D24000

[Colour Republic]

Just joined the D24000 club thanks to Dave at TT. I hope this is a good as everyone says it is.

Did phone PHG about their old one Dave mentioned but can't get it for a week or so and I thought i'd rather spend the extra and get the warranty so TT it was:hurray:

 

[Gazzer]

Well you know we are always eager to hear other opinions...good or bad.

 

[Colour Republic]

first job is porcs then honed and polished slate in a wetroom so looking forward to doing it now

 

[DHTiling]

Did you get the DNA blade..?

 

[Colour Republic]

Nah not yet, it broke my heart to part with the best part of £900 with the other bits I got off him. Damn that site is easy to add to the basket!!! He's doing it with two blades at the moment and he reckons he cut through 30mm granite the other day with them no problem so thought I'd try them out then when I come to do some mitres on the next job get the DNA. I hope it comes in a gold plated box and a brass band jumps out when you open it as at £150 it is one expensive blade.

 

[Gazzer]

I am still using the standard blade and find it fine. It is coming to the end of its life now though but I have a Rubi wheel to replace it with before buying another.

 

[DHTiling]

I thought that Rob till you pit it against the standard dewalt blade....

 

[White Room]

Nah not yet, it broke my heart to part with the best part of £900 with the other bits I got off him. Damn that site is easy to add to the basket!!! He's doing it with two blades at the moment and he reckons he cut through 30mm granite the other day with them no problem so thought I'd try them out then when I come to do some mitres on the next job get the DNA. I hope it comes in a gold plated box and a brass band jumps out when you open it as at £150 it is one expensive blade.

Just think of it as an early birthday present to yourself....it don't seem so bad then.

 

[Colour Republic]

I don't want to get it dirty!!!

 

[White Room]

What is it with blokes and their tools:lol:

 

[Colour Republic]

I know! sad isn't it!




A few new trowels, mosaic nibbers and wheels and thought i'd give the lash clips a try on a small floor

 

[White Room]

Happy days

 

[Colour Republic]

One thing I will say is that the side tray seems to be a couple of mil higher that the main rubber bed and if you place a 600x600 tile on it, it rocks the tile slightly. This is the yellow side table with the 2 bullet locators and the hand wheel to attach it. I haven't tried yet but is it possible to adjust this table so it is level? The rock is only small but it does mean the balde wouldn't pass through at a perfect 90degrees

 

[Colour Republic]

ahhh also the main plastic tray has two half moons cut out to sit on the stand on one end but the other end doesn't, it just sits on the frame but again not perfectly, it kinda pinches the plastic. Am I missing something? Please don't make me read the manual as I already chucked it away in true male fashion

 

[hillhead]

I'v never used a dewalt.
My big sigma cuts the lot though.

 

[Colour Republic]

Anybody have that problem with the side table being too high?? Just tried a few test cuts on 600x600 porcs and on the second one it cracked the tile from the vibrations of the tile not sitting perfectly flat on the bed. I've slightly adjusted the bullet locators but there wasn't any real movement, maybe grabbed a mil. for the time being i've slightly losened the side table so it drops back and the rock is now almost gone but don't really want to live with it. Is it just me? is there some sort of adjustment i'm missing??

hang on.....

right here's a vid. at the start is with the table tight and after with it loose

[video=youtube;6ft9GGYD1No]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ft9GGYD1No[/video]

 

[Ian]

Can't say I've noticed if mine does this or not Rob, I'm using it all this week so will have a look when I set it up tomorrow.


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[Dan]

You might have got a bit more of a response if you posted in the tools forum you know, or the arms even. Give me a shout if you want the thread moved matey.

Lovely saw though I'd defo go for one loads of lads inc Dave have banged on about them for ages now.

I can see a few more switching over too as it does seem to do the job perfectly.

Just need to sort your table out by the sounds of it.

 

[Ian]

Just a thought Rob, is the stand sitting level? And the water tray? Or maybe the saw is sat funny in the water tray, it has the little locating slots like you mentioned earlier? It's not a bent tile is it!!! Just thinking out loud mate!

 

[Colour Republic]

I had the same thought process mate but all is well. If you put a straight edge across the bed you can see one edge is 2mm higher on the side table. Logic says the only way to adjust is where it attaches but can't find anything to do that. I wonder if the side table was milled wrong.

 

[DHTiling]

Mine sits fine Rob... easiest way is to contact dewalt and ask... or even TT, he will tell you.. but mine deffo does not do that.

 

[Gazzer]

Just been out and mine sits fine and always has .

 

[Colour Republic]

Thanks guys, thought so. You've just rested my mind that I wasn't being stupid.

My guess is that where is connects, both the side table and the main bed are milled, I think maybe one or both aren't milled right and as soon as it's tightened then it becomes un-square and raises the back corner of the side table.

From what Dave @ TT was saying before I bought it, dewalt are great when it comes to cutomer service on these machines so hopefully they will send out another bed and side. In fact Dewalts UK HQ is less than 4 miles from where I am now.

Thanks again

 

[Gazzer]

Just looking at mine and thinking about what you have said. When you release tension on the fastening bolt it goes back down ? If this is the case then the hole with thread on sliding tray and the wing bolt obviously are not in-line and I dont think there is any adjustment there. Can you just check though that the two locating pins have flats on the pointy ends, with mine those flats are on the top and bottom.......just check and you will see what I mean.

 

[Colour Republic]

Yeap already checked mate. That is where I tried to adjust it from as the bolts that hold those bullets (with the flat bits) on are slightly smaller than the hole drilled in the side table. this is where I got an extra mil out of. I even checked that those bullets are round and not slightly oval, if they were it would allow adjustment as you turned them round giving you high and low points. A bit like cams you get on the side of kitchen drawers to level them up but no luck.