Forum

Replies

• PRO

  Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd May 3, 2015 at 7:26pm

  Try a 9" electric with diamond disc and see if that helps.
  • 

    James Brett > Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd May 3, 2015 at 7:49pm

    What about dust suppression?
    • 

      B F > James Brett May 3, 2015 at 7:50pm

      I did wonder that but even with the Stihl it's not always ideal to be working with water, albeit you should!
• 

  B F May 3, 2015 at 7:49pm

  Thanks Nick. Do you find its a neater / more accurate cut? Do you have a technique for holding the block or is it just with the tip of your toe :-/
  
  I do wonder sometimes if I could be better at marking for my men as well..
• 

  Thermo May 3, 2015 at 8:01pm

  Very much depends on the paviors you are cutting as some cut easily and others dont. 

  We use a makita 9" electric with a decent diamond blade. We normally put another block on top of the one we are cutting to hold it in position. For straight cuts we have a probst block splitter that is quicker and less noisey and cuts out the dust

  I wouldnt entertain using a petrol cutter for it. Its a very waring job when you have a large drive to do and using a petrol cutter will quickly knacker you out and make you prone to more mistakes.
  • 

    B F > Thermo May 3, 2015 at 8:19pm

    Mostly we are working with Marshalls driveline 50 / the cheaper brindle (forget the name).

    I tired a block splitter from a tool more place and found it just broke the blocks or left a dirty cut.  Does your Probst work well?

    Agreed, the Stihl is bloody tiresome to work when you've 50+ cuts to do.
    • 

      Thermo > B F May 4, 2015 at 4:33pm

      like anything, a nice sharp blade makes all the difference
• 

  Colin Hunt May 3, 2015 at 8:31pm

  I have always used a 9" angle grinder, with a good diamond blade.  Our Makita has lasted very well. For tricky cuts, I nail a couple of bits of batton onto an old pallet at right angles to hold the block steady.  Oh yes, I always have the blade cutting away from me to cut down dust around the 'cutsman'
• 

  mark harris May 4, 2015 at 6:13pm

  in 20 years of block paving i use a probst cutter every time, fast ,no noise, no mess,  keep good blades on it always a good cut , make shure its set down to cut as soon as lever moves a sharp chrisp movement and bang its cut, there is no issue with small cuts as no cut should be smaller than a 1/3 of a block anyway,

  i cange blades eveery few monthes the probst blase are 4 sided for £34 for 2  something in that line anyway,

  i would not dream of using a electric 9in cutter -too slow to messy no water suppresent can be used,9in will not cut all way through block

  if you do alot of drives buy a probst, you know what you are using then, i have owned 4 of them for 15 years once bought thats you have it
  • 

    B F > mark harris May 4, 2015 at 7:53pm

    Thanks Mark,  what model is it that you use as there's quite a few and huge spread on pricing..