Best cutter for a Rotozip

[Jason]

I bought a Rotozip thinking it would be handy to be able to cut out shapes for sockets and switches out of tiles but the ceramic cutting bits I bought are naff.
It takes an age to cut through the tile and then to cut a length I'm there all day. The cutter just heats up and starts glowing red and dosn't really cut at all and then of course the metal of the bit is comprimised once it's started to glow and melt.

Has anyone come across a good bit for a rotozip that will trully blunge cut and then cut out a section of tile in a reasonable length of time. I'm at that point where I don't even care how much it costs.

 

[davy_G]

Think a few of the other cuys on here have one so can advise. Im afraid i stick to my wet cutter.

 

[hillhead]

I don't rate them after my last one,used once(5mins) and that was enough.

 

[DHTiling]

How do use the rotozip to cut the tile with..

what method..?..Do you plunge and then just push it through the tile..?

 

[Jason]

Yep that's right.
It just seems that the cutter bits overheat very quickly and cut so slowly through the tile that unless there are some kind of much better cutter out there then this piece of equipment is of no use to me and yet other tilers seem to make use of them.

 

[Deleted member 1779]

May I suggest something.....

 

[DHTiling]

Yep that's right.
It just seems that the cutter bits overheat very quickly and cut so slowly through the tile that unless there are some kind of much better cutter out there then this piece of equipment is of no use to me and yet other tilers seem to make use of them.

The methd you use is , you plunge the bit in the tile and then move the cutter up and down as you gently push forward so that you are getting an even wear on the bit and not putting the stress on one part of the bit.

Watch this video and it shows you how to move the bit keeping it cooler

[yt]NG7hxzFS45I[/yt]

 

[DHTiling]

But it's easier for holes to use a hole cutter, the rotozip is ideal for stuff a hole cutter cannot do...

 

[Jason]

So I need to use a sawing motion, cheers for that Dave I new I must of been missing a trick since everyone else seems to make use of it.