I’ve got a new tile saw and i’m curious about something. The tubes that carry the water enter the blade are is the rear near about 1/2 way up. They are anged toward the blade but they don’t really seem to get the blade that wet — i.e. when the blade’s running the air from the blade tends to blow the water away. Is this normal? I’ve been using it all day and the blade is staying cool. Not sure if i should try and re-route the water so that it hits the blade more directly or something.
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I can't picture the saw I used now, but the only part that needs to be wet is the diamonds.
is this a harbor frieght saw, i had the same problem and i rerouted the spray to the front so there would be plenty of water, blades are to expensive to not make sure there is pleny of water. larry
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If as you said, the blade seems to remain cool while in use, I wouldn`t be concerned......but you could try a test.
Try plugging the water pump into another outlet so that you can run the pump without the saw blade turning. If the water hits the blade sufficiently during this test, it should be doing a good enough job to cool the blade during regular use.
You should also be able to regulate the amount of water hitting the blade. Try decreasing it a tad.....you might notice less spray.
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you may have the slag from the cuttings restricting the water flow...
clean and put the pick up pump in a 5 gallon bucket of water... reroute the water tubes to spray on the front of the blade... you can never have too much water...
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Bob,
Like Always O said, Try to find a way to re-route/adjust the hoses. Doubt any damage occurred though. Diamond blades can take a pretty decent amount of abuse.
WSJ
Bob: I have a 10" MK tile saw. The water hits the blade in about the same spot you see. However - there is an obvious fine spray that comes off the blade right in front of where the diamonds enter the material being cut. You can easily see it splattering off the material. There is always an obvious flow of water out the rear of the kerf. I might add that I usually cut chunks of granite over an inch thick, so I can see the water coming out of the kerf, since I only cut about 1/4 - 3/8 inch in a pass. In the FWIW dept, when I started out, I didn't realize there was a small clip to throttle the water flow, so I took a bath every time I cranked up; the pump should put out that much water. I found the little clip in a pile of papers & other accessories, and it makes all the difference in the world. I can now get enough water to cool/lube, but not enough to take a shower.
Don
yes it is a Harbor Freight saw. I'm not much of a HF fan but it felt solid, slides well and was naturally cheap. I took some comfort in the fact that there's only a couple moving parts.
It's definately staying cool but there's lot of dust + i'd like to see water coming off the blade. Larry (always o) so is it working much better now that you re-routed the hoses. How did you route 'em (did you drill a hole in the front of the blade cover)?
That's a good idea about plugging the pump into a different outlet to see if the water's hitting the blade.