Diamond Blade for Tile, Wet Cutting, 10-Inch x .060-Inch (DW4764)

I have used this 10-inch DEWALT tile blade on over 700 sq ft of ceramic tile. Every now and then I use a solid brick to bring out the diamonds and clean up the blade a little. So far, I have had great results with this blade compared to the one that came with my wet saw. The durability has been great so far, and still have 1300 sq ft of tile left to cut. I made some cuts on some porcelain samples I had laying around and the quality of the cuts was even better than what I get on the ceramic tiles I've been cutting. Cutting other materials like thick paving bricks works like a charm. It's quite pleasing to see the nice smooth edges on a brick that was cut with this blade. Even with the same amount of water supply and flow, the blade does a great job at dissipating the heat and staying cool. I have even accidentally cut some stone while forgetting to turn the water back on. Blade is still cutting like new. Would highly recommend! Will update as this blade is continued to be used. Pros: - Great durability - Minimal chipping at slower speeds on ceramic - No flex observed in blade when cutting at angles - 5/8-inch arbor - .060-inch thickness Cons: - Blade cut outs tend to get clogged with dust easily - Needs periodic blade sharpening (a paving brick does just fine)

In switching from XP to XP4 blades, I found longer lasting, smoother cuts, and no chipping from the blade on porcelain tile. I do dress the blade from time to time to maintain the diamond quality (using the Raimondi Diamond Blade Resin Dressing Stone). It is easy to recommend with regular production cutting where there is less critical. I seem to qualify this a bit only because for small tile cuts that require precision (not field tile), the blade gives gives a tad and change the bevel distance. For example, in a niche where pieces are small, beveled and require precise cuts, I prefer a less pliant blade. But you can remedy this a lot by not rushing the cuts or other steps to ensure the blade doesn't move. Perhaps I need more skills. SO, for the price, this is an excellent blade.

Works good,thickness stable with no wobble, cuts with little to no chipping ( depending on tile), and affordable. Recommended.

I agree with another reviewer who said in the beginning, this blade does leave some chipped edges (small but they are there). However, a little sanding with a diamond block and the edges are perfect. The more I used the blade, the cleaner the cuts became. I know this is a new blade and will cut anything easily, but I replaced a Dewalt blade after doing 7-8 tile jobs so I trusted that this newer version would be just as good. I was cutting 24x24" tiles and the long cuts were straight with no blade runoff. So far, I am happy with this blade and expect a long life from it.

Excellent quality blades. I've used these blades on a porcelain tile project and they work fine. But mostly I've used these blades to cut natural agate a part of my hobby of making agate marbles. I have been amazed with the life of the blades when cutting pounds and pounds of agate freehand in the MK Diamond tile saw. I can recommend these blades without hesitation as being just as good as the best lapidary blades for cutting hard stone. Like all blades of this type, it needs to be "dressed" regularly to expose fresh diamond when cutting gets difficult. This is nothing defective, just an expected consequence of this type of blade design. You dress the blade by using it to cut through any cheap coarse-grit silicon carbide grinding wheel, like the kind on any 8-inch bench grinder. Cut into the grinding wheel an inch or two deep a couple of times and the diamond blade will cut like new again. One such cheap grinding wheel is good for many, many "dressings".

This blade may have gotten a bad review from some that don't know that the blade needs to be conditioned by cutting into a cement block, or some other hard material as few times. It brings out the diamonds to make the blade cut better. The first cut when new was on big porcelain time and the edge of the cut tile was a bit rough. This is bad for rectified tile, as the cut edges can be in the middle of a wall, where ceramic tile cut edges are all along the walls under the molding. I took the blade and cut through a landscaping brick a few times, then I tried it again, and it cut a nice clean cut that time and all times after. You do need to do this process after a while to keep the blade cutting the best it can.

Lasted a good amount of time before becoming too dull. I use it for rock cutting

It cuts porcelain (which is very hard) and ceramic tile which is what I needed.