Porter-Cable PCE980 Wet Tile Saw

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 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

I read all of the negative reports before and after purchasing and using this machine. I have never used a tile saw before. I have used many woodworking saws. This is a very inexpensive tool. It is not a contractor’s quality machine. I was cutting slate tile which I understand may be easier to work with. This machine cut well, it cut accurately and it cut reasonably fast. I cut 12 x 24 on a diagonal which was about 17”. This required following my cut marks which was easy. The water bath was idiot proof. I used the factory blade for the first half of my project and it went well. I spent $50 on a better quality blade and only noticed a slight improvement. The machine itself is lightweight and easy to store. For my project I cut about 40 feet of slate stone tile and this machine was accurate, fast, and efficient. I would question the ability of anyone who disagrees.

Bought this saw to tile the bathroom floor before the wife picked the tile. She ended up choosing 24” porcelain - bigger than the saw can handle out of the box. However, I managed to rig up a fence that worked out quite well. Took the little squaring bar off the sliding table, and built a frame that I screwed the whole saw to ( there’s actually mounting holes on the saw feet). I attached a fence to this, and set and clamped it for each cut. A little fiddly, but it works great. The slide doesn’t have enough travel for the 24” tile, but I just cut as far as I can, turn off the saw with the tile still in place, slide the table back while leaving the tile at the blade and against the fence, and continue the cut. Works like a charm. I did, however, tune the saw up a bit before I started. Replaced the blade with a DeWalt porcelain blade (DW4766 7 inch), squared the inner slide rail (closest to the blade - pretty easy to do, just loosen the cap screws and set it with an adjustable square to the front and rear of the blade, but it’s easier to do when you have the stationary table top apart to shim it like I describe next), and adjusted the stationary side of the table so it was flush with the level of the sliding side. (Previous commenter detailed removing the steel top part, removing the plastic section under it, and shimming it up where needed with washers. Easy-peasy). It took probably about 3 hours of tuning and set-up, but I did manage to get the bathroom floor tiled with no chippy edges or broken tiles. Well worth the effort, and the saw performed great!