

Continuous rim blades have softer bonds and diamonds are exposed more quickly through the blades life for an ultra-sharp cut. These blades are designed specifically to tackle hard materials. These stone blades are used for cutting marble and granite slabs, concrete, asphalt, brick, block, and other building materials. These durable blades cut with a medium smoothness and high speed. They are useful for both wet and dry cuts and will most certainly last for a long time. Often designed with medium to hard bonds, segmented diamond blades are great for many cutting applications. The three types of diamond blades best for cutting stone with a multi-saw are segmented blades, continuous rim blades and turbo blades. Running the blade outside of the cut zone will speed up the cool-down period. Also, allow the blade to cool off every minute or so. This dust is known as a possible cause of dangerous lung disease, silicosis. If you are using an electric saw or any multi-tool that will not tolerate wet blades, breathing protection must be worn, in order to avoid inhaling the fine dust created by diamond blades. If water cannot be used during your cut, safety measures should be taken. Water will greatly extend the life of the blade. When running the blade dry, many diamond blades are unable to withstand the higher levels of heat involved in cutting ceramic and abrasive materials. Water will also greatly reduce the amount of harmful dust created by cutting and remove the slurry from the cut. The harder the bond, the more heat the cut will make. The harder the material, the more energy is released as heat when the particles are split from the material. The main purpose of this is to keep the blade from overheating, which it otherwise would do easily. There are several reasons for wetting the blade while it is cutting. This means that water is poured onto the material while being cut by the diamond blade. This bonds the materials together, without melting them. The process involves combining synthetic diamond crystals with metal powder by pressing the materials together under extremely high pressure. Sintering is the most common technique for creating diamond blades. Sintered diamond blades consist of a steel core and segments of diamonds. This typically involves a vacuum brazing furnace and does not result in a chemical bond between the two materials. If a diamond saw is vacuum brazed, it basically means that diamond particles were welded onto the edge of the saw blade. Vacuum Brazed Diamond Blades are the highest quality and most durable diamond blade and is how we make our diamond multi tool blades here at Ryker Hardware. This results in blades that can be made exceptionally thin for fine precision cuts. Then they go through an electroplating process which involves combining the substance mixture over an electric current to bind them. The softer the bond, the harder the material it is meant to cut.Įlectroplating involves embedding diamonds into a metal coating made of nickel. When a segment wears down to a new layer of diamonds, a clean, sharp edge is presented and ready for grinding. The rate at which the blade wears-to the point of exposing a new layer of diamonds on a segment-is what the bond controls. This mixture of diamonds and metal powder are eventually made into saw segments. The bond of a diamond blade refers to how soft or hard the metal powder is which holds the diamonds in place. Each variation has a different bonding, which enables it to be used for individual materials. The manufacturing method is typically one of three variations.


Diamond blades are strong enough for cutting stone concrete, asphalt, bricks, and glass because of the way in which the diamonds are embedded into the saw blade. These blades have diamond crystals embedded throughout the tip instead of rectangular teeth. Diamonds are the hardest material on earth which is what's required when you need to cut other hard material. If you want to skip the technical details and just find the best saw blades for cutting stone, scroll to the bottom.ĭiamond blades are designed to cut through hard, abrasive materials. However, for the toughest materials like rock, concrete, brick, stone, and grout, the best option is to use is a diamond blade saw. Cutting through cement, brick or stone can be very easy and your multi-saw will shine like a star when you use the right oscillating blade. It can even see you through projects that seem too tough for a multi-tool.

Multi-tool blades come in many shapes and sizes. You can find a blade for almost any project and your multi-tool can slice your work in half.
