splitters

[paver10]

I am looking at splitters, would a wall splitter work well with regular pavers? OR Is it necessary to have both a wall and paver splitter.
Any imput would be very helpful, especially if I could save a few bucks!

[sandman]

Try Probsts' WallSplitter. It can cut the thinnest veneer pavers, all the way up to 12" wall block. Best of all, it has 4-sided blades (top/bottom), so whenever the blade gets dull, simply rotate 45 degrees and you've got a new set of blades 4 times over. There's no reason to buy just a paver splitter when the wall can do it all. You can get it from Pave Tech.

[ProspectsStoneWorks]

These guys had a splitter at HNA and it was extremely fairly priced and seemed to be better then alot others on the market. I don't believe it goes below 4" though so it's out for pavers, but if you do alot of large wall blocks it might be good.

Hulton Tool

Tell them you talked to them at HNA in Nashville and you can get it for $850.

[Glenn W]

The Probst Wall Splitter will work on pavers.

[gryan]

Out of curiosity how many of you regularly use a splitter instead of a saw for pavers? What do you see as the advantages/disadvantages to using your method whether it be saw or splitter?

[paver10]

Thanks for your help, I will try and get one for the special price

[ProspectsStoneWorks]

Gryan,
I only split when I NEED to for the textured face, otherwise it's a saw cut. Some of the manufacturers are starting to produce end blocks with textured faces on at least 3 sizes, but whenever I find myself stepping a wall down a level, or ending a wall with a visible end.....they get split.
Saw cuts, tapered ends, or untextured ends that are visible look like crap and are a dead give away of shoddy craftsmenship.

If the edge will be hidden, saw away. It's surely faster and easier then splitting, but there is definitely times when you are forced to make a split manually for aesthetics. I recently bought a texture'ing faced hammer (looks like a meat tenderizer) to achieve the same effect but from what I've seen from it already is that it takes longer to whack away at a smooth face with that, as it would to manually break the block anyways. Just my two cents.