COMPARISON BETWEEN CABKING AND KINGSLEY NORTH

well, I'm not sure what to do about the tile saw. I've not yet taken the drive into that research. any suggestions would be great. It does sound like a good idea to get a wet tile saw from a hardware store, maybe even use the blade it comes with to "trim" as much as the blade would last. when the blade says it's done, then replace it with a diamond blade. I purposely only buy already slabbed stones because I don't want to get into having this saw and that saw. I just want a saw that will trim as well as slice small rocks the size of a golf ball,.. maybe up to a softball size.. it appears a 7" won't do that I guess. I've only used a 6" lortone trim saw at the shop I have access to. Maybe I should just stay with that size? would love to buy a lortone or other nice trim saw, but since I'm gonna go with the Genie... I need to cut expense where I can. any suggestions would be greatful.

I've been looking at the K-N stainless rig as a possible replacement for my Genie. I really like it except I would add the light and have them put on genie Nova type wheels which I don't think you can beat. I've had my genie for a long long time. And I don't like the water pump system, the motors that burn up ( I'm on #3), the dumbass base that is not waterproof and has bowed like a rocking chair rocker, or the stupid detachable hoods which always seem to move all over the place. Everything on the Genie is expensive to replace. The stainless rig looks to me as if it would be a lot more trouble free as the base and hoods are one unit etc. I don't mind the overhead gravity water source as the spritzers, to me are somewhat unreliable, and unlike what some have said, give me a bath the entire time I'm working which in cold weather sucks.....Mel

Just do the math. The most a tile saw (or trim saw, i.e., it has a table) can do straight through is about 1//3 the blade. If the fork is favorably shaped you can roll it to get a max of 2/3 the blade. Softball's are 10+ inches! Do you mean baseball?

You would need a 15" blade and good rolling. It is possible that if you could cut through 3" deep all the way aroun d(with a 10" blade) that you could then break the rock with a wedge because the middle 3-4 inches would not be that strong. However any rolling (especially rolling and breaking) does not give a clean surface. It only gives pieces that can be further blocked down to a size that can be done in a single pass.

Some 7" tile saws have diamond blades that can't do anything hard. You can trim a few slabs and decide if it is worth using the blade it comes with. You can add a good $35-$45 blade and use that for a while. A long time trim-only, or as short as a few months if you are always rolling 3" rocks.