Spent $150 on a cheap tile saw and got exactly what I paid for

Bought a no-name tile wet saw off Amazon to do my kitchen backsplash and the blade wobbled so bad after 20 cuts it was useless. Ended up renting a proper one from Home Depot for $45 a day and finished the whole job in an afternoon. Has anyone else tried to cut corners on tile tools and regretted it?

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ericfox15d ago

Shook my head reading this because I did the exact same thing last year. Bought a $120 tile saw off some random website and the motor literally smoked out on the third cut. The blade was wobbling like a washing machine on spin cycle, just absolute junk. That cheap stuff is fine for maybe a small bathroom floor but for a kitchen backsplash with all those cuts around outlets and edges, you need something that actually stays true. Renting from Home Depot or even just borrowing from a neighbor who does tile work is the way to go if you're only doing one job. I learned my lesson too, sometimes paying for quality up front saves you a whole lot of headache and wasted time.

lee73315d ago

Yeah, I used to be the guy who'd argue that cheap tools get the job done too. But @ericfox you're spot on, my $90 saw caught fire on the fourth cut and I had to borrow a neighbor's. Not worth the money saved when you're redoing half the work anyway.