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How to Cut Concrete Scallop Edging

Cutting concrete scalloped garden edging to custom lengths is a straightforward process provided you have a circular saw and feel confident in using it. Scalloped edging comes in both curving and straight lengths of various sizes and all can be cut easily with a diamond embedded saw blade. Cutting through scalloped edging is relatively easy by concrete standards because it is highly porous. Completing this job outdoors is a must as cutting concrete block is a dusty business.

Things You'll Need

  • Circular saw fitted with a diamond cutting blade
  • Protective eye goggles
  • Ventilator mask
  • Measuring tape, level, masking tape
  • Stable cutting surface
  • Work gloves

Instructions

  1. Set Up Stable Work Surface

    • 1

      Prepare a stable cutting surface to ensure clean even cuts. Use a work bench or table or two cuts of lumber set out in the ground in parallel like sawhorses with the edging to be cut straddling the two pieces of lumber.

    • 2

      Layout the entire pattern of edging design and determine the cuts that must be made to proportionately make the pattern.

    • 3

      Measure the scalloped edging to be cut and mark at the cut point with masking tape to be used as a cutting guide line.

    • 4

      Cut the edging pieces with the circular saw cutting from the side exposure down through the edging to finish the cut.