I have to make up some corners using 100mm wide kerb blocks (bit like this. http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/fenci...Block-Kerb-Charcoal-200-x-125-x-100mm-9273599 It means I need to cut a couple of kerb stones with pretty decent accuracy (both the angle and a uniform vertical cut. Anything else will look sh$t.
I'm pretty use to cutting stone/blocks having built a large extension recently and have a decent 12" angle cutter, but several trials have showed that this isn't going to be easy.
What would be ideal is to use a mitre saw with an appropriate blade – but, do people do this, whack a masonry blade in a mitre saw? And if so, do they live to tell the tale since it sounds dangerous to me – but then since I'm asking this question I clearly don’t know if it is.
Any other suggestions? My only thought so far is to clamp my angle cutter using a thick/heavy gate hinge to keep it perfectly vertical for a clean cut – just to stabilise it whilst I cut the kerb block. Would be a bit Heath-Robinson but I reckon it could work
I'm pretty use to cutting stone/blocks having built a large extension recently and have a decent 12" angle cutter, but several trials have showed that this isn't going to be easy.
What would be ideal is to use a mitre saw with an appropriate blade – but, do people do this, whack a masonry blade in a mitre saw? And if so, do they live to tell the tale since it sounds dangerous to me – but then since I'm asking this question I clearly don’t know if it is.
Any other suggestions? My only thought so far is to clamp my angle cutter using a thick/heavy gate hinge to keep it perfectly vertical for a clean cut – just to stabilise it whilst I cut the kerb block. Would be a bit Heath-Robinson but I reckon it could work