Whats the best way to cut a few fire brick

[Eric Modell]

I read here once which kind of blades were best to cut a few fire bricks.

Thanks for the help eric

 

[Locoweed]

Masonary blade

 

[WVwoodsman]

:agree2: If you have a Rotozip, you can get the attatchment for cutting masonry/tile which works well too.

 

[Locoweed]

Now that I think about it, you may be able to score and break the bricks.

 

[tomtrees58]

road saw tom trees

 

[Mike Van]

The masonry blade in a skillsaw will work, it's really dusty though. A diamond blade, you can run water on the cut, no dust. Even a small 4incher on a r/a/ grinder works. You can just score them, turn 'em over, bridge them so there's space under, and follow the backside of your score with a brick chisel, they'll snap on the score line.

 

[pdqdl]

With a little practice, no cutting tools needed.

Rock hammer and pecking along the desired fracture line (both sides) or use a rock chisel, same technique. Don't hit it hard, because you are making a fault, then fracturing it. One blow attempts will only make lots of fragments.

If you want fast for lots of cuts with improved surfaces, use the method above and then polish the broken edges with a surface grinding diamond wheel on your sidewinder grinder. Ther are not cheap though!

Best: use a tile cutter with a diamond blade and a water bath. No muss, no fuss. A bit slow, and many are not big enough to cut all the way through.

 

[gink595]

Now that I think about it, you may be able to score and break the bricks.

:agree2:

 

[wdchuck]

Well? How'd it go?

Stone cutting is older than pyramids:
score
tap
smack
pop
repeat

 

[urhstry]

I just cut a piece yesterday. Put it over the edge of a curb and whacked it with a rubber mallet. Broke right at the edge.