[PVRCNC] Cement cutter/saw rental place near Chapel Hill/Carrboro/Apex, etc...

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Wes Quinn wrote:

> I'm looking for something heavy duty and not just a 
> circular saw to cut it.  I haven't tried a circular saw 
> yet, since I have about 40 feet in length to cut and I 
> think a circular saw would overheat, but I might be able 
> to do it a little at a time and let it cool down between 
> breaks.

I take it that you're thinking of cutting cement dry. I saw 
a Mexican worker doing that on a driveway the other day, 
with a gasoline powered cement cutter, producing clouds of 
white powder. Depending in the wind's direction, you 
couldn't see him. His lungs were going to fill up with 
cement - that stuff doesn't come back out. Using charades I 
tried to tell him he should be wearing a mask. He just 
smiled and nodded. His american boss was standing well clear 
(out of sight).

I only know about cutting cement with a diamond laced 
circular saw with water running over the blade to cool it 
and to stop any dust. I don't know what the Mexican guy was 
using. I don't know if you can cut cement with a regular 
saw, wet or dry - I just don't know that stuff. I expect 
you're going to have to do it wet, for yourself, if not for 
the saw.

Joe

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