Cutting bricks with mitre saw

[andypo]

Is this possible ie can i fit a Masonry blade to my old nutool mitre saw. Will it work? Or will it be dangerous any help and advice appreciated as i have a load of bricks to mitre
cheers
Andy

 

[Paul Chapman]

I've never tried it, but would an angle grinder in a stand be better? link

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Digit]

It can be done but is not recommended if the saw has a plastic guard in case of sparks.

Roy.

 

[George_N]

I'd also go for the angle grinder rather than risk ruining my mitre saw.

 

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't try it persoanlly

 

[Adam]

Is this possible ie can i fit a Masonry blade to my old nutool mitre saw. Will it work? Or will it be dangerous any help and advice appreciated as i have a load of bricks to mitre
cheers
Andy

Quick route to removing your fingers in a nice mitered fashion. Its quick enough with a angle grinder - depends on the application but you can do a partial cut, pop it between two raised surfaces and give it a tap with a 'hammer and it shoudl break cleanly along the line. If you cut the topside, any roughness is hidden below (assuming its a patio type job).

Adam

 

[OPJ]

It can be done but is not recommended if the saw has a plastic guard in case of sparks.

Roy.

...Don't even think about removing the guard, either!! :shock:

Not that I'd condone this sort of thing personally, either. Sounds like the angle grinder is the much better option. I don't like the things personally but, at least you have both hands on the tool, behind the cutter.

 

[dickm]

Depending on the bricks, this sort of thing can get quite expensive on blades! Might be worth seeing how much it costs to hire a block splitter, 'cos they are nearly as fast as a skilled brickie with trowel
I bought one to do a big area of paviours, and sold it at a small profit before moving.

 

[johnnyb]

hire a masonry saw if you need to do 40or more. extruded bricks cant be cut(properly) with a trowel only stocks. if they are stocks its considerably easier btw these could be cut with a bolster. soft bricks called rubbers used to be used for intricacies as they could be shaped with abrasives. less than 40 do it with a stihl saw(petrol) the frogs being all the way through and the hardness make it difficult without a quality diamond blade.

 

[markymark12]

Hi

I recently needed some odd angled squints for a bay i was building, the angle was not a standard, so rather than wait for them to be made i cut and bonded them myself, any good brick merchant will have a contact for this if you ask.
I was lucky to be using some soft handmades, so i took the stihl saw and cut through slightly over length on the bricks, then faced the cuts up on a disc sander with a coarse disc, then used some resin to bond, a small amount of the brick dust was added to the resin to colour the bonded edge, you need to look close to spot it.
Unless you have the right tools just ask a merchant for a price for it to be done for you. It will be cheaper than hiring all the tools.
Other than that can you not just buy what you need, if you are using new then there is a huge amount of angles/ shapes as standard, you may have to wait a few days for them but it is by far the best way of achieving a good finish.

Good luck Mark

 

[Lord Nibbo]

I used to manufacture architectural dressings, no way would I use any of my woodwork machine tools.

Bricks and concrete can be cut quite easy with a hacksaw even with a metal cutting blade. But a real masonry saw will do it better. What ever way you do it it will make a mess with dust.

 

[andypo]

Thanks for advice have ordered the angle grinder stand cheers fellas