What WET Saw do you use?

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Permalink Reply by CentralTiling on May 22, 2008 at 8:00am

I have 3 plasplug wets saws, the small one for kitchens etc, the mid range for ceramics and the master tiler for porcelaine and stone. Great machines and apart from the master tiler i just chuck them about with no problems! I also have a radial wet saw but only cuts 400mm

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Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on May 22, 2008 at 8:07am

I had a go with the master tiler last week; very quiet, nice deck. I think with a marcrist blade they'd be an excellent machine for the price.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Nicholls on May 22, 2008 at 1:27pm

I've got a big old Rubi bridge saw which needs a team of slave to pull, a little Siri bricollina which is cool for small stuff. A plasplugs master tiler.

Your right about the blades, marcrist every time for me

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Permalink Reply by Mark Burton on May 22, 2008 at 9:56pm

I am thinking of getting a DeWalt D24000 tile cutter. I have only used a cheap £50 cutter to date and a Bosch Angle Grinder! to date so looking to splash out a bit.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Nicholls on May 23, 2008 at 7:55pm

Just seen that Gemini saw Dave, any chance you can get a loan of one of those? I promise not to blunt or break it, unlike the Rotozip :)

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Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on May 24, 2008 at 10:03am

Not with your track record mate.

Damned nice saws though

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Permalink Reply by Brian on May 25, 2008 at 4:37pm

Using a Pearl Abrasive 10"xl pro mostly.
An MK 10" saw ( back-up )
A Target Tilematic ( secondary back-up )

I like having back-up saws to leave on jobsites along with a set of buckets, and maybe a mixing drill and a cord. It ' looks ' like I'll be right back ! I could be off the job several days before a builder will actually realize I've been gone. LOL

Also have a cheap small ' table-top ' style saw, I don't use very often, but does come in handy for small arrangements in winter conditions. I really don't care for it's poor accuracy.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on May 26, 2008 at 8:44pm

The MK saws look really nice across their range. Not sure if we can get them in the UK though.

Brian do you prefer the 'sliding table' type saws over the radial saws?

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Permalink Reply by Nottingham Tiling on April 12, 2009 at 5:14pm

I use a plasplugs master cutter and a large siri table mounted bridge cutter

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Permalink Reply by Bill Vincent on June 4, 2009 at 2:34am

I've got two saws-- Like Dave, I prefer not to lug a wet saw around, especially in the winter, when that water can get a bit "hard" (!!!), but when needed I've got a Target Supertilematic which will handle even the larger format tiles. Additionally, I saw someone mentioned the Gemini-- I've had a problem with the whole concept of the ring saw because of the fact that it comes out of the table, and then goes back in, meaning there's a very small "throat" in which to turn the piece you're cutting. Because if this, I decided to go with one of the diamond bandsaws, specifically the DL5000. If you've seen the logo pic I posted (Floors N More) or the moose head I just posted today, both were done with the DL.

Not sure if I can use HTML, but I'll try it-- here are the two saws:

DL5000:





Super Tilematic:

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Permalink Reply by Matteo on December 21, 2009 at 7:55am

Ciao Dave! It's my first tile in Tilerspace! Congratulation for this website :-)
I'm managing the new Tiling Tools Montolit Blog
I would like to signal you that there is a special post/area dedicated to wet saw. How to make the right choice...or to try to do that!
http://blog.montolit.com/wet-saw-5-secrets-to-make-the-right-choice
Ciao

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Permalink Reply by neil widdison on January 21, 2010 at 9:46am

i use a montolit small wet cutter with a marcrist blade in,and a cheap angle grinder with a marcrist blade in.also own a rotozip,hoping to go for the de-walt dw 24000, when i can afford it.

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