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.
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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.
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.
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mr.tile
This what you're looking for; View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InKcy0anSjM
Comes with rail system or table.
Comes with rail system or table.
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Spud
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
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Colour Republic
I've been meaning to order some of these off you as it only occurred to me the other week that I could use those blades for the TS55 on tiles
Cutting these meter long tiles was alot of fun on the DW2400
Really wish they would have made the front rail on the bed removable 
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StevieBoy
That looks a cool bit of kit. Does it perform well, and what's the dust extraction like, and what sort of price?
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mr.tile
View: https://youtu.be/lUHNdkr_dsE
Not much dust at all if you use it right. Like a grinder without dust.
Not expensive at all if you compare to wet saws. I bought it together with this.
Not much dust at all if you use it right. Like a grinder without dust.
Not expensive at all if you compare to wet saws. I bought it together with this.
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