External mitre profiling tool

[Concrete guy]

I've had an enquiry asking me to make something like these for porcelain tiles:-

They cut a mitre into the edge of a tile in one process.

Here is a video of how they work:-


Questions:-

Would this be of interest to many?

What size would be most useful? I was thinking 12mm would cover most applications?

Cost would be in the region of £70-£80 + vat + p&p

We'd formulate it for Porcelain, but that would also be able to cut most hard stones as well.

Cutting would ideally have to be a wet process, especially on porcelain. I'm not sure how long one of these would last if used dry or even if would provide an acceptable finish.

 

[DHTiling]

Have you not seen the Mitre wiz..?.. now if that product similar to that could be actually brought into production as it is a dry cutting process, then it would sell like hot cakes to the pro's.

 

[Concrete guy]

Have you not seen the Mitre wiz..?.. now if that product similar to that could be actually brought into production as it is a dry cutting process, then it would sell like hot cakes to the pro's.

I'd never seen that David. Have you actually tried one?

I'm having a chat with the tech guys at the factory to see if we could make one of these tools for dry cutting.

 

[Bubblecraft]

The mitre wiz did look like some piece of kit but was it ever put into production? I know they changed the design as it was a little dangerous but that last few vids I seen of it was pretty cool.
http://www.tilersforums.com/threads/mitre-wiz.53835/

 

[DHTiling]

never went into production as far as i remember..

 

[Bubblecraft]

I really want one too....just like the mini iPad lol

 

[Concrete guy]

The mitre wiz did look like some piece of kit but was it ever put into production? I know they changed the design as it was a little dangerous but that last few vids I seen of it was pretty cool.
Mitre Wiz - Wall Tiles | Floor Tiles | Tiling Forum by tilersforums.com

Interesting thread - has nothing actually come of it?

So if we could make the profiler cut porcelain dry we're onto something?

 

[DHTiling]

Interesting thread - has nothing actually come of it?

So if we could make the profiler cut porcelain dry we're onto something?

Most certainly you will be...

 

[DHTiling]

After all the mitred edge will not be exposed so the finish the profiler leaves does not have to be ultra smooth.

 

[Concrete guy]

I should have some drawings for this in a day or so, once I do I'll post them up.

How much shy of the edge would you want the cut to be?

Would it make sense to leave 1mm of factory edge? You wouldn't want this cutting right up to the top face otherwise it will leave a razor sharp edge.

 

[Bubblecraft]

1mm edge sounds good. Any less would be just too sharp

 

[DHTiling]

Deffo needs to leave some edge... no mitre should leave sharp edges for tiling.

 

[Concrete guy]

So the magic question is, how many of you would buy one if we can make it viable for dry cutting porcelain (which would also be usable on travertine etc also).

I'll make these to cut about 12mm thick product, which I would think would cover most eventualities?

 

[Bubblecraft]

All depends on the price & how many cuts you would get from it

 

[DHTiling]

12mm is good for stone but most porcelains will be 9mm/10mm , so seen as most stone is machine cut and they will mitre on the same machine then maybe go the porcelain thickness route.. unless it can be there can be a removable part to allow for 12mm to 10mm