Expected life of blades?

[hillhead]

My blade costs in excess of £80, I have bought 4 in 7 years for my sigma 10m, They are Italian made and are the dogs dooglies.

My 10m is on its third blade now in 5 years,i used the proper sigma 300mm blade first two(one free with cutter) then my current one is Diatech supplied through a local retailer.It is going strong and i suspect that sigma make these for Diatech,cheaper than the sigma blades.

 

[diamondtiling]

That's almost 2 years usage per blade 7 pounds per month of usage, not bad, what blade is it and what kind of tiles do you cut?

We do alot of granite/marble and sandstone work, which comes in slabs between 4-7 ft in length and 3.5ft wide and 18mm thick, so you can imagine processing these to a usable size takes a lot of effort and many meters of cutting, all done on site.[/QUOTE]


I use trimline in Surrey for my blades as they supplied the cutter and I know them well. I cut all types of materials with it from soft stone to porcelain and granite. It has very fine almost hair thin segments on it. The blade in the picture is about 2 years old.