Been a touch concerned when doing hard porcelain work with my DeWalt as the corners have been snipping off about 10 to 30mm towards the end of a cut



Anyway had a wet room shower tray to tile with procelain 300x300's today, obviously with some pretty precise envelope cutting to do and I really didn't want to be spoiling 1 in every 3 cuts

So I had a bit play about with my DeWalt on some offcuts

It now seems that I had the cutting depth set too high

After one or two tries I sussed out that the cutting wheel needed to be dropped further below the surface of the rubber cutting bed I had previously had it set approx. 1mm below the surface so that in effect the bottom of the wheel was doing the cutting.

Today I set the blade lower by approx. 10mm so that the leading edge of the wheel was cutting into the tile and 'hey presto'

Perfect cutting every time, not one snip all day

a bit of a "Eureka moment" mate

Thanks for the tip Kev, I will remember that for when I get one

I had cleaned my machine one day and then started cutting some travertine with it. I forgot i had adjusted the wheel height and as i started a cut, instead of cutting through it cut half the depth and then grabbed the tile and the whole moveable tray shot out my hands, The travertine tile exploded into bits.
Good tip to always make sure you are cutting right through the tile.

a bit of a "Eureka moment" mate

Never has a tiler been more relieved Doug

I just leave it set to full depth..

Am I the only one who has cut a groove in the metal at the front of the moveable tray?

Originally Posted by Phil Hobson

Am I the only one who has cut a groove in the metal at the front of the moveable tray?

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Nope.. i did, till i realised it has a depth stop..

I'm liking these tips .
I ordered my D24000 yesterday .

Nice one.. knew you could not resist..

Good lad Dazza

You know it makes sense

till i realised it has a depth stop..

I love that depth stop idea

And the non slip cutting table

And the directional water jets

And the built in RDC

And the super easy 45degree stop guage

And the lack of water loss

etc,etc,etc........

You won't regret it Daz

Originally Posted by Dave

Nice one.. knew you could not resist..

Originally Posted by merlecollins

Good lad Dazza

You know it makes sense

Not to my bank balance it doesn't.
But yeah, I couldn't resist any longer .

Not to my bank balance it doesn't.
But yeah, I couldn't resist any longer

As soon as you see that yellow fridge freezer size box in the hallway mate you will completely forget the financial strain it has temporarily enforced upon you

I have one critisism of the D24000 (it's a small one). Don't you wish the bung in the water tray was nearer the edge or in the corner. I find it a pain to drain most of the water thro the bung then replace the bung then lift the tray to pour the last of the water over the corner. Am I doing it wrong?

Sandy, I agree...we're not thrilled with the placement of the drain plug.

Originally Posted by Rob Z

Sandy, I agree...we're not thrilled with the placement of the drain plug.

Thanks for that, Rob. With the machine being such a great design I was beginning to think I was some kind of idiot!

Hardly worth worrying over. When i am cleaning up I remove the machine from the tray and then the plug and use a sponge to push all water and sediment through the plug hole.

Originally Posted by Sir Ramic

Hardly worth worrying over. When i am cleaning up I remove the machine from the tray and then the plug and use a sponge to push all water and sediment through the plug hole.

I did say a small critisism....wish I hadn't mentioned it now...in a huff now

Sandy,

My DeWalt is one of the first made, so it is a bit old by now. I haven't studied the new ones to see if anything has been changed since I got mine. THe only thing that I had real problems with was the GFCI block on the cord. I replaced it several times and ended up eliminated it altogether. My Sparky made a nice GFCI 4-way for us to use, and I always plug the saw into that.

Originally Posted by merlecollins

I love that depth stop idea

And the non slip cutting table

And the directional water jets

And the built in RDC

And the super easy 45degree stop guage

And the lack of water loss

etc,etc,etc........

thank god i have one , you just sold it to me again again now i have two

the way you all love these yellow machines im suprised yoy even worry about the drain plug. i thought yo would have a mobile valet service on hand to completely clean down an polish after every job only jelous

the way you all love these yellow machines im suprised yoy even worry about the drain plug. i thought yo would have a mobile valet service on hand to completely clean down an polish after every job only jelous

Now thats a darn good ideaI'll look into that