External mitre profiling tool

[Concrete guy]

Pictures as promised.

Firstly, this is what happens if you use it on a grinder or at full speed on a polisher on Porcelain. So you can see, I can't recommend high speed use for this reason.

Same porcelain tile - but using the cutter at 2000 rpm dry:-

 

[Concrete guy]

Marble and quartz was just lovely to cut, smooth and easy. This is a piece of 10mm Rosa Aurora (AKA Estremoz) from Portugal.

This was dry and slowish, around 3000rpm, but you just didn't need to be any faster. It cut quick enough and was quite controlable.

However, this was a smaller washer that simply wouldn't work on Porcelain, so the next size up cuts slightly shorter than this by 0.5mm. Not a great deal - but it meant it worked on stone and Porcelain. As what we're looking for here is a one size fits all solution we have to go with the Porcelain Specification.

It will still work beautifully on all stone though.

 

[Concrete guy]

Granite, the only bit I had knocking around was 10mm Blue Pearl sample, which wouldn't be my first choice for mitering dry! But it's certainly a good test.

I struggled to photograph this but these are the best two images I got.

This is the one time I would recommend wet cutting. A granite of this nature with such a coarse grain really benefits from the extra lubrication and cooling it's given with water. On a tight grain like Absolute black I think this would be less of an issue.

 

[Spud]

I bet the wet results would be even better

 

[One Day]

On to a winner there Alan!

 

[Jeff the tiler]

Alan. what thicknesses will this do. I think you will get great results with travertine.

 

[Concrete guy]

I bet the wet results would be even better

I think so too, I have a feeling it would speed the process up also. Particularly with porcelain.

 

[Concrete guy]

Alan. what thicknesses will this do. I think you will get great results with travertine.

I made this at 12mm with travertine in mind, so it should be good up to that thickness. However the quality of mitre on travertine is more likely to be determined by the amount and quality of filler that is contained within the stone.

On travertine I prefer a 10mm half bullnose finish, I think it's just more suitable for the material type.

A good quality trav will be close in texture and density to marble, and I got the best results from my tests with marble, which is relatively soft.

 

[Tony73]

MINE ARRIVED THIS MORNING :hurray:. THANKS ALAN

 

[Spud]

Mine came too cheers Alan

 

[Concrete guy]

New washers for the others I have here were ordered today, Fingers crossed I'll have them this week. It's a family engineering firm and they've always been very efficient. They do engineering for a few of the Formula 1 teams so I think a few laser cut washers aren't an issue.

 

[Concrete guy]

Well it's taken a while but finally I have another 16 of these tools ready to go for those who would like them.

They will go on our on line shop over the weekend/early next week available for general sale.

Any forum members that would like one before these go on line please send me a PM and we'll get them out to you.

The last list on the thread excluding those who have already ordered:-

1. Sir Ramic
2. andy tiler