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Stone mason diamond blade recommendation
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Retroman
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Your correct, Hard material requires a softer bond. If they don't spec blades for type of stones your cutting I would probably go with a bond similar to a concrete blade. When cutting excessively hard concrete the blades we used would tend to glaze up we would then run them in asphalt or Green concrete to "open" them up and exposes fresh diamonds. I always preferred speed over blade life as we cut concrete and asphalt by the foot. If you end up with too hard of a blade you can always cut some block to open the blade back up. We always used segmented blades.
signcrafter
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Try making a few cuts in cmu blocks, some call it cinder blocks. They are soft and can open up some more diamonds, essentially sharpening your blade.
engineer2
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Flipping the blade around may help for a while. Since quartzite is so hard, you may want to google "diamond blades for quartzite". An example: quartzite specialty blades.
I'd try a segmented Norton blade. But in all reality all diamond blades are pretty good now days even the cheap ones cut great for a while.
I was always told turbo blades were for concrete and demo work.
I do have a turbo blade on a 12 inch electric dewalt handheld saw. It cuts well but I mainly use it for concrete block and the occasional sidewalk cut
I was always told turbo blades were for concrete and demo work.
I do have a turbo blade on a 12 inch electric dewalt handheld saw. It cuts well but I mainly use it for concrete block and the occasional sidewalk cut
Bought a $20 segmented Bosch from Cripes. I should be able to try it in a few days. I don't really need to figure out how to make the old blade work better, it's at the end of it's life. I can usually judge that pretty well, I've done concrete cutting for years, gone through a lot of 14" blades. It's just amazing to me how good cheap blades have become. Now, you can buy a sub $100 14" blade that will cut what a $350 tiger blade did 20 years ago.
Sub $30 blades in 7" are top quality blades, you can get cheap ones in the $10 range and free postage.
Sub $30 blades in 7" are top quality blades, you can get cheap ones in the $10 range and free postage.
I have a bunch of these blades for grinite stones... but also cuts concrete , tiles with ease... the brand is not cheap.. I think it's marketed for stone fabricators... not sold in box stores... they have other blades for other materials... I just happened to bid on a box of 9 for cheap and got surprised on the performance.
https://www.granquartz.com/stone-fabrication/blades/6-recon-granite-turbo-blade-7-8-dko-5-8-arbor
https://www.granquartz.com/tile-glass
anyways for the 10" tile saw I have.. I bought the Dewalt blades from HD, it have been performing good on Porcelain and tiles, just have to make sure plenty of water to wet the blades and material for cooling.
https://www.granquartz.com/stone-fabrication/blades/6-recon-granite-turbo-blade-7-8-dko-5-8-arbor
https://www.granquartz.com/tile-glass
anyways for the 10" tile saw I have.. I bought the Dewalt blades from HD, it have been performing good on Porcelain and tiles, just have to make sure plenty of water to wet the blades and material for cooling.