Choosing Diamond Saw Blade is not an easy task. This article comprises of all the tips and rules you need to follow while choosing Diamond Saw blade.

1. How to Select a Diamond Saw Blade
Blades which are need to be used for cutting hard, dense and less abrasive materials (such as tiling, hard
bricks, stone or old hard concrete), generally require a softer metal matrix. As this will wear down faster,
replaces the worn diamonds continuously so that the blade continues to cut.
While blades which are used for cutting soft, abrasive materials (like green concrete and asphalt) must
have a hard, abrasion-resistant metal matrix, so that it can retain the diamonds for a longer time.
1. Price of Blade: You must decide in advance that what is most important to you: the initial price
of the tool or the cost per cut. For occasional use or smaller jobs, a low-priced tool may be used.
But for regular use or larger jobs, a higher-priced tool will be more preferred as it can be less
expensive to use because it will deliver a lower cost per cut.
2. Wet or Dry Cutting: There are different varieties of moist and dry diamond cutting blades
available in the market. Like circular saw blades are uses for cutting dry woods or laminating
floors. So, if you use this blade over the moist or wet surface, the blade would very quickly loose
its sharp edged teeth, and it may also lead to serious security issues. Other type of diamond band
saw blades are specifically designed for moist or wet surfaces, so it must be avoided at ant cost to
use these diamond cutting blades over a dry surface. For high-speed cut-off saws, dry tools are
more popular, but they are often used wet to control dust. Dry cutting tools may be used either
dry or wet, but wet cutting tools must be used with adequate supply of water.
3. The Material to be Cut: Type of material to be cut is the most important factor that comes into
the picture while choosing a tool. As it affects the cutting speed and the life of the tool. If you
want to increase the life of tool or if want to get maximum from the tool then the tool
specification must be matched with the material which will be cut most of the times.
4. Additional Useful Information: Many other factors are also important while choosing the tool
like concentration and quality, the hardness of the bond, diamond size, the cutting power (torque)
of the equipment; the segment and slot geometry of the steel centre, and how well the blade
specification is matched to the material being cut.
5. Which type of rim to choose: Since a continuous smooth rim provides the smoothest cut, so it is
used with ceramic tiles and ornamental stone. Continuous castellated rim blades or super-jointed
segments have a longer life and lower cost per cut than continuous rim blades but this may
produce slight chipping. While segmented blades provide the lowest cost per cut but are only
used where chipping is not a problem.
Author bio: - Author began his career in jewelry designing and jewelry making tools in 2010. His work
synthesizes her lifelong interest in design and his fascination towards jewelry tools. In this article he is
giving complete tips about choosing Diamond Saw Blades.
Summary: - Choosing Diamond Saw Blade is not an easy task. This article comprises of all the tips and
rules you need to follow while choosing Diamond Saw blade.