outlet cutouts in splash / sink cutouts - waterjet?

[topsnfloors]

Does anyone use a waterjet for sink cutouts and or outlets cutouts in a backsplash. Most of the time the splashes we do are abotu 6" tall, but with granite its un-nerving to cutout with the grinder... thoughts anyone?

[Qualey Granite]

We do it everyday

[Curtis R. Marburger]

water jet best way to do out-let cut outs in back splash , IMHO

[VThartzog]

Outlets every time. Square sink cutouts if the cnc is swamped and precut stoves

[Joe Durfee]

x4

[Stonecuttter]

Here too, usually.

[oldschoolstoneman]

angle grinder
square
tape
whiteout pen
no seams
sawhorse x4
skill

[Nick]

angle grinder
square
tape
whiteout pen
no seams
sawhorse x4
skill

Swap out the angle grinder for a saw, the whiteout for pencil and tape, and sawhorses for a shop table and I like where the old school stone man is coming from

Although, not sure how much skill is required to cutout outlets

[politefab]

It takes more skill to properly lay out the outlets than to cut them out
i have watch some people struggle to measure them out and transfer it to the splash

[alaska granite]

core bit six holes clean up with grinder. Quick!

[Andy Ross]

2" core bit, 2 holes, done

[Andy Ross]

and just for nick- I use a dewalt 10,000 rpm grinder with those 2" corebits

[Nick]

core bit six holes clean up with grinder. Quick!

Not sure how that is faster than a blade.

Andy, do you have the harbor frieght model?

[Andy Ross]

I did for about 1.5 hrs before it quit. The grinder actually works still, but the switch melted. It's sitting on a shelf somewhere....

I use Dewalts 28110, they have been the most reliable. They are getting harder to find though. I had to order the last one.

[Nick]

Buy this:

http://www.amazon.com/Makita-9564CV-2-I ... B00005Q7BE

If you don't like it, I will give you $125 for it after your first week using it.

[Curtis R. Marburger]

getting ready to pull trigger on one of them again , its been so long since we had to buy one of them Makitas i see now there is a 5inch

is there an advantage with 5 inch instead of 4 1/2 ?

[Nick]

I love the handling of the 4 1/2" and we do not cut with them, they are more finesse tools for us. I would have to say that, and the makita 2200 saw we use to cut with, are penny for penny and pound for pound the best machines on the planet, Just my .02 of course.

[Mark Meriaux]

getting ready to pull trigger on one of them again , its been so long since we had to buy one of them Makitas i see now there is a 5inch

is there an advantage with 5 inch instead of 4 1/2 ?

I saw that when it came out and compared the parts list. Exact same internal parts, the 5" model comes with a larger shroud and a 5" abrasive wheel.

Buy whichever one is less expensive (the 4-1/2") since most of us don't/can't use the guard with stone tooling anyway!

[Stonecuttter]

getting ready to pull trigger on one of them again , its been so long since we had to buy one of them Makitas i see now there is a 5inch

is there an advantage with 5 inch instead of 4 1/2 ?

.....compared the parts list. Exact same internal parts....

Now THAT must be what's meant by "engineer thinking"! I'd not have thought of that. Basic genius there.