Turbo diamond blade

[frankyie]

What is a turbo diamond blade and when is used ? Are they better than the normal ones ?

Thanks,
Frank

[Lookinup]

I'm not sure what the difference is in performance or durability but the turbo diamond blade can be used for wet or dry applications. From looking at the profile of the blade it does look more aggressive and might be a little wider than the standard wet cut blade. Hopefully somebody with more knowledge than I will chime in. I just thought I'd get you started.

[rmelo99]

I have used turbo blades when I needed to do a dry cut. They are thicker than reg blades and the cut isn't as fine, it is fine just not as clean as I have gotten with a regular diamond blade. Plus they are usually a bit more expensive.

All I know about them

[Bill Vincent]

Turbo blades look like the edge of the blade "zigs and zags" back and forth. Although the might be used for real heavy duty porcelain-- something like Cerdomus-- for the most part, they really don't have a use, except maybe cutting grout joints or cement board. The problem with turbo blades is that they'll chip the hell out of the edge of the tile as they cut, whereas a continuous rim blade will give you a much cleaner cut.

[smokingtable]

Frank,
I used to use a smooth diamond blade for all my tile carving, but found that the turbo cuts faster and dosn't chip any more than the smooth rim. Now, for making a bunch of straight cuts across thick glazed tile i would use the smooth. Curves, carving, and time saving i use the turbo. What are you planning to use it on?
smokingtable

[frankyie]

I own one of those cheap 4 1/2" wet tile saw and from what I read I need to replace the blade if I want to cut through porcelain. Now I am not sure I can get a clean cut regradless the blade with this 3.5 amps saw.

Frank

[Mike2]

Frank, that little 1/4 HP saw may not have enough umph do the job regardless of blade. My advice wold be to spend a few bucks, buy one tile and see what happends using the blade you now have.

[Mike2]

Frank, that little 1/4 HP saw may not have enough umph do the job regardless of blade. My advice would be to spend a few bucks, buy one tile and see what happens using the blade you now have. Have patience, it will be slow going.