How To Cut Asphalt With A Skill Saw

Mark your cutting lines.

How to cut asphalt with a skill saw. Start by setting the blade depth of the saw to the thickness of the asphalt. Cutting asphalt with a circular saw circular saw with diamond blade chalk or chalk line shovel protective eyewear facemask and earplugs gloves optional. I should cut a stright line on my 20 feet asphalt driveway and am wondering what would be a easy way of doing it.

Once you start the saw cut a square or rectangle around the border of the pothole a few inches from the edge. That said a circular saw will also do the job just fine. Adjust the circular saw s cutting table by releasing the swing nut at the front and pushing down on the table so that the blade will only cut to the thickness of the asphalt.

About 8 bucks invested. A cheaper option but slower is a brick chisel. I was told that a worm drive circular saw could do that with a diamond blade.

Before you begin cutting make sure you re wearing safety gear and comfortable with the saw you re using. Now that you re ready to begin pull the trigger on your saw. You will need to cut where the pavement is still in good shape.

Here are some step by step directions on how to cut asphalt with a circular saw or at least how we did it. I don t have a worm drive circular saw but has a normal circular saw from makita 7 1 2. In other words don t.

That is not a common tool and will cost you more than a cheapy circular saw with a diamond blade from harbor freight. If you dont have a saw of any sort you ll need a asphalt chisel or something of the like to square it up. Steps for cutting asphalt step 1.