DEWALT Wet Tile Saw with Stand, 10-Inch, Corded (D24000S)

I ordered this saw for my diy bathroom/shower tiling project. At first I installed the blade that came with it - and it was chipping cheap Mohawk porcelain tile badly. Like really bad. After about 20 cuts it got a bit better, but still the results were unacceptable. I decided to order another blade - Pearl P5 mesh and it was night and day. Now my cuts at good for visible install. The manual is terrible. Just one of the worst I’ve ever seen. The photos are rare and are wrong. The description is confusing. My recommendation - place the pump into a 4-5 gallon bucket. It will keep the saw cleaner, it will pump fresh water and not muddy water. Also, when you place it down under the saw you will decrease water pressure and it will reduce mist that is spraying everywhere otherwise. The saw does zero dust but mist water to left/front and right/front. So you need to cover the area around. No mist/spray to the ceiling or to back. The blade wasnt 90° our of the box, but it took me 7 min to adjust it with a square. Another advice - use the blade that comes with it for rough jobs, like pavers and stuff. For tile buy Pearl P5. The cuts are straight. Some people complained about the saw drifting, my doesnt. It is perfect for 24x12 porcelain. You can chop, rip or do straight cut. Make sure the saw is not level left to right, but instead has slight tilt to left. It will prevent water from running over tile to the right beyond the drip tray if you cut long tile (24 tile will extend beyond the drip tray if you cut slivers). I placed pump Into 4 gallon bucket, placed bucket into big trash can to keep splashes contained when the saw is drained (it has plug in a tray). This is $1k tool and I want it to be clean not dirty and ugly.

Planing on doing my kitchen back splash with mosaic glass tile I did a lot of research on saws. First thought a $ 100.00 saw might be enough, (I am only tiling 40 square feet), but having had much success with Dewalt products, (compound miter saw, drills, etc.) and liking good tools, decided on this saw. (All the money I was saving not having to pay an installer I can invest into a quality piece of equipment which will serve me down the road, if another tile project comes up).I am so glad I did. What a sweet tool. Set up was easy. As always, it takes a moment to get familiar with what goes were. There are only a few screws to tighten and you are off and running.It feels very sturdy, the alignment was spot on, a perfect right angle, did not have to adjust anything. It goes through quite a bit of water, which is a good thing, to keep my diamond blade cool. I ended up using two 12 gallon plastic storage containers to hold the water supply and to store the waste water. Being reasonable strong for a woman, but not strong enough to lift 12 gallons of water, I quickly made a rolling platform out of a piece of scrap wood and four chair rollers. This makes it easier to move that much weight.The saw blade can be raised and tightened in any position, which allowed me to cut through small pieces of glass, (to fit around light switch openings, etc.), holding it in my hand and cutting through it, in a 90 degree angle, without having to cut one side, turning it around cutting the other, which would have left the middle intact. ( Yes the diamond blade saw is very gentle you can give yourself a manicure while your cutting the tile...)Originally I had also thought about renting a saw for $ 60 or so a day. I am so glad I did not. Putting up the pieces of rectangular mosaic tile turned out to be very time consuming. Some pieces needed to be installed first before I could figure out how to cut the next sheet to make it as perfect as possible. Then, tile needed to be reordered, which took 3 days. (The 10 % extra tile was not enough because only the bottoms of many tile sheets could be used, to fit as the second row, under the cabinets) If I had rented a tile saw, returned it, rented it again it would have been a headache. Counting the days that I actually needed it, the cost would have gotten somewhat close to the cost of buying this saw.Highly recommend this saw! Shipping from Amazon was perfect. It arrived safely packaged (in a large Dewalt box), on time.

This saw was quite expensive for a homeowner's DIY tile project, but I had picked a rather complicated pattern with many long cuts so this saw ended up being a metaphorical life saver. I had originally bought a Rigid R4091 because it had all the bells and whistles and on paper it was a superior saw, but after spending 4 days(and about $30 worth of tile) trying to calibrate it so it would cut square, straight, and consistent I was at my wits end. I decided that the highly rated Dewalt D24000 was worth every penny of the $720 price tag, despite having fewer features, if it just worked. I waited anxiously for 3 days wondering if I had just spent another boatload of money to discover that the Rigid was an average performer and I was just expecting too much, or worse that I was just not cut out for tile work.When the Dewalt saw arrived I pulled it out of the box and assembled it per the directions. The very first cut was perfectly square and straight as an arrow *deep sigh of relief*. I set the miter gauge for a 4" wide 90 degree cut and started cutting tiles. The first row all cut within .02" from end to end(Sorry for getting all dimensiony, I'm an engineer so that's how I approach tile work). This was a marked improvement over the Rigid which would cut a few saw toothed(difference of up to .13" end to end on a 12" tile), then a couple straight, then some more saw toothed. Then I started cutting my diagonal pieces. The blade didn't quite line up as well as I'd have liked with the notch for cutting diagonally, but I feared messing it up with adjustments so I used it as is and the rubber on the sled did a great job of keeping the tile from sliding while I cut even though it wasn't against a stop. I made nearly 150 12"+ cuts just while doing the shower without any issue from the saw. The original blade is still cutting like a champ and everything. I can't say this is for everyone, but if you're considering a 10" wet tile saw this is the one I'd recommend hands down.Disclaimer: This was my first tile project and even though it came out exactly as I wanted I can't claim to be an expert in any way.