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Porter-Cable 1500 Wet-Cutting Tile Saw | List Price: $640.87
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Brand: Porter-Cable
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - 7.4 amp German-made Flex motor provides excellent cutting power
- Lightweight and portable for maximum versatility on the job site
- Rip cuts 14-inch tile, cuts a 10-by-10-inch tile diagonally
- Dual-track sliding table for accurate cutting
- One Year Warranty/30 Day Performance Certification
Just horrible. [Posted on 2003-01-11]
I do tile and stone work for a living. This is the most
gosh-awful thing I've ever had the displeasure to work with.
First, let me say two good things about the saw.. it's
(1) light and (2) easy to clean up; making it great for
indoor work where you can keep this saw right by you
as your doing tile work. The tray holds very little
water (specifically you can fill it with about 3/4
of a spackle bucket.... so you don't have to go through
a whole big routine to empty the saw (i.e. dumping
several buckets of waste water outside)). First, we at work nicknamed this saw "the screamer."
Albeit, the saw was modestly quiet when I first
bought it... but the bearings rapidly deteriorated
about 5 times faster than my 6 other wet saws!!!
I have to wear headphones. If it was any louder,
I'd probably go deaf. I'm redoing the bearings,
but I don't expect it to last. Junk saw. Second, although there is very little "play"
[lateral movement) in the tray (a plus), if this
saw vibrated any more... I'd reconfigure it as
a jackhammer!!! I can't even keep a tile held
in one place unless I apply about 20 pounds
of pressure on the tile to keep it from shifting
as I'm cutting. Target, QEP, SawMaster, Felker..., even MK...
anything but this horrible contraption. Porter Cable has a good reputation. I've had
(errr.. my father, has had) Porter Cable drills
that still function and probably were made before
I was born... Good stuff.... but this is clear evidence that just because a company makes
good drills... don't mean they know diddly
about making tile saws.
I'm satisfied [Posted on 2003-06-03]
I've had this saw for over a year and have cut a LOT of tile with it. I've been pleased overall with its performance. The only complaints I have is the noise (ear plugs definately required) and my tabe is very sightly warped (because it sat out in the sun for a week). I would prefer a metal table with a miter attachment but I'm not willing to pay hundreds more for that. My table rolls smoothly and the cuts are always clean and accurate. Other tile cutters in this price range can only rip 12" tiles which is what ultimatly led me to buy the Porter Cable.
Terrible value for the price [Posted on 2003-06-27]
I had a $48 QEP saw before this wildly overpriced Porter Cable [one] and the $48 saw cut tiles more efficiently and accurately than this garbage. The bearings on my ...PC saw stripped within 6 months and I was told by my PC dealer it had to be caused by improper use, not faulty bearings. ...I will never buy a PC product again. Lousy saw and even worse customer service support. Buy it if you have to have lousy durability with a Proter Cable tag glued on it.
From a Real Guy Who Knows Wet Saws [Posted on 2006-03-13]
I have read many of the "so called" reviews of this wet saw and those folks don't know squat. I have a more expensive Fleker wet saw that I have used many years, that got some electrical problems, I did not have time to fix for my current projects at home. Anyway, I bought this Porter Cable Wet saw since I had good luck with their woodworking type tools. (Yes I am a wood worker too, and Electrical Engineer by trade). The wet saw cuts extreemly well, and accurate. You can cut to within a 1/16 accurate all the time. I read one of these reviews on the noise of the saw as being loud. Well, all the Wet Saws I have ever used were loud, this one was no different. My old Fleker is still better then this saw, but then again when I bought that saw 10 years ago, was $900 bucks. For the Money, the Porter Cable is worth it. Easy to use and easy to clean up...
Been using it since 2001- hasn't let me down yet! [Posted on 2006-12-01]
I have used this saw to cut tile, slate, marble and granite; NO issues! I bought it March of 2001 to finish a bathroom project (ceramic tile). I have since done a project with a significant amount of slate (a pallets' worth), one with marble and one with granite (all 1/2" tiles). The saw has been a godsend in that it performs so well. I will use it to do my next travertine project and I know it will keep going strong!
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