Cutting Concrete blocks for wall

A diamond wheel in a side grinder does a good job. If you don't have a grinder, now is a good time to take the plunge. It will end up being one of your favorite tools

A dry diamond on circular saw works well. You can get one for about $10 at Harbor Freight. I buy Core Cut brand for about $60. They work better to make several passes rather than trying to cut full depth in one pass.

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I got a couple of the $30 ones from Lowes-- I finally killed the first one with some hidden rebar in a slab. They last, and last, and last. [dusty as all get-out, though]

Did you get them at a big box borg, or a landscape place? My block supplies place has split many of them for me- no charge. I'm not a huge customer, either. I doubt I've spent $3,000 there in the past

If you can't get that lucky, I found an air hammer and wide chisel works better for me than my big hammer and mason's chisel.

By about a factor of 100.

Good luck- Jim

Rent a potable wet saw from a tile store cutting concrete is extremely dusty

Original poster here again.

I went to the local masonry store and bought a dry diamond cutting blade for my 7-1/4 circular saw. As one poster mentioned....it was a miracle the way this works compared to the fiber cheapies.

This thing was $25 and it is like no big deal to cut with it. Works like a charm. Wish I had known about these long ago.

As mentioned, it is dusty work, but I live on a large farm. I just rigged up a 100 foot extension cord, put on a hat, goggles, face mask, rubber boots and my "work in the slop" work clothes and aimed the dust out toward the field. I got pretty dusty, but nothing that a chilly rinse in the barnyard hydrant couldn't cure...brrrrrrrr.

Thanks again for the suggestions.