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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 66306Post lutonlagerlout

if the paving is damp you can mist the KDS in with a hosepipe,but you cannot wack or drive on it unti ll it has dried

you shouldn't be losing that many cuts Paul,is the splitter blunt?
drive line 50 are fine
are you putting your block over the border and trying to make the cut from above?
I find it easier to remove the border,lay the body over the area where the border was then mark my cuts with a straightedge
put the cuts and the border back at the same time
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Post: # 66314Post Dave_L

Driveline 50's are the easiest to cut, being thin - I would suggest the blade is blunt.
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Paul Miller
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Post: # 66325Post Paul Miller

It's been an awful day and got nothing done except cut about 40 blocks in half using the grinder in the shelter of my garage door.

Naturally everything is soaking wet. I have still got to finish the cutting-in and apply the jointing sand before wacking it down. Will the bad weather adversely affect my bedding sand.

I probably won't get to do any more until the weekend when hopefully the weather is a bit more like Summer :angry:

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Post: # 66511Post London Stone Paving

Gotta keep going. You've reached the part of the job which takes most of the time. The snags. I used to hate snagging, always seemed to take longer than the bulk of the job.

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Post: # 66543Post TheVictorianCobbleCo

Sounds like you are marking/cutting the blocks individually. LLL tells either remove the intermediate border blocks, mark with a straight edge and cut in situ with the angle grinder, or measure back from the border, mark your line and cut. I know using the angle grinder is possibly now illegal in the UK (wet cutting only), but it's how I did many a border.
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