Post by Mudshark on Sept 5, 2009 18:05:19 GMT -5
I have the Lowes version of the workforce tile saw.I had a few old blades laying around and decided to try a technique that Highplainsdrifter posted awhile back.I cleaned up a spent blade and used some 70 grit diamond powder and Hughes 220 epoxy and ended up with a pretty decent vertical flat lap wheel.I like to use the saw outside when its hot out and thought it would be nice to trim up my preforms before taking them inside to the cabbing machine.So far it's working really well.I had another old blade sitting around so I used a piece of the leather I got from Julie and glued a piece of foam to it and then glued the leather to the foam.This worked out great and I can make new pads for different kinds of polish.
Heres what the saw looked like before I took the top off.
This is the wheel with diamond powder.
This is what it looks like now,I cut from behind and removing the top made it a lot easier to cut.The splash guard is a piece I cut from a clorox bottle and works pretty good.When running I use a garden hose bungee corded to whatever I'm working near and aim it right on the blade.Redneck engineering at it's finest.
Here's the polish wheel setup.
It would be easier to buy a peel and stick diamond wheel from the Rock Lady for about $20 but I had this stuff on hand so I decided to see how it worked out.If I didn't have a flat lap and a cabbing machine already I would get different grit peel and stick diamond wheels and be able to saw,cab and polish on one machine without spending big bucks on seperate machines.
Mike
Heres what the saw looked like before I took the top off.
This is the wheel with diamond powder.
This is what it looks like now,I cut from behind and removing the top made it a lot easier to cut.The splash guard is a piece I cut from a clorox bottle and works pretty good.When running I use a garden hose bungee corded to whatever I'm working near and aim it right on the blade.Redneck engineering at it's finest.
Here's the polish wheel setup.
It would be easier to buy a peel and stick diamond wheel from the Rock Lady for about $20 but I had this stuff on hand so I decided to see how it worked out.If I didn't have a flat lap and a cabbing machine already I would get different grit peel and stick diamond wheels and be able to saw,cab and polish on one machine without spending big bucks on seperate machines.
Mike