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

As an advanced DYIer, I found that tiling projects offered not only a functional outcome, like fixing a broken bathroom wall or floor, but an interesting artistic opportunity. When I replaced carpeting with a hardwood floor, I had the opportunity to improve the quality of the installation, but also to include designs or wood combinations that added interest to the project. I had put in tile floors using rental wet saws, and they did not accommodate my two-demand priority: functional and artistic.After a thorough read of tiling websites (including the well known and highly valuable John Bridge forum), the D24000 seemed to be a very highly wet saw with lots of benefits. So I took the plunge and rationalized I could pay for it by doing only a couple of modest projects. I have now had it for quite a few years and have realized the financial benefits as well as utility of broad range of application. My biggest project was a master bathroom project using porcelain tile. This project included multiple tile sizes (up to 1'x2') and types, mosaic sheets, and decorative border sets (bathroom near final photo attached). The combinations required adjustments in cutting angles, depth adjustments, smoothing angular cuts, and other exotic ways to use a saw. I am not a professional, so learning on the D24000 was a straightforward goal. The standard cuts were easy, accurate, and clean without incident on the D24000. The rails were strong leading to repeated accurate and good cuts. Water control was in control compared to "professional" rental units and easily accommodated unconventional tile tilts.Even with a relatively large footprint, it was easy to fit in the bathroom being renovated (on the DeWalt stand) and easily moved about through the project, and portable enough to carry (even for someone in their 60s). The excellent water control meant that using it in the room did not create problem wet areas. There were no anomalies of operation and a quality product from DeWalt. I have two more bathrooms to re-do and am looking forward to the sheer delight of the operation of the D24000. No guarantee on our design elements, but they will be unique, for sure.

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.

I'm a home-owner DIYer, not a professional. So, this saw is probably extreme overkill for me. But, I was unsure how quickly I could complete a tiling job in my spare time; didn't want daily rental prices to mount; and have long felt that the pain of buying good tools is felt once, versus the pain of using cheaper bad tools.Setup of the saw was fairly easy. There aren't many parts to assemble, and they fit together smoothly. This is a well-built, sturdy saw so small women may want some help in lifting and seating the saw motor onto the saw base, but most adults will find it easy enough.While the folding stand looked a little shaky, once the saw's plastic tub was seated atop the stand, and the assembled saw placed in the tub, it was solid. Albeit, if you need to move the table, there's no rollers (probably a good thing, contributing to a secure footing) so you'll essentially need to take the saw off the stand first, or lift the saw enough to be able to pull/push the stand but not so much that the tub comes off the stand and the stand folds.I wondered how well the pump -- a Little Giant pond pump, I believe -- that circulates water from the saw's tub to the blade, would perform. Quite well. No sputtering, and it never once clogged despite water that grew pretty murky from tile dust.The saw's sliding table glides very smoothly on rollers, and the rubber surface gripped tiles securely as I pushed the tile into the blade.I used the saw's included DeWalt diamond blade to cut 12x12", 3/8" thick limestone tiles. I learned quickly that if I tried to push a tile too fast through the blade, the blade would wander just a bit. But if I allowed the blade to cut at a steady pace, and not push it hard, then I got crisp, extremely clean and straight edges.I found that the splash guard at the rear of the saw did a reasonable but not perfect job in stopping spray from the back end of the saw during cuts. I would recommend against trying to use the saw in the room you're actually tiling, if at all possible. But I also don't want to make it sound like this is a messy tool to use. It's really not; the splash guard stops probably 90% of the spray off the spinning blade, so it seems a manageable issue to me.Since I'm a DIYer and parked the saw in one spot in my garage for the duration of its use, I can't speak to how convenient it would be to pack up the saw and its table between home and job sites. It's not a small nor light tool, but it does perform very well.