It's noisy, but it works OK in a tight space, like my condo in Cambridge. The fence sticks and it's impossible to get straight, and then it moves and the tiles bind. I yanked it off and in the process I broke one end (it's poly something or other and thinly made so it was easy) I went to MK looking for parts and they provide a list of distributors. ..$12.00 for the fence (OK) $14.00 for the shipping (thanks a pant load). What I'm gonna do is bend a piece of steel to go around and catch the groove that runs along the back. It's not worth it to me to buy another saw. You could also draw a line on the tile and cut by eye but that's a nuisance if you have a lot of similar cuts.