Ceramic Tile Saw Introduction

Ceramic tiles being thick and brittle, cannot be cut properly by ordinary circular saws. Wet tile saws are used for cutting ceramic tiles. The oncoming of the wet tile saw brought around a real change in the cutting of such tiles. A wet tile saw doesn't get heated, and uses a relatively dull tile saw blades with no serrations. Its portability makes it an ideal choice for being used at sites.

A wet tile saw first grinds a channel through the tile. Then a blunt, wide, non-serrated blade with sharp sand crystals or diamond is used for cutting, thus getting a clean, smooth edge. Such saws are convenient to trim tiles at the installation site to fit neatly at the corners of a room or to set the tiles in innovative patterns. Such saws are water cooled to avoid them from getting heated

A hand tile cutter works the fastest for cutting of ceramic tiles. The tile is supported on a padded bed. Keeping the saw handle pressed down firmly, the titanium wheel is rolled along the tile to get desired impression on its surface. On pressing the handle again on the marked impression, the tile breaks evenly across the desired line. This technique doesn't offer accurate cuts.

Heavy-duty ceramic tile saws available for cutting extra hard and dense domestic tiles are equipped with large cutting wheels and suitable handle carriages.