New Ridgid Wet Saw

DI Restoration

Review-

We have 2 Dewalts and now one of the new Rigid's. My tile guys are fighting over who gets to leave the Rigid on the side of the road.

angus242

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Target

Thanks, Bill, for the advice. Yeah, I noticed 4 bolts under the motor stand. I will give it a shot. By the way, Husqvarna unit has a torsion spring for easier height adjustment. Very nice! I noticed that locking knob for height adjustment is missing on my target. Know where I can purchase a cheap replacement? The blade that came with it is DeWalt diamond blade. It still has some left and I was told it's new. Should I bother replace it with a better quality cutting blade? I will be cutting a lot of thin granite tiles for my next project.
And for bullnose miter, I will need to get one that will work on my Target. Any suggestion on where I can buy one? I thought about making one out of wood.
Bill, I saw your website. Very nice tile work.

CapstoneMan

ok, I read this thread before buying my Ridgid tile saw (newer one) I knew what I would be getting into. I also figured I could return it for my money back. ok, my ultimate opinion, dont waste your time. I built a 3x6 shower with bullnose. This was the biggest waste of time working with this saw. It has a lot of pretty things on it and they would be great if the dang saw would cut a straight line. The first 20 cuts or so were great. Then they started getting bad. So I had a new 75.00 balde ready to go. Got it put on and the same thing. Took about an hour and adjust every thing. Cut decent the rest of the day. The next day we set it up, from where we left it the night before, about 3 feet total moved. We made the first cut and it was off again. Had to readjust. Then it got just plain silly, the lock for the plunge cuts would not stay, it kept rising up. Then the ports on the water were getting clogged from the slurry drying. IT was one thing after another. I am taking it back on Monday to get my money back. What a POJ. I did like the laser but it made a straight line and the saw was cutting curves in the tile by the end of the week. I liked the blade lock and I liked the way water was in the bucket on the bottom of the stand thus lowering the center of gravity. No more ridgid tools for me again. should have known.

rossi inc.

check out the MK TX-3it is one bad mf will love your job again!

Kyras

I use the Dewalt all the time and I love it. The design of the saw is the best I've used, although it's noisy compared to MK. I do use an 8" blade though, to keep the flex of the 10" blade down (porcelain tends to drive it around and make it hard to make a straight cut, but that's true of any 10" that I've used, even the "stiff cores"). The 8" cuts down on the visibility unfortunately, but I find it's worth it for a straight cut.

Jake D.

Just bought this new tile saw (they named it the Beast) and its a disaster. The cuts are arched! yes, arched. Never mind cutting square, this saw wanders to one direction and then returns to original width resulting in a slightly curved cut (approx 1/16th on a 13" tile). Called Ridgid tech support and they had no clue. I reexamined the machine and noticed that the motor assembly is not rigidly connected to the large arm that supports it. There is quite a bit of play where the assembly is connected to the angle cut control section. I could find no adjustments that will change the situation. How can you make a saw with a wobbly cutting head and no possible way to tighten it????????????? I think that this is a case of bad engineering and I am taking it back to HD. I am not going to waste another hour reassembling a new unit which will probably have the same problems. I suggest to anyone considering this purchase to think again and buy another brand....I like ridgid but they do screw up from time to time....this is not the first product that they screw up.

PrestigeR&D

did you use.. if it's ridgids... throw it out...

Jake D.

As far as the blade goes, I have the same Ridgid blade on my MK100 and I have had no similar problems. I believe the issue is a result of the whole cutting apparatus (blade, motor and motor angle adjuster) not being firmly attached to the arm. If the motor can move upwards and wobble slightly sideways while cutting it will make for a non linear cut, period!

CO762

When one of my bud's dewalt's motor finally broke (his kid kept running it dry as the pump would twist), gave it to someone else and he took it to a dewalt service center. There, they completely rebuilt it and the max it costs is $400.
He said everything was new on that saw except for the frame and pans.
Not a bad pickup for 4 bills.

As an earlier posted stated, it's all a "trade off". On a large commercial job with thick, hard material, hard to be a target, and for larger granite pieces, say a bridge saws. (for me) on most other jobs though, hard to beat a dewalt due to speed/ease on large projects (say hospitals/hotels) due to the ability to go from room to room with the saw on a wheeled cart.

Everything's a trade off.

CO762

On the bridge forum you adamantly kept stating how the dewalt is only for "homeowners" and that real "full time tilemen" wouldn't use it and use a target.

Yet 80% of your work your target isn't needed for?
And you're going to pick up a $300 homeowner/handyman saw, one with far less capability than the dewalt?

That's interesting.