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Hi guys,
We have been fabricating more and more quartzite over the years (Sea Pearl, Elegant Dune, Villa Romano) and I can't seem to find a blade that can cut these materials efficiently or effectively. I've tried many different companies all claiming that they have the blade I need, but I am not satisfied. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Mike

I dont think one exists but there are rumors of one being tested.

I Just ran the zenesis black 2 on some taj mahal the key is to run it like you stole it w/ lots off water.

....Or you could step cut it. These materials, blades, and methods of cutting are discussed many times over in the members section. SFA membership is definitely a great ROI and many would agree.

We step cut our sea pearl.

We're using a 16" 360 PT from diamond bort. Haven't had any trouble cutting quartzite in a single pass. Feed rate at the same amps goes from 9-11 (nvg etc) down to 5-6 fps. But we get a very good chip free cut with that blade.

Interesting Caleb, where do you purchase this blade from?

Diamant Boart They are SFA sponsors. You can link directly to their website from their banner ad at top of this page.

I don't know the details of what the saw is doing when we're cutting, but we recently bought the Weha White Lion blade and it's been doing well. I'll see what amps we're at on the next slab we cut. We're using a Park Yukon

We just purchased the blade, core bit, and finger bit for Dekton. Haven't put them through stone yet, but I talked with ADI and Tyrolit and was told this is what is working. Will let you know when I do. I can take a brand new drill bit and hand drill 12 holes and its teeth are completely gone with Tajmahal. Hoping to get it done on cnc instead with new tooling.

dgstout wrote:We just purchased the blade, core bit, and finger bit for Dekton. Haven't put them through stone yet, but I talked with ADI and Tyrolit and was told this is what is working. Will let you know when I do. I can take a brand new drill bit and hand drill 12 holes and its teeth are completely gone with Tajmahal. Hoping to get it done on cnc instead with new tooling.

Are you using the Sigmagranit blade or some other?

We are using the Konig or GST Miter Blade from GranQuartz on Dekton and quartzite. We have found that we need as much water as we can get on the cut. Quartzite -- Taj Mahal and Renoir we step cut on miters, Dekton-- one pass.

Well, after numerous failed attempts at accessing Diamant Boarts website, I decided to give the White Lion blade from Weha a try. It has one review that said it was awesome on quartzite. I'll let you know what I think as soon as it arrives!

mikeh6461 wrote:Well, after numerous failed attempts at accessing Diamant Boarts website, I decided to give the White Lion blade from Weha a try. It has one review that said it was awesome on quartzite. I'll let you know what I think as soon as it arrives!

what saw are you running? We just bought this blade for our Yukon, so far the guys like it.

mikeh6461 wrote:Well, after numerous failed attempts at accessing Diamant Boarts website,

I don't know who your rep would be but I'm sure Andy could hook you up with their blade.
Andy.lundberg@husqvarnagroup.com

Cameron asked use to get him the White Lion. If you want one, the 14" is only $235.00. PM me if you are interested and we can ship it out.

The White Lion has been good on the ES so far, clean cuts.

Fwiw wehausa currently only has 14 and 16 in stock. My brio needs an 18 to miter. Brian has 18 on the way.

Perhaps not being able to access Diamant Boarts site was a blessing in disguise. I've been a fabricator for twenty four years and I have to say that the White Lion is the best blade I've come across so far! We're cutting 2" thick Idaho natural cleft quartzite on a Park Sierra both miter and straight cuts in two passes.(So I bought another)

After reading the comments here I ordered a White Lion blade yesterday. I will see how it performs on mother of pearl in a couple of weeks. Terminator just sent out an e-mail for their new Nano blade for quartzite. I know that Nick P. was involved with testing this blade. How about a report Nick?

Dave.Scott wrote:

dgstout wrote:We just purchased the blade, core bit, and finger bit for Dekton. Haven't put them through stone yet, but I talked with ADI and Tyrolit and was told this is what is working. Will let you know when I do. I can take a brand new drill bit and hand drill 12 holes and its teeth are completely gone with Tajmahal. Hoping to get it done on cnc instead with new tooling.

Are you using the Sigmagranit blade or some other?

We are using the Konig or GST Miter Blade from GranQuartz on Dekton and quartzite. We have found that we need as much water as we can get on the cut. Quartzite -- Taj Mahal and Renoir we step cut on miters, Dekton-- one pass.

We are using the Sigma. I just ran it through some tajmahal today and am not impressed. I got an 18" blade and ran it at 1450rpm since that's what manufacturer recommended. After two passes it is glazed over. Now I have a $400 dekton blade. Awesome better do some dekton work soon.

We run the Konig at 1750 Rpm for the 400 mm and 1150 Rpm on the 350mm both at 20-22 fpm feed.

We have a White Lion blade on right now and just cut some Madre Perla a few days ago. We step cut it with no problems.

Weha has now had the White Lion Quartzite blade for over a year now.
It has proven to be a great great Quartzite blade.
You don't need to change the blades from Quartzite to Granite.
Life is a little shorter on granite. But well worth it on the Quartzite.
We have them running on bridge saws and sawjets between 3'-5' per minute on quartzite.

I know a lot of you SFA members are using it. In fact, it was the SFA guys doing the testing (I gave a bunch away when we introduced them) that showed how well it worked on quartzite.
Now we have them in 14",16",18",24" diameters.

Here is a direct link to the White Lion Blades. http://www.wehausa.com/White-Lion-Diamo ... s/1962.htm

Any questions, please email me: brian@wehausa.com

Thanks
Brian Gambrell