Wet Cutters on Site

[hillhead]

I had good 150m2 marble floor lately- 600x400x 20mm thick,
My sigma 10M cut through them like cheese,as it does with porcelain,ceramic etc.
The 3hp motor helps the process imensely,takes two to carry the bugger but worth its weight in gold!! not much spray out of it either,good guard.

 

[Leatherface]

Eeerm
still think it is a bit mental cutting straight cuts on a wet cutter that could be done with a rail cutter !:dizzy2::dizzy2::dizzy2:

 

[doug boardley]

marble should be cut on a wet saw though, but I agree that if straight cuts can be done on a dry cutter why bother with a wet one

 

[Grace'sDad]

My montolit brooklyn bridge saw with a good quality montolit porcelain blade can cut through 750mm of porcelain in about 40 seconds.
(I use about 4 quick passes of varying depths, rather than one slow pass which can lead to a breakage)

I just finished a job last week and had to wet cut them all.
I think some high-grade porcelain is just too brittle to dry cut cleanly.

 

[Leatherface]

My montolit brooklyn bridge saw with a good quality montolit porcelain blade can cut through 750mm of porcelain in about 40 seconds.
(I use about 4 quick passes of varying depths, rather than one slow pass which can lead to a breakage)

I just finished a job last week and had to wet cut them all.
I think some high-grade porcelain is just too brittle to dry cut cleanly.

Hi,
point for debate !!
Time spent cutting, time spent going outside to use wet saw, cost of replacement blade ?
Rail cutter : Any slightly ragged cuts can be easily finished off with a rubbing stone !

Each to their own, not saying right or wrong ! :yes:

 

[Grace'sDad]

Hi,
point for debate !!
Time spent cutting, time spent going outside to use wet saw, cost of replacement blade ?
Rail cutter : Any slightly ragged cuts can be easily finished off with a rubbing stone !

Each to their own, not saying right or wrong ! :yes:

All fair points except mine weren't raggedy cuts! They were blinkin' awful fractures and at £27 per tile I couldn't afford to risk many. I've only ever come up against 2 porc tiles I couldn't dry cut and both were Italian Porcelanato and from the same supplier.
Dry cut every time if you can.

 

[Grace'sDad]

Talkin' of breaking badly - it took me ages to figure out how to get a clean break on my new Monty with diagonal cuts. I seriously thought there was something up with the cutter! Technique is everything but I'm convinced that some tiles just won't break cleanly with anything.

 

[faceman]

I am on my second 650W plasplugs wet saw now and will buy another if this one dies. With a marcrist blade these will could almost anything and do it quickly enough. I thought about investing in a massive wet saw but it's not neccessary. These little cheap ones cut almost any size and any tile so what more could you want.

 

[doug boardley]

when I've used a saw with a marcrist blade i find it tends to chip the glaze more than a rubi cpc blade (porcelain)

 

[Leatherface]

when I've used a saw with a marcrist blade i find it tends to chip the glaze more than a rubi cpc blade (porcelain)

Aye to that !

Nothing better than a RUBI CPC blade for porcelain, perfect edges every time.
Not cheap though for a 300mm blade.