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Just realized my tile saw blade was dull after a contractor pointed it out
I was cutting subway tile for my kitchen backsplash and kept getting chipped edges. A tile guy walked through my open garage and asked if I'd changed my blade lately. I'd been using the same cheap blade for like 18 months through 3 projects. Swapped to a new $45 continuous rim blade and the cuts came out smooth with zero chips. Has anyone else noticed a huge difference just from switching blades on a wet saw?
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nancycooper1mo ago
What a load of nonsense honestly. You really think a shiny new blade is the magic fix for every chipped tile problem? I've got a blade on my saw that's older than my teenager, still cuts like butter because I actually maintain the thing. People blame the blade when half the time it's their feeding speed or the water flow is garbage. Saw a guy once on a job site swap out three expensive blades in one afternoon, still getting chips, turned out his guide fence was bent a sixteenth of an inch. But sure, let's all run out and buy a $45 blade every time a contractor walks through our garage.
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murphy.abby1mo ago
The blade age thing is wild, but what got me was that the cheap blade probably had a worn arbor hole too, which would make it wobble and chip stuff way worse than just being dull.
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kim_johnson511mo ago
You ever seen a blade wobble so bad it sounds like a lawnmower full of rocks? My buddy Tom bought this cheapo blade from a flea market, arbor hole was all wallowed out. He figured it was fine, threw it on his miter saw. First cut? Chipout so bad the wood looked like a beaver chewed it. He measured the hole later with a caliper, it was like a quarter inch too big. Had to chunk the whole thing.
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