Cutting Cultured Marble with a TS75

We used diamond blades in standard circular saws to cut that stuff, which would have been much better with the TS's dust collection- they cut like butter.  I wonder if anyone makes a diamond blade in the right diameter and arbor size?
 
I use the Ridgid fiber cement saw with a diamon blade to do cuts in stone.

Almost no dust when hooked up to a vac.

You do need to make your own edge guide for really straight cuts.

Also do this to cut a tile/stone floor if I'm installing built-ins over such existing flooring.
 
I have a customer that cuts some stuff that is basically sand in a really hard resin. They make laboratory tables that are impervious to just about anything.

We tried the Solid Surface blade on a TS 75 and it zoomed through normal solid surface material but the really hard stuff chewed it up. Their buyer found a source for diamond blades. I'll have to ask them where they get them. If I remember correctly, it is the provider of the material that hooked them up.

Tom
 
Chris Rosenberger said:
mastercabman said:
A good way to waste a $115.00 blade,in my opinion.
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No.

It will be sharpened & be as good as new.
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You think?
Cultured Marble is not good on blades like that.Let us know when you get your blade back from sharpening.
 
I have cut many a Swanstone and cultured marble panels with my TS55. I use the general purpose blade, they come back good as new from the sharpener. I get 6 sharpenings out of each blade. No dust no fuss.

To really make you cringe, I also cut Hardi backer and Dura rock with the TS.

I find some acrylics harder on the blades than the cultured items.

Tom
 
the abrasive dust isnt hard on the saw itself? or does the dust collector negate most of the abrasiveness?
 
I find very little of the dust on the saw. The inside area of the blade housing stays as clean if not cleaner than with wood. I do take care to wipe the shoe and glide strips off between each cut. I think that the dust is so fine the extractor picks up more of it.

Even if I shortened the life of the extractor and saw by a year, having almost no dust cutting these products is worth it. (to me)

Tom
 
tjbnwi said:
I have cut many a Swanstone and cultured marble panels with my TS55. I use the general purpose blade, they come back good as new from the sharpener. I get 6 sharpenings out of each blade. No dust no fuss.

To really make you cringe, I also cut Hardi backer and Dura rock with the TS.

I find some acrylics harder on the blades than the cultured items.

Tom
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Tom, I've always cut Durock with a grinder and diamond blade and regret it every time.  I thought about using the TS but I don't like the idea of killing blades.  Although it sounds like you've gotten them to sharpen up nicely, is that right? 
 
There is someone in the US that has diamond blades to fit.  At a training class last year we saw a bunch of TS 55 in for service that had diamond blades installed.  Used by granite and marble guys who didn't care about the warranty - just wanted results.  The saws were white.

Peter

Edit:  It was strange that this thread popped up.  I was thinking about my TS 55 yesterday as I was cutting the most evil stuff I have come across with my grinder and a diamond blade.  The stuff:  Metal lath stapled to plywood every 2 inches.  Covered with 1/4 inch of lite weight concrete or thinset.  Topped with 1/8 inch of epoxy and sand.  Imagine tearing up 130 square feet of this.  No wonder "L" left me for the adventure of California.

 
Brice,

They come back sharpened just fine.

Editing this to add;

One thing you need to keep an eye on is the vacuum bag. The fine powered will clog the pores in a short period of time. I have do open the vac and depress the bag, this seems to knock the dust off. I have to do the same when I sand taping compound with the ETS sanders. Make sure before you close the lid the bag is out of the way of the water sensors. I have a CT22, as I understand the new models, this may not be an issue. The weight of these products adds up quickly in the bags.

Tom
 
Tom,
What blade are you cutting the Durock with. How much life would it take out of the saw and DC to be cutting a few sheets here and there?
 
I've seen a lot of cultured marble installed on jobsites.  Most of the guys use a standard 24-tooth carbide blade and run their circular saw backwards to make cuts.  It's very effective but looks like it would take some practice to learn to use a saw that way.
 
Brice Burrell said:
tjbnwi said:
I have cut many a Swanstone and cultured marble panels with my TS55. I use the general purpose blade, they come back good as new from the sharpener. I get 6 sharpenings out of each blade. No dust no fuss.

To really make you cringe, I also cut Hardi backer and Dura rock with the TS.

I find some acrylics harder on the blades than the cultured items.

Tom
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Tom, I've always cut Durock with a grinder and diamond blade and regret it every time.  I thought about using the TS but I don't like the idea of killing blades.  Although it sounds like you've gotten them to sharpen up nicely, is that right? 
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For what it is worth, I have always used my cordless circular saw with a diamond blade for this. The blades are pretty cheap and I have never had batteries outlast their tool counterparts. Ergo, my cordless tools (not my T-15!) the most 'disposable tools I have. Oddly, it also has a port for dust extraction.
 
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