The Beast

[Spare Tool]

If you don't have a steady hand I'd have thought it makes life a bit easier!

I wasn't talking about a wife

 

[Kyle Knowles]

Genuinely interested..what exactly does it do an angle grinder with a decent blade in it can't?

It's obvious isn't it u can't knock out repetitive cuts of the same size with a angle grinder u can't bevel or miter with a grinder plus who wants to be covered in dust all the time

 

[One Day]

Very smooth edge to cuts.
20mm limestone with an angle grinder and top quality blade = maybe 2or3 mins per cut.
Dewalt, or other decent saw = 30 secs.
Minutes turn to hours, hours turn to days, days turn to lost profits.

 

[widler]

Erm,typically i find it quicker and more accurate with a grinder on stone .
The house i did recently was around 3/4 foot out of square front to back .
Every room (7 rooms in total) was twisted badly , it would of taken me longer to cut with my machine , i just measured, marked and cut away .
Oh and every blooody skirting was on in every room , and not one wall or skirting straight

Ps i once saw a thread or post on here years ago saying you should not use wet cutters on stone as you can't lay it wet?

 

[WetSaw]

Clearly with "bespoke" cuts a grinder is going to be easier but with repetitive cuts doesn't the saw win? Horses for courses isn't it?

 

[One Day]

You're right Craig but thankfully most of my floors have no skirts in place so i can rip-cut everything.
As for fixing wet, I'll take the argument on!
Wet through obviously not a good idea, but damp is fine. Any moisture should be locked up with the adhesive setting, any moisture in the stone body will dry and depending on what/how you're sealing you might need to wait until dry.
Last job i used universeal rapid all in one which can be used on damp stone.
I'd rather fix damp stone into adhesive than dusty stone.

 

[widler]

Clearly with "bespoke" cuts a grinder is going to be easier but with repetitive cuts doesn't the saw win? Horses for courses isn't it?

You're right Craig but thankfully most of my floors have no skirts in place so i can rip-cut everything.
As for fixing wet, I'll take the argument on!
Wet through obviously not a good idea, but damp is fine. Any moisture should be locked up with the adhesive setting, any moisture in the stone body will dry and depending on what/how you're sealing you might need to wait until dry.
Last job i used universeal rapid all in one which can be used on damp stone.
I'd rather fix damp stone into adhesive than dusty stone.

Not sure paul if im honest,i cut everything with the grinder on this job, but i think its each to his own , i have quite a steady hand(apart from mondays ) so i find it quicker than faffing about with a big machine, lining it up (not every cut is going to be perfectly strsight, how many rooms are perfectly square )
Dave
Im not arguing about wet cutters, needless to say i didn't listen to the advice as i thought it was a bit blooody stupid advice imo , i do still use a wet cutter when i can be bothered to get it out .
Your points about drying when laid and it won't be dusty were my thoughts , so i carried on as normal

 

[Dumbo]

One thing with wet cutters from personal experience. Make hell of a mess but I do use a permanent bridge saw .

 

[Kyle Knowles]

The Dewalt is very clean comparison to some machines so is the sigma 9p 9m 10m

 

[widler]

its horses for courses as some wise man said
All wet cutters are dirty , spraying water etc, but grinders are dusty , dust everywhere , wet cutters win it for me on being cleaner, but still mucky though