Tile Saw Chipping Corners

Turn on the saw push the tile slowly through the blade and get the shallow cut done.

Tile saw chipping corners. If you don t allow this to happen this tension has the ability to crack the tile apart before you complete the cut. Pull the angle grinder carefully along the cut line to score the tile. You can cut a little past the corner on the backside. This way you will prevent chipping even more.

Mark the location of the cut with a marker or pencil. It is run of the mill 12 ceramic tile from home depot. Mark the point where you wish to notch. Typically when cutting a tile the blade puts a bit of stress on the tile which can lead to uneven chipping of the tile at the very end of the cut.

Place the tile with the marking facing the blade but do not let them get in touch yet and turn on your saw. Follow the below steps to do so. The saw is a dewalt 7 wet tile saw the 99 kind they sell at home depot. After you ve done this you can either cut through the whole tile or cut a notch into one end and then cut the whole tile.

If the blade has drifted off a straight path the tile will shift slightly to the left or right and that tension will be released. Set your blade so that this time it will cut through the whole remaining thickness of the tile. Chipping tile when cutting with a saw happens because the blade gets worn. Use a spray bottle to wet the tile with water to reduce dust.

I will show you what yo. The blade just just some metal blade that honestly looks like a round shiny circle of metal. Make sure the tile doesn t touch the blade before doing this. Invert the tile on the sliding bed then saw from the back of the tile to remove the remaining bit of tile and create a clean corner.

Set your tile saw blade upon the tile. Fix a piece of masking tape along the mark to make the line easier to follow and help prevent chipping. Now resume cutting but slow down the pace slower and slower as you come closer and closer to the end. By cutting the end before the middle you can reduce the stress and better control how and more importantly where the tile breaks.

You ll need a wet saw. It just needs a quick sharpening that you can do yourself. Don t know the thickness but it is the stuff that makes up about 50 75 of the ceramic floor tile on the aisle. A great way to avoid chipping on porcelain tiles is to notch the tile before cutting through.

Turn the saw on.