SKIL 7-Inch Wet Tile Saw - 3540-02

Worked well for my small tiling project. Assembly was very simple and the instructions were easy to understand. It was just big enough to cut 8” tiles while using the guide. Any bigger would require doing it free hand. All things considered, it’s worth the money.

Does the job! Built and scaled for home use. Though it would be "under featured" for contractors, this is a decent and capable tile saw for homeowners, hobbyists, and casual remodelers looking to save money and cut tile more safely (than strictly by hand using angle grinders).

Bang for buck is there thus 4 star, and for a smaller project (a bathroom or two) the downfalls are very manageable. Generally, cuts fine with stock blade. Not recommended for professional day in day out use as the little details would become annoying and feel dysfunctional. The 45 degree guide is a total fail, it clamps to the straight guide but floats too far above the platform, so our tapered subway tile could not firmly fit in it as the guide floated inconsistently above the taper edge. Also, it did not clamp firmly to trust the angle. Splatters like all small machines, mostly directly out the front and to the left side. Can be minimalized by keeping the water level just at the lowest line. This means frequent topping off. As others mention, the water tray is a true pain. I've used the HF suitcase tile saw before and it has a removable plug which is a dream compared to this and if that resource was local to this project, I'd prefer it, even though this machine looks beefier. The platform is too small for larger format tile, so if you are dealing with anything more then 12 x 12 or like a subway up to 16 in., you'll find yourself building out additional platform space. We did this for a 1ft x 2 ft heavy floor tile. No regrets for 2 bathrooms, a kitchen backsplash and an entry way area, BUT mostly due to the amazon convenience.

decent quality saw. fair price

I bought this saw because it was the same price as renting, and therefore more convenient to own and have available when I needed it. I'm tiling a breezeway floor with 4x8 travertine stone, 3/8" thick. I have to say, I can't believe the things people are reporting who give it a 1-star rating. This saw works GREAT. For those who say the blade guard jams, it appears that they didn't read the instructions, which clearly tell how to adjust its height higher than your work piece, so that it glides under the guard without binding, while offering safety and shielding from splashing. To the person who said the mounting screw holes were too big and he had to use longer screws and nuts, he didn't know how to assemble the guard. You remove the screws, slide the bracket UNDER the table top and put the screws back in, as it's the bracket that has the screw threads. I think people who don't read directions or don't have the skills to use tools are panning a good product. Yes, the fence is cheap, but if you take care lining it up and tighten the hold-down screws securely, the fence is straight and works well. The water tray should be filled often, as the blade doesn't really pick up water if the tray is less than half full, and then the blade gets hot and cuts a lot slower. Add water to the tray about every 3-4 tiles and it's just fine. I've cut 20 tiles so far and had no issues at all. Doesn't chip or bog down, blade guard minimizes splashing on you. I braced the saw against the railing of my deck so that as I push the tile, I'm holding the saw in place against the railing, and it doesn't move. No chips, no failures. Very happy with this purchase.

Buying a tool sight-unseen is always a gamble. Reviews help...but there are a lot of weird people out there and sometimes I'm convinced they just write stuff to muddy the waters. It's confusing. I'm not a professional tile setter but I am a pretty experienced handyman and I wanted a cheap saw to use in remodeling a couple of bathrooms. I ordered this saw hoping it would serve. The saw I received does everything as advertised. It arrived fast, assembly was easy...basically a bolt on the arbor and two small screws for the guard, all included. It's small and light but the included blade cut through porcelain tile easily with no chipping. Cutting through a 6" tile took about 20 seconds. It does throw a little water but if someone has a problem with that, they should read the part about it being a wet saw. Cutting tile requires water. So don't stand in front of your wife's new drapes when you're cutting. The water is really not bad at all...just a mist mainly when the reservoir is full. And that leads me to my only complaint...filling the reservoir could be a little easier. It's under the table so you have to tilt the saw a little and use a pitcher or something with a spout. When you're flailing around and your mortar is drying, looking for something small you can use to pour water is a nuisance. So have something handy. Bottom line: if you're a professional tile setter and need to tile the floor of an entire shopping mall, this may not the be the saw for you. But for a homeowner who just does tiling occasionally, it's perfect. I've cut probably 100 tile so far and it's worked great .

