Cutting and Preparing Cap Blocks
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At 7:00 in
Double Terraced Retaining wall crashes down- Last day
What happens here
For specific corners or angles on the wall, cap blocks need to be cut. A worker uses a hammer and a specialized chisel to score and break the cap blocks to create a rough, natural face for a 90-degree corner. Then Sam retrieves two types of battery-powered concrete saws (Milwaukee M18 Fuel and DeWalt FlexVolt) and their batteries from the garage. He checks the charge of the batteries and prepares the Milwaukee saw for use. The saw is then used to make precise, straight cuts on other cap blocks.
Goal: Custom cut cap blocks for corners and exact lengths
Tools and materials
- Battery Chargers — Charging saw batteries
- Chisel — Scoring and breaking concrete blocks for a rough face
- DeWalt FlexVolt Batteries DeWalt — Powering the DeWalt saw
- Dust Mask — Protecting from concrete dust
- Ear Protection — Protecting hearing during saw operation
- Hammer — Used with the chisel to break blocks
- Marking Pencil — Marking cut lines on blocks
- Milwaukee M18 Batteries Milwaukee — Powering the Milwaukee saw
- Milwaukee M18 Fuel Cut-Off Saw Milwaukee — Cutting concrete cap blocks precisely
- Retaining Wall Cap Blocks — The top layer of the wall