New Rail Saw

[Spud]

not a large format wet saw for stone or big porcelain tiles , some of the jobs in London are in mansion blocks and you cant the the big saws in the buildings , the rail got gouged when i tried to mitre with it the first day I got it , the water hose attached comes off and the vacuum hose fits straight into the hole so if you have the correct filters and a powerful vacuum it is dust free

 

[StevieBoy]

Nice

 

[Old Mod]

Lol - need I say more

Just to add to @GaryTheTiler
This job was done with a Rubi TC 180
Except the mitres!
And as far as accuracy goes it's spot on, never misses!
I run mine on Festool runners!

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• Old Mod
• May 31, 2015

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• Old Mod
• May 31, 2015

 

[StevieBoy]

Nice job.

 

[gamma38]

I mitre because I think it gives a better finish than a lot of trims. Looks better etc. A rail saw gives you unlimited length of cut. Unlike a wet saw. There are many advantages, I have a bridge saw also. Capable of cutting over a mtr. Not very portable though. Another advantage of the rail saw.

 

[gamma38]

Cheers for the info Gary. I must admit I was seriously looking at the Marcrist. Have you heard anything about the Flex?? Do you think you could get better results doing the mitres with larger flanges or would it still do it?? The Marcrist is a lot cheaper that's what's making it to the top of my list at the moment. But if the Flex is a better tool I would stump up the extra and go for that one.

 

[Concrete guy]

The CS60 is probably too much tool for the average tiler, it's a stonemason's saw.

I used to run two to cut up 3000mm x 2400mm x 30mm granite slabs, and for that use they are absolutely ideal and very versatile.

Think of them as a hand held replacement for a stonemasons bridge saw (not a tile saw, a 4m long bridge saw).

We also offer blades that are modified to fit the Festool TS55 and similar rail plunge saws. We offer a 160mm blade which is actually one of our turbo flange porcelain blades with the flange removed and a reduced bore.
These are used mainly to cut Bushboard M Stone, Max Top and most Quartz worktops and tiles.

These work dry and can have vacuum extraction attached to them. They're ideal for huge format tiles where it isn't practical or possible to use a huge bridge saw on site.

We also offer a segmented blade for the festool to cut granite and a turbo blade that will be suitable for marble and limestone.

We went to Verona yesterday specifically to find manufacturers of blades for Dekton and similar products, this is a particularly dense glass/porcelain slab material and very difficult to cut. We're hoping we can use these blades on some the absurdly hard porcelains that have appeared on the marked.

Feel free to ask for advice, I've used these tools.

The big issue you'll have with a Festool TS55 is you invalidate the warranty (in the UK) by using it to cut tile and stone .

Flex also offer a plunge saw - the CSE55T same tool as the Festool, but they support alternative uses for the machine.

 

[mr.tile]

This what you're looking for;

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InKcy0anSjM

Comes with rail system or table.

 

[Spud]

Cheers for the info Gary. I must admit I was seriously looking at the Marcrist. Have you heard anything about the Flex?? Do you think you could get better results doing the mitres with larger flanges or would it still do it?? The Marcrist is a lot cheaper that's what's making it to the top of my list at the moment. But if the Flex is a better tool I would stump up the extra and go for that one.

You can borrow it if you want to try it out, the marcrist blades have always had the reputation of wandering so with a decent blade it would probably mitre well ,I lent it to a friend who used it on a stone job in town , the firm he worked for also had a cs60 he said there was no difference in the performance of the saws and actually said he preferred the marcrist I haven't used the cs 60 myself

 

[mr.tile]

My baby is this