PCE980 Wet Tile Saw

This is a great little wet saw that will elevate your tile game. The sliding table was a must-have for me. My last tile saw was an underpowered 4" wet saw, and I've also rented huge 24" wet saws. As a weekend warrior I wanted something in between. This 7" saw has all the power you need. I was able to rip 36" wood look tile planks. Just cut as far as you can, then slide the table back and keep cutting. The only thing is you have to remove one Phillips screw to remove the squaring rail. Then when you reinstall the rail for cutting tile to length, you have to square it again. I think a better system would be an adjustment screw that also had an indexing pin to easily find square again. Sure, it should be adjustable, but you should be able to pop the rail off and on quickly and easily without tools. Also, I didn't see a wrench holder anywhere. The wrench is just kind of floating around, and I'm sure it will get lost the first time I put it away to store. So there is definitely room for improvement from a design standpoint. But this saw strikes a great balance between price and solid quality. I've spent this much to rent a tile saw for a weekend, so I see it as a very good value for a powerful wet saw with sliding table. The table slides very well on nylon wheels, without any perceptible slop. The power switch is ergonomic and easy to use. A nice cord winder, and easy to grip handles round out the package. The blade guard is good, and doesn't get in the way. I didn't try the included blade, but used a Pearl P4 instead. It was hard to tell which side of the tile was cut, and which was a factory edge. Pretty darn good cut quality on wood look porcelain floor tile. Highly recommended, but wish it had a quick indexing pin on the squaring rail so I could go from ripping to crosscuts without tools or adjustment. Also, I really wish it had a wrench holder for the included wrench.

Corta piezas sólo muy pequeños de 40 cm o menos no me sirvió

Bought this saw primarily because of the sliding table, a feature I wanted for cutting 3x6" ceramic subway tiles for our kitchen backsplash. First off, replace the blade that comes with the saw, it is low quality and caused many many small chips in the ceramic tiles. The guard does not line up with the blade accurately so pushing large tiles through with the guard on was impossible. However 10 minutes with a file on the bottom of the guard post to extend the holes fixed this problem. Porter Cable should fix this at the factory? After installing the replacement blade It took about 15 minutes to square the table rest to the saw blade. Once this was done the saw worked wonderfully and very accurately. For multiple cuts the attachable miter rest allows repeat cuts with ease. Cleanup was easy when the job was complete. I would buy this again if I ever had to without hesitation, however it is built very well and I doubt I ever will need to replace it.

Amazing tool -- make sure to adjust perfectly square when you get it. I have redone many bathrooms over the years, and this is the most versatile and useful tile saw out the market. I got it for my latest project because the sliding miter tile saw that I normally use could not handle the tile sizes. Since then, I've used the PCE980 with 15"x30" marble tiles, 12"x24" porcelain floor tiles, and porcelain mosaic tiles. The table does cross-cuts up to 17" natively, but can also easily be used to cut longitudinally up to any length... For instance in my project, I made 4"x30" strips out of the 15"x30" marble tiles. The blade is still ok after one bathroom :-)

This is a very handy saw that I use 90% of the time now. I have a large 10 inch wet saw that is very cumbersome to move and cannot cut large tiles (like 2x4 feet) because of the arm blocking the material. It is very portable and light so you can easily throw it into your trunk and take it somewhere. I do have to keep filling it with water however. The blade that comes with it is low quality so you will want to replace it ASAP. It doesn't have a lot of power but with a good blade you can cut almost any common material without the blade stopping. We have used it to cut about 500 sq feet of tile so far.