Well I have used the cutter a few times and thought it was time to give a review on this amazing cutter.

I have attached some pictures on the setting up of the cutter.

Dewalt have thought through this machine the water tray that the cutter sits on has a shelf to hold the table extension and the guide which are kept in lace with a small bungee. The main tray and extra water trays all pack together with a handy clip that stops them coming apart.

Now onto the cutter the machine is alloy and stainless the table section locks into place when in transit undo the snib and you can remove the table completly ideal for cleaning. The table can be adjusted if there is any problem with the cutter running out of true , it has a very good sliding action. The cutter also has an rcd connected to the cable as standard.

The head on the cutter is adjustable great for plunge cutting the table has slots in it for 45 and 90 degree angles which is extremly acurate and very stable. The cutter has a great blade and has cut 55mm flagstone as well as Victorian tiles.

I used the cutter for cutting 2mm of some Victorian tiles nice clean cuts straight lines this saw is ideal for cutting geometrics.

The water feed comes from two tubes that can be moved onto the blade for best feed, the feed can also be restricted by a clip attched to the water pipe, this allows for less spray. The majority 98% of spray is caught on the extra water trays one that attaches to the main tray and the other attaches to the saw table.

Conclusion.

The saw is very easy to set up and very easy to clean down. If you purchase one it does need the stand that is normally an extra. It is a very solid and thought through machine. The saw is ideal for all materials and ideal for mitres and geometrics.

The only down side that most people can come up with is the max 610 cutting size. But to be honest I dont care it will do most of the work that I want it to do and I have other tools to cover bigger tiles.

So would I recommend one well yes only regret is I never bought one sooner

Gary

Highlander

i have been looking at getting one but it looked a bit plasticy and fiddly

now ive seen it im impressed

I nearly bought one a couple of years back....but was taking ages to get it into the country from a well known high street tool shop.. so i bought the rubi dw250n from TT instead.....Nice cutter gary....does it use much water..?...topping up often i mean..

Just sending my letter to father christmas...

Originally Posted by Dave

I nearly bought one a couple of years back....but was taking ages to get it into the country from a well known high street tool shop.. so i bought the rubi dw250n from TT instead.....Nice cutter gary....does it use much water..?...topping up often i mean..

No Dave the water trays catch the spray and it runs back into the main tray so very little topping up.

So the only water is in that little bit where the pump is..?

Originally Posted by Dave

So the only water is in that little bit where the pump is..?

If you look at picture 3 you will see a raised area and then it drops down to like a moat. It takes a 10ltr bucket of water but the pump does not need to be submersed to run and when you use the clip to adjust the flow you dont use as much water.

cheers gary..great review and pics...........

Looks like we might well have these Dewalts in stock soon. Fingers crossed

Originally Posted by David - Tradetiler

Looks like we might well have these Dewalts in stock soon. Fingers crossed

Hmmmmm

Looks like a good bit of kit.

How much is it?

We have one in the warehouse for evaluation - have to say the quality is excellent. Hope we can get them in very soon

I got to field test one of the first DeWalts that were available here in the US. I have a lot of photos over at John Bridge's site from my original reviews and feedback for the saw (if anyone wants to see them).

We love the saw. I've had a lot of different saws over the years and this one seems to be the most versatile. There are many tile setters that post that they are having problems with the saw, but we've used the hell out of ours and the only thing that has given us problems is the GFI block on the cord. We have since taken that thing off and do without it.

The plunge cutting feature, the bevels and the large capacity are nice. We have even cut large pieces of Silestone and slabs of granite with the saw when making shower bench seats and so forth.

I love the saw, and I think it is closing in on four years old by now.

cheers rob..any pics to show us...?

OK, Dave...I just need to figure out how to post a picture on this forum!

rob/...either by attachment or open a user album in you profile,,,posh forum software i know but good..

Testing!

I knew you would sort it rob//

Dave,

I have a lot of photos on discs, somewhere....I'll look for them tomorrow.

This cutter had just come out when I was loking for one. The only reason I didn't buy it was because the length of the cut was restriced so I bought the Norton M108 instead.

Kev

Here's plenty to read about the DeWalt saw. I posted photos in the first 4-5 pages of the thread.



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Just had a look at those pics rob.....cheers for that....i think tradetiler should sell a few of those...

Dave,

I have a lot more, and there are more threads about the saw over at JB. If anyone has additional interest, let me know and I'll go looking!

Heard a lot of good stuff about the dewalt, also heard you can get reconditioned ones on e-bay for 500 sheets..

As a follow-up to this thread, we used the DeWalt today inside the customer's house. We are working in an area with million dollars houses one block away from the projects and no option to set up on the sidewalk in front. For times like this we set the saw inside of the mud box, with the side tray and back tray on the saw. Very little water makes it past the trays, and what little that does is caught in the mud box. Very handy for these kinds of situations!

thanks for the review highlander , i am looking to buy a new wet saw was going to get the sigma 10L but am interested in the dewalt after your review. Looks alot easier to get around than the sigma only advantage i can see with the sigma is the 900mm cuts you can achieve. Like the looks of the dewalt tho could be an order coming your way dave.

ted

hopefully in stock soon

Hi David,

How much is the DeWalt saw in the UK? Here in the US, it varies from $1000 to $1100 at the tile shops, but a buddy of mine bought his from an online retailer for less than $900 (I think he said it was closer to $850, and he avoided the sales tax, too).

will not know final deal for a few more days. UK prices seem to never be as cheap as US ones on: tools, cars, houses, clothes, food ......