DIY Pizza Oven Build - 10" Wet Saw - Tools Needed - May 2024

So far in my diy backyard wood-fired pizza oven build, all that I've talked about/posted about is what I'll call infrastructure.  That's the foundation slab (reinforced), the block stand (cores filled) and the suspended hearth (reinforced).  But, once all that is out of the way, it quickly becomes a brick-cutting exercise.  Medium-duty firebricks are 2.5" thick, 4.5" wide and 9" long.  They're beefy.  

Each of those bricks require 4 (or so) cuts to make them useable in the dome.  In order to cut those big firebricks, one needs a saw that is both ready to cut brick (wet saw) and has a big throat (cut depth), so you don't have to cut one-side, then flip, and cut the other.

After bouncing around Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for months, I decided to take the plunge with a new saw from Harbor Freight.  Between their Memorial Day sale, another discount (membership) and a gift card that I was given for my birthday earlier this year, the new 10" Diamondback wet saw seemed like the right answer.  

See below for a couple of photos showing the box of the saw, the specs and a look at the stand that came with it from Harbor Freight:

Below, is the box of the rolling stand for this beast of a wet saw:

The other big piece of material that I need to source is the floor insulation.  That's another exercise in hunting to find a deal.