cutting hard fire bricks

[John Frankl]

More forge building stuff. I am wondering what the best way is to cut accurately hard fire bricks. I would like to use them for my floor, but they are really a pain to cut.

Thanks,

John

 

[cooks 7]

i gave up on trying to cut mine, but darren ellis' site says cut them with a masonry blade in a chop saw,
i would guess a masonry blade in a circular saw would work too, good luck

 

[LRB]

I cut mine with a masonry blade in a circle saw. I had no problem.

 

[Sweany]

brick hammer

 

[warrior24]

Diamond blade on a grinder

 

[Patrice Lemée]

Masonry disk in hand grinder for me.

Pad

 

[Dan Gray]

Masonry disk in hand grinder for me.

Pad

I think the old mason fellows use to use a brick chisel to snap them.
but the masonry blade is a good way to go too

 

[mete]

A masons hammer + skill , then correct mistakes with a masonary blade !!

 

[cadillac forge]

my wife does stained glass and has a diamond blade band saw cuts like butter
you can do cuts so intricate you could make a puzzle out of brick. bb

 

[John Frankl]

Masonry blades for chop saw and angle grinder coming right up. Thanks.

John

 

[J. Neilson]

Masonry blade on the spindle of my Grizzly grinder.

 

[John Frankl]

Masonry blade for the chopsaw was about $100, while the blade for my angle grinder was about $8--guess which one I bought

Thanks for the help. You guys are great.

John