Anyone had any experience/got any advice about cutting a channel through a
concrete floor (about 4 inches thick) using a Stihl Saw with a diamond
blade?

"Farmer Giles"  wrote in message
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> Anyone had any experience/got any advice about cutting a channel through a
> concrete floor (about 4 inches thick) using a Stihl Saw with a diamond
> blade?


Advice: just cut the concrete, nothing else (power cable, toes, fingers,
your leg...). Also wear eye protection... you can't dodge microscopic
razor-sharp particles flying at your face at 300 MPH..

"jan V"  wrote in message
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> "Farmer Giles"  wrote in message
> news:X6ydnbklp-t13LTeRVnyrQ@brightview.com...
> > Anyone had any experience/got any advice about cutting a channel through
a
> > concrete floor (about 4 inches thick) using a Stihl Saw with a diamond
> > blade?
>
> Advice: just cut the concrete, nothing else (power cable, toes, fingers,
> your leg...). Also wear eye protection... you can't dodge microscopic
> razor-sharp particles flying at your face at 300 MPH..
>


Thank you, all very valuable I'm sure - but not quite what I had in mind!

"Farmer Giles"  wrote in message 
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> "jan V"  wrote in message
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>> "Farmer Giles"  wrote in message
>> news:X6ydnbklp-t13LTeRVnyrQ@brightview.com...
>> > Anyone had any experience/got any advice about cutting a channel 
>> > through
> a
>> > concrete floor (about 4 inches thick) using a Stihl Saw with a diamond
>> > blade?
>>
>> Advice: just cut the concrete, nothing else (power cable, toes, fingers,
>> your leg...). Also wear eye protection... you can't dodge microscopic
>> razor-sharp particles flying at your face at 300 MPH..
>>
>
> Thank you, all very valuable I'm sure - but not quite what I had in mind!
>
>


from my experience using one to do the very same job and cutting paving 
slabs, one thing i noticed is to let the saw do the work! dont put a lot of 
pressure on the blade hold it firm but not rigid

> > > Anyone had any experience/got any advice about cutting a channel
through
> a
> > > concrete floor (about 4 inches thick) using a Stihl Saw with a diamond
> > > blade?


Another piece of safety advice: wear EAR protection too. These saws emit as
many decibels as a 747 passing overhead. You'll keep your cool better if
your ears aren't overwhelmed, and that's *much* safer. You should be
concentrating totally on the cutting, and on keeping sure that the blade
can't jump out of the groove and cut you... ideally you would block out all
sound so that you just deal with visual input and vibration.

"jan V"  wrote in message
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> > > > Anyone had any experience/got any advice about cutting a channel
> through
> > a
> > > > concrete floor (about 4 inches thick) using a Stihl Saw with a
diamond
> > > > blade?
>
> Another piece of safety advice: wear EAR protection too. These saws emit
as
> many decibels as a 747 passing overhead. You'll keep your cool better if
> your ears aren't overwhelmed, and that's *much* safer. You should be
> concentrating totally on the cutting, and on keeping sure that the blade
> can't jump out of the groove and cut you... ideally you would block out
all
> sound so that you just deal with visual input and vibration.
>


Good advice - cheers.