Is this cheap Vitrex Tile saw any good?

[Old Mod]

Is there a punchline @andy8758 ? Haha

 

[wau5]

Some advice on wet saws.
1. Give yourself every opportunity to get good results - spend out on a high quality diamond blade.
2. Make sure there is always plenty of water feeding onto the blade - insufficient water makes the blade jam.
3. Don't force the cut, allow the blade to move at its own pace, if the saw moves as you cut you might be forcing it too much.
4. Keep the cutter at table height - use a workbench to stand it on. If it moves too much, clamp wood behind to stop movement. It's called a "table saw" for a reason!
5. Most of us only ever use a wet saw outdoors, or if used indoors, put a container under the table to catch the water and often a tarpaulin to stop the floor getting too wet. Some saws are better than others at preventing splash back.
6. Blade guards are often annoying. The better quality cutters are better, but not perfect. Practice is the key.
7. I don't find straight cutting guides helpful. Try practicing getting your line of sight (line of blade matching cut line) right.
8. Water tends to wash away pencil marks. Try scoring cut with manual cutter, then gently running pencil or felt tip pen along line to highlight cut.
9. Tiling is messy work. Wear old clothes that you expect to get wet and covered in cement.
10. There is a saying that it takes 10,000 hours experience to become skilled at something. If you are doing this as Diy, expect lots of frustrations, but persevere and be proud of what you achieve. But if everyone could achieve our standards of tiling after a few hours - we would quickly be out of work!

thanks, I have used it more and have got used to it more as well, and I can cut out the stuff that I need with it now ( but mostly doing it freehand) . However... It's not able to cut a tile fully without making a large chip at the end of the cut for just simple straight cuts, not sure why, but it's just not able to do that however slow you go. So really this tool only served its purpose of cutting out squares/other shapes in tiles (the task I bought it for really).

I would still rate it as total crap even after using it for some time.

 

[andy8758]

Large chip at the end - turn the tile and do a short cut at the other end (20 mm is fine) then cut in your original direction - the blade won't cause a large chip to break off the end corner. You will likely have a small obstruction where the two cuts meet - gently rub this spot to flatten edge, using either a tile file and silicon carbide paper, or even carefully using the flat edge of the cutting blade.

 

[wau5]

Large chip at the end - turn the tile and do a short cut at the other end (20 mm is fine) then cut in your original direction - the blade won't cause a large chip to break off the end corner. You will likely have a small obstruction where the two cuts meet - gently rub this spot to flatten edge, using either a tile file and silicon carbide paper, or even carefully using the flat edge of the cutting blade.

Brilliant, thanks Andy for the good tip, that should solve the problem for sure.

 

[wau5]

Large chip at the end - turn the tile and do a short cut at the other end (20 mm is fine) then cut in your original direction - the blade won't cause a large chip to break off the end corner. You will likely have a small obstruction where the two cuts meet - gently rub this spot to flatten edge, using either a tile file and silicon carbide paper, or even carefully using the flat edge of the cutting blade.

I can report that this stuff indeed works and Now I'm able to cut full tiles without a huge tearout in the end ( ok there's a very small tearout, however it's very rare and you can just file it off).
Pretty good, now I have to botch this thing up and make a larger (much much larger) table/fence for it and it should be rather decent tool for not much $.
Thanks Andy

 

[Unused Account 1]

Use angle grinder,mark your two points ,then use a batten and clamps to the line ,then run angle grinder down ,have a go if just got a few cuts

 

[McLovin]

Just my two cents but you could have called a local tiler and asked him to cut 10 or so tiles for you. Bunged him £30 - £40 (cost of the cutter if not less). Job done! But thats just me

 

[Dumbo]

Buying a tile cutter for 40quid and expecting g it to an amazing job is like buying soda and expecting it drive like a merc

 

[Dan]

Skodas are not bad these days! And Mercedes have one of the worst after sales going.

But yeah I get what you mean lol

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Bradley Wiggins like the Skoda and they are not that cheap anymore!