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  1. Kyle Knowles

    Wood cutting blade on a angle grinder

    I've just ordered a little saw blade for my angle grinder I'm gonna try and u der cut some skirting and send the tile under it I've seen the yanks do.it on a few videos has anyone tried it ?
  2. T

    Grinding confusion

    This is probably going to seem like a very stupid question, but I gotta ask, because i've seen something that goes completely against something else i was taught a while back. When grinding a tile, I always make sure that the blade spins down onto the tile. I was told years ago that if the the...
  3. G

    Green oak

    Gents, got a floor I'm on at the moment, 2 oak posts into the ground that are still green, what practice would you carry out when cutting around them? Allowance for drying out
  4. T

    Fun project coming up - bit of advise needed

    I have a colleague at work who knows that I want to leave my desk job to pursue tiling. So he has allowed me to use him as a guinea pig this weekend. My payment....... Chinese and an unlimited supply of coffee and bacon butties. I will be doing his bathroom floor. but the shape of it...
  5. M

    Dewalt D24000 - Diagonal Cutting Capacity

    I can't stop looking at this machine.... One question though...Can I do a diagonal cut on a 60 x 60cm tile with this cutter as one of the main reasons I want it is for envelope cuts?
  6. T

    d2400 cutting Un square

    since Buying my d2400 second hand it have never cut square , probably 2mm out on a 300mm length What is the best way to adjust these ? Just asking if anyone has had any experience Thanks
  7. F

    Dry cutting porcelain tiles

    I'm fixing about 90 metres of 10mm 800x800 porcelain tiles at the moment, using a Rubi Tx 1200 cutter. As per usual with large format porcelain, getting clean consistent cuts is very hit and miss. Decided to change my normal 22mm wheel for a bearinged version to see if that made any difference...
  8. Wishiwasatoptiler

    Dust Muzzle

    Just looking at this universal dust shroud for my 115mm grinder for cutting tiles, anyone have any experience with it. Any Good? Cheers D
  9. Kyle Knowles

    Cutting Hardi Backer

    Usually if my sigma is on the job I cut my hardi with that it's quick easy and accurate or if not I scribe it a million times and snap it but having just treated my self to a bosch GAS 35 AFC M I was wondering has anyone used one of them fancy blades in a circular saw attached to the dust...
  10. R

    Advice Please

    Encaustic reclaimed tile for splash back. Would like advice please. I take it they need sealing befor and after grouting. What to cut with would grinder do the job, would it be a good idea to wet then back butter ?
  11. T

    Cutting 20mm Porcelian

    Hi I have recently took on a big patio area floor job to be tiled in 20mm thick porcelian and was just wondering if anyone had any tips for cutting these monsters. I have a sigma 3p3m and rubi tx cutters that supposedly cut upto 20mm thick but don't they are going to cut these. Any help would be...
  12. M

    Which 115mm Cutting Disc?

    Hi I recently bought myself a cordless makita 115mm grinder as I will use this for a lot of cutting of metal trims...etc...,.could anyone reccome d a good all round blade for cutting tiles?..mainly ceramic and maybe some stone....thanks
  13. G

    Recommend Porcelain Cutting Disc For Rubi Wet Saw

    Can anyone recommend a good disc to put on a rubi cutting saw for porcelain?
  14. M

    Cutting Large 1.8x0.2m Tiles?

    Hi all I'm just about to start a floor tiling job with some wooden plank effect porcelain tiles at a whopping 1.8m long and 200mm wide and as its over several (5)rooms ( around 70m2 total) I'm going to have to cut into doorways and slithers along the entire length of these tiles. Although...
  15. S

    Tile Cutting = Cracked Tiles

    Hi all! After my tiles all dried out, I have set about starting my bathroom. Here is a pic! Have no reached the ceiling and doing long (30cm) cuts. Using a scoring tile cutter that supposedly goes up to 30cm, it just keeps smashing the tiles when I try to snap them. Is it just rubbish? Would a...
  16. D

    Tile Recommendation Needed :clean Cutting 300*600 Rectified

    hi all after having V+B wall tiles installed in another room , I'm looking for some 300 x 600 rectified white tiles one of the main criteria is a clean cut edge- my tiler used a wide range of professional devices with the V+B tiles , with varying results many thanks for your...
  17. V

    Cutting 900x900 Tiles

    It's looking like I'll be using 900x900, 10mm thick slate tiles for my wetroom. Can anyone recommend a tile cutter which would suffice? I'd like something with a guide to get any edges straight if that's possible.
  18. D

    Briccolina Users

    Hi there, I am considering buying one of these... could you squeeze a 160mm wheel into this cutter? I normally use ATS, and they don't do a 150! Thanks
  19. S

    Best Wet Cutter For Cutting Marble?

    Hi guys, I have some 305x305 marble tiles I need to cut into 10mm strips. I have a very basic wet cutter I have cut some of the tiles into. However, I'm wondering if these a wet cutter that would make lighter work of the job! I have many to cut up! I just looked in Toptiles at wet cutters but...
  20. A

    Cutting On The Curve

    Hello oh knowledgeable ones. The handful of bathroom floors I've done previously have been new installs, bogs been easy to lift to tile under or plumbers been there to remove it for me. Job in the new year is round the existing suite which looking at the state of the screws holding the pan...

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