Cutting Marble Slab With Tile Saw

Water bottle or if possible a hose the diamond blade cuts much faster and better if used with a constant stream of water.

Cutting marble slab with tile saw.

Mark your cutting line on wide tape direct a trickle of water onto the front of the blade and then make your cut. It s not that hard. However there are two other methods you may choose for this material. As with ceramic tiles you can use a tile nipper tile cutter or electric wet saw to cut stone tiles.

If you don t have a wet saw available you can cut stone tile with a manual hacksaw. In the next video i ll show you how you may cut dry. Skilsaw used to cut the marble. You can use an ordinary circular saw equipped with a diamond blade to wet cut your marble.

Either will work but the wet cut circular saw will produce very little dust thanks to a small tube that drizzles. Turn on the saw when you are ready to use it feed the marble slowly into the saw until you reach about 1 3 in 2 5 7 6 cm and then stop. This video goes through the basics of using a small inexpensive wet saw to cut marble or granite tiles. Cut the marble with the finished side facing downwards onto your piece of foam.

Poking a small hole in the cap of a bottle of water is a great option if a hose is not available. Saw blades usually cut out 1 8 inch 0 32 cm from your material so make sure your blade is on the scrap side of your line. Remember to wear your gloves and eye and ear protection. Using a wet tile saw helps to ensure that you don t shatter the stone or marble tile.

Making a small cut on the back of the marble ensures the slab does not chip or break. Diamond blade for cutting tile specific blade used in cutting rock or tile needs to fit your skilsaw. Hold the marble tile that you re cutting against the edge of the fence to see where it lines up with your saw.