Cutting Quartz With Wet Saw

Place the silestone on the wet saw tray with the curve moving away from the blade.

Cutting quartz with wet saw. Turn on the saw and make. Place your hand on the top of the far outside of the quartz well away from the blade of the saw. Use this hand to guide the quartz against the saw blade. Unlike a circular saw which is handheld a wet tile saw is stationary and the tile rests on a sliding table.

Make the rest of the cuts that you need. Change out the blade on the wet saw for a blade designed for cutting quartz or granite tiles. Using a wet saw with a diamond blade will help to keep airborne dust controlled but the amount of water produced by the saw does cause the work area to get messy. When cutting quartz it s a good idea to be in an open area preferably outside because even with a wet saw you ll produce a tremendous amount of stone dust.

Lift the blade guard and use the lever next to your saw s handle to adjust the blade so that it sticks out roughly 1 2 inches 2 5 5 1 cm past the bottom of your slab. Step 1 make cuts in granite tile with a wet tile saw. All granite edges chip out when you use a saw to cut the edges circular saws more so than tile wet saws or rail saws because the blade of a circular saw vibrates more. Achilli ats 130 stone and tile saw 51 cut.

Adjust the blade in your circular saw to cut through the quartz. Push the quartz firmly against the blade until the cut is finished. You want your blade to go all the way through the bottom of the quartz. No special tools are needed.

It shows how to cut using both dry and wet techniques. Before wet cutting make sure the saw s reservoir is full. Holding the tile glazed side up with both hands feed. Comes with free blade the achilli ats 130 wet tile saw is an outstanding job site saw for cutting granite marble stone porcelain ceramic terracotta concrete glass and any other sheet goods.

Turn on the saw and give it 15 to 20 seconds to get up to speed.