several light passes rather than trying to hog out a lot of material with one pass. The sound of the blade spinning will tell you a lot about the speed of the cut. You want the blade spinning at full speed with a consistent cut. If you hear the blade change its tune, you are probably removing too much material.

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