Cutting Quartz With Wet Saw

Achilli ats 130 stone and tile saw 51 cut.

Cutting quartz with wet saw.

Turn on the saw and give it 15 to 20 seconds to get up to speed. Make the rest of the cuts that you need. 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. 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. Align the tile on the table setting the protective fence to keep your hands as far as possible from the blade during. Adjust the blade in your circular saw to cut through the quartz. It shows how to cut using both dry and wet techniques.

Before wet cutting make sure the saw s reservoir is full. Diy how to cut quartz granite or marble countertops with a circular saw. Step 1 make cuts in granite tile with a wet tile saw. Turn on the saw and make.

Unlike a circular saw which is handheld a wet tile saw is stationary and the tile rests on a sliding table. 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. You want your blade to go all the way through the bottom of the quartz. 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.

Mark the curve you need to cut on the silestone with a grease pencil. Change out the blade on the wet saw for a blade designed for cutting quartz or granite tiles. 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. 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.

No special tools are needed.