Cutting Carbide With Ceramic

This selection of ceramic inserts includes 55 degree and 90 degree geometries for finer cutting.

Cutting carbide with ceramic. What you need is a drill bit with a coated carbide tip. Folding legs make it easier to transport this tile saw but its size means it s heavier and more awkward to set up compared to lighter duty wet tile saws. The drill bit is the first thing you should be concerned about while drilling ceramic tile or cutting a hole in tile because if you have a drill bit used for metal or wood well that one isn t going to work on drilling a ceramic tile. Hard turning and milling turning is an almost ideal operation for ceramics.

The rubi dc 250 is optimized for cutting glazed or stoneware ceramic tiles along with porcelain tiles or natural stone. Ceramic s melting point 3 700 f is higher than sintered carbide which means it can be driven through the cut faster. The oversized table allows for cutting a 48 inch long tile lengthwise. The finishing we do with carbide and the roughing we do with ceramic he said.

Ceramic inserts cut faster than carbide but they require extra care particularly in finishing operations that do not lend themselves to stronger more rounded shapes.