I agonized whether I would be able to do a decent job in tiling my kitchen backsplash. I bought some pretty expensive glass, marble and stainless tile and waited for the installer to come. And waited. I kept looking at all of the positive reviews of this wet saw and finally bit the bullet and ordered it. I kind of hoped the installer would miraculously show up before the saw, but no such luck. Curses Prime two-day shipping! I was really worried about ruining my tile or having problems with the saw cutting the stainless tiles (an overlay upon a porcelain tile). I first started with cutting strips of 1/2" thick marble tile that were used to frame a window. The cutting was very, very slow and before I finished my first strip the blade started to wobble. I cursed all of the positive reviewers. I then removed and re-installed the blade and tried again. It worked perfectly. I was able to cut through all types of tile with no problems. The clerk at the tile store told me to just go slow and I had to keep reminding myself of that. She also recommended putting painter's tape over the cutting surface and said that could help prevent chipping. My tape was a couple of years old and did not seem to stick all that well on the tile. Sometimes I did that; mostly I didn't. This worked brilliantly. I had 22 square feet of tile and had lots of cuts. The blade still seemed as sharp at the end of the project as the beginning. I am very, very happy with my purchase and am now looking around the house to see where else I can tile. The surface is small. It worked fine with my 1 foot mosaic and 1 foot square marble tiles, but I think big or heavy tiles would not work very well. I also had trouble seeing the measuring lines, so I marked my tiles directly rather than depend on them. Thanks to all of the other positive reviewers. Sorry for all of the bad thoughts I had of you!

I recently purchased this saw in order to re-tile a 46 year old bath whose (original!) tiles were falling off the walls. I'd used a small Craftsman wet saw previously (borrowed) for a smaller floor replacement but wasn't thrilled with it and wanted to buy something a little better put together. The saw is well put together for what it is. The only thing needed upon receipt was to unpack and attach the included blade, I was up and cutting practice tiles within minutes. I filled the water reservoir with a funnel, which worked well the duration of the cutting. The one included blade was enough for me to finish my tile job entirely. Cutting speed was reasonably fast, I fed ceramic tile through at about 0.5 in/s or so pushing moderately. It cut as cleanly and as quickly at the end as it did at the beginning and I cut most of the tiles for the entire shower on this saw. The area I tiled was a floor, bench and 3 walls for a standing shower, roughly 80 square feet. The tile was a mix - glazed ceramic tiles (6x12"), marble edge trim, and marble 1 ft mosaic sheets. This saw cut some of this well and others not so well. It was worst with the mosaic sheets (more below). To get a clean edge on those, I had to rent a more capable saw from the Home Depot. General notes: The saw is not very heavy, which was both good and bad. I'm male, 39 yo of medium build. It was easy to move around when I needed to (pro). I did notice was that the saw slightly shifts around over time (especially when cutting the ceramic tile) and needed to be re-seated every so often (con). The legs don't seem to have any way to be anchored to a table or bench, they are just legs with rubber footers. It's loud when actually cutting tile, I recommend ear protection. The saw says it's good for up to 12 inch tile, and I agree with that. I wanted to cut a shower bench out of larger format (12x24") tile and some sort of extension table would be required. I ended up cutting that on the rental saw. I used it (off an on) for probably 6 weeks (I'm a weekend warrior and maybe not even every weekend!), by the end there was some minor surface rust. It buffed out with steel wool. I think this is minor and pretty typical, the Craftsman did the same. PROS: - The saw is very inexpensive relative to a more capable tile saw. Renting a saw for 1 day from Home Depot was $70. That nearly was the cost of purchasing the Skil Saw - The markings are very accurate, I found that the table measurement matched my tape measure post-cut on the ceramic tile within 1/32" easily if I took care setting the table. Once the fence was set and tightened, it never drifted unless intentionally re-set. - It's relatively neat - water doesn't go spewing everywhere if you are careful setting the blade guard - It's small and light and can be put about anywhere, I mounted it ontop of a small table in the garage - It's easy to clean - since it's light, I just dumped the water out. In places where tile gunk had dried, it was easy to scrape off. CONS: - Cut quality is moderate overall, but it strongly varies by what is being cut. For the 6x12 ceramic tile, it was good - I would say the same quality as for the much higher quality / more expensive saw I rented. Just minor chipping of the glazed edge. However, for the marble edging and especially the small pieces of mosaic tile, it left a lot of large chips and gouges. The biggest single issue I had with the saw was that for the mosaic tiles, it was nearly impossible to keep a straight edge. My mosaic was small curved pieces. This saw is designed as to feed forward with you pushing the tile through the blade - and cuts from below. For a mosaic sheet, it was not possible to evenly feed it through the blade. The mosaic sheets just aren't rigid enough to be fed through this way cleanly. I tried several things, pulling vs pushing, pushing it with a board, I even made a small sled to slide it through - nothing really worked. The blade just doesn't cut through those pieces quickly enough. It also lifts the small pieces as they pass through the blade and makes jagged, crooked, sometimes broken edges. I tried loading bricks on top of the mosaic sheet to keep it from lifting, which helped some, but at best I would say the edges waved by almost a blade width (so maybe 1/8" edge-to-edge or a little more). Frequently the edges pieces would pop large chips or even just break. The more expensive saws use a feed table to keep tile sheets straight, and cut from above with a larger radius blade - eliminating this problem. - The miter attachment is mediocre at best. It has a *tiny* setting marked in in 5-degree increments. It is very hard to set to something exactly so trial and error (and wasted time and tile) was required. In addition, it had a small amount of give which made each cut vary slightly. 45 degree mitered edge cuts that were intended to join at a 90 degree angle were difficult to execute. I did eventually get it to work for all my mitered pieces, but they weren't perfect. - The fence is a bit of a pain. You set it by means of two wing-nuts. Tightening those wingnuts to tighten up the fence can frequently slightly shift the fence, so you have to tighten then loosen then shove a bit and re-tighten. It eventually gets there but it takes longer than it should. Also, the thing is marked in 1/8 inch increments between 1 inch major ticks and no large tick at the half or quarter. So to get to something at +7/8" you have to count all 7 small ticks from the last inch tick on BOTH sides of the fence (you can't count down from the other side, because the fence itself covers the ticks). It'd be nice to have larger half and/or quarter-inch tick marks. Also - there is enough play in the fence that is possible to set it such that one side is off the other by accident, especially if the table is covered in murky water when you're setting the fence (see next note). Should you do this, the saw will most likely stall and you will have to throw that tile away or put it in the salvage pile. It happened to me a few times. - The table surface doesn't drain all that well, so murky water mixed with tile crud frequently covered the etched-in length markers. Cleaning frequently is required (I used paper towels) So, in summary - for the money it's not a bad saw, it's even a good saw if you're doing some jobs - like ceramic tile and mostly making straight cuts. And it really is an entry level price, so that's not unreasonable. If you're going to be doing anything a little fancy, the saw starts to really show it's limited utility and I think it'd be time to consider picking up a more capable saw.

I was really happy with how it cut my first project. Second project up next.

En ocasiones esta cortadora esta a un super precio, yo compre una y me duro unos 3 o 4 años de trabajo muy intenso en la remodelación de mi casa. Recientemente dejo de funcionar el motor y adquirí la 2da, confirmo que la calidad, relación costo-beneficio y el desempeño continuan siendo muy buenos. Provee cortes muy precisos contra los cortadores tradicionales, el disco que incluye dura un buen tiempo antes de tener que ser reemplazado, lo único que no me agrada es que si salpica mucha agua al utilizarlo aunque la mayoría de estos cortadores lo hacen. Al momento de mi compra encontré este equipo era el de mejor precio contra los ofertados en otras tiendas y sitios web. Lo recomiendo.

The Saw Works. Wouldn't use for big jobs (obviously). The slide and fence are a little sticky, not super reliable for guidance on tiles that are not square, but you get the hang of it. Start on easy cuts. It comes with a blade, which is awesome at this price. The blade is quality for a small job Read the instructions, there are a few things in there that are helpful.

Se ve bien ,buenos materiales ,fácil de instalar ,fácil manejo ,entrega oportuna.

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