Any recommendations please?
Looking to buy a 7" or 8" overhead capacity wet saw. I am being asked to be a regular installer for backsplashes. I don't need NOR WANT a 10" pro saw - for the weight or the foot print or the $$$s. I have been using a 7" Kobalt fixed blade that spins through the basin. I love how quiet it is. I immediately dispensed with the laser and ran a water tube through the front of the blade protector while pumping water from a remote bucket that is set up to catch the water draining from the intended water supply trough. This set up is very clean and keeps me nice and dry.
BUT - with the grossly inadequate miter gauge I pretty much free cut ALL my cuts. Can't use the rip fence very well either. If I will be doing more regular tile work I need a better saw with the ability to control my cross cuts and rips.
Looking at the Lowes KOBALT - the upgrade 7" with the stand and the overhead blade, and the similar one the Rigid from HD, and a new company (to me) called Rubi - their DT180.
Does anyone have anything good or negative to say about these options or in comparison?
Thanks very much.
Sam