Big_Jake wrote:
On Feb 26, 5:39 pm, zxcvbob wrote:
Big_Jake wrote:
On Feb 26, 10:56 am, "Andrew Duane" wrote:
The other suggestions about going slowly at the end are good, but I
also found that supporting both halves of the tile for that last 1/2"
works wonders. Luckily, I bought a bunch of extra field tiles to
experiment on.....
On Feb 26, 9:24 am, "Cactus Jack" wrote:
Hello, all. I recently bought a 7" wet tile saw. Nothing fancy, just
an inexpensive Home Depot saw. The saw does a great job of cutting;
however, on some types of tile, at the end of the cut it tends to chip
or break a corner off the tile. Does anyone know a way to prevent
this from happening? The only thing I've found that seems to help is
to slow down the tile feed to a creep as I approach the edge of the
tile, but this does not always prevent the chipping.
Thanks,
Jack
Am I missing something? My saw has a sliding table that supports the
whole tile. Are there saws where half the tile hangs off the edge of
the table??
JK
We're talking about supporting the *back edge* of the tile when you cut.

Bob

But both the OP and Andrew talk about supporting the tile at the END
of the cut. You push the table forward, and the tile goes into the
blade, sometimes hanging off the table at the start of the cut. At
the end of the cut, the tile is better supported than at any time
during the cut. Is there another type of wet saw with a different
type of table?

JK



Put another scrap tile firmly behind the one you're cutting, so as the
blade breaks thru the first tile it starts cutting the scrap.
(Actually, it starts cutting the scrap before it finishes the first
tile.) The scrap will support the back edge of the one you are cutting.

The tile is already fully supported from the bottom at the end of the
cut. You need to also support the back edge if your tiles are chipping.
That's the best i can explain it. Good luck.

Bob