Cutting Marble Tile With A Circular Saw

Choose either a standard circular saw or a wet cut circular saw to cut granite.

Cutting marble tile with a circular saw.

Ridgid stone diamond blades are engineered to cut thick granite marble and hard stone. Protect your marble slab by placing it on a 2 in. This video goes through the basics of using a small inexpensive wet saw to cut marble or granite tiles. Use this blade on 7 in.

You can use an ordinary circular saw equipped with a diamond blade to wet cut your marble. Specifically wet circular saws have special blades and a system of water sprays that coat the tile with water to prevent overheating and minimize dust. Either will work but the wet cut circular saw will produce very little dust thanks to a small tube that drizzles. Step 1 measure out where you wish to cut on the tile.

Because this will be a messy job and you ll need your garden hose you ll want to work outdoors. Place the piece of tile onto the tray of the miter saw. If you re looking for a portable tile cutting tool that still packs plenty of power the ryobi 4 inch tile saw is a popular option. Saw blades usually cut out 1 8 inch 0 32 cm from your material so make sure your blade is on the scrap side of your line.

Make deeper and deeper cuts along the score until you cut through the tile. Diy how to cut quartz granite or marble countertops with a circular saw. This handheld wet tile saw uses a 12 foot plastic tube to keep a continuous stream of water on the blade as it cuts through tile material. Pull the angle grinder carefully along the cut line to score the tile.

In the next video i ll show you how you may cut dry. The turbo rim design is perfect for countertop fabrication and other fine detail work where a smooth clean cut is necessary. Angle grinders or circular saw with dm 7 8 in. Hold the marble tile that you re cutting against the edge of the fence to see where it lines up with your saw.

Draw the shape of the cut with a marker or pencil. Mark your cutting line with a marker on a wide piece of tape. Adjust the fence closer or further from the blade until your mark lines up with the saw. It shows how to cut using both dry and wet techniques.

Thick piece of rigid foam. For example this can be a straight cut angle cut square hole cutout square u shaped cut or anything other than circular cuts. Impressively this compact tile tool has 12 amps of power and can cut material up to 1 16 inches thick at a 90 degree angle.