D24000 tip...

[merlecollins]

Been a touch concerned when doing hard porcelain work with my DeWalt as the corners have been snipping off about 10 to 30mm towards the end of a cut :mad2:

Anyway had a wet room shower tray to tile with procelain 300x300's today, obviously with some pretty precise envelope cutting to do and I really didn't want to be spoiling 1 in every 3 cuts:incazzato:

So I had a bit play about with my DeWalt on some offcuts

It now seems that I had the cutting depth set too highrrr:

After one or two tries I sussed out that the cutting wheel needed to be dropped further below the surface of the rubber cutting bed I had previously had it set approx. 1mm below the surface so that in effect the bottom of the wheel was doing the cutting.

Today I set the blade lower by approx. 10mm so that the leading edge of the wheel was cutting into the tile and 'hey presto' :hurray:

Perfect cutting every time, not one snip all day

 

[doug boardley]

a bit of a "Eureka moment" mate

 

[united]

Thanks for the tip Kev, I will remember that for when I get one :smilewinkgrin::lol:

 

[Gazzer]

I had cleaned my machine one day and then started cutting some travertine with it. I forgot i had adjusted the wheel height and as i started a cut, instead of cutting through it cut half the depth and then grabbed the tile and the whole moveable tray shot out my hands, The travertine tile exploded into bits.
Good tip to always make sure you are cutting right through the tile.

 

[merlecollins]

a bit of a "Eureka moment" mate

Never has a tiler been more relieved Doug:lol::lol:

 

[DHTiling]

I just leave it set to full depth..

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Am I the only one who has cut a groove in the metal at the front of the moveable tray?

 

[DHTiling]

Am I the only one who has cut a groove in the metal at the front of the moveable tray?

:lol:..

Nope.. i did, till i realised it has a depth stop..

 

[Daz]

I'm liking these tips .
I ordered my D24000 yesterday :drool5:.

 

[DHTiling]

Nice one.. knew you could not resist..:lol:

 

[merlecollins]

Good lad Dazza

You know it makes sense

 

[merlecollins]

till i realised it has a depth stop..

I love that depth stop idea

And the non slip cutting table

And the directional water jets

And the built in RDC

And the super easy 45degree stop guage

And the lack of water loss

etc,etc,etc........:lol:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

You won't regret it Daz

 

[Daz]

Nice one.. knew you could not resist..:lol:

Good lad Dazza

You know it makes sense

Not to my bank balance it doesn't.
But yeah, I couldn't resist any longer :mad2:.

 

[merlecollins]

Not to my bank balance it doesn't.
But yeah, I couldn't resist any longer

As soon as you see that yellow fridge freezer size box in the hallway mate you will completely forget the financial strain it has temporarily enforced upon you:lol::lol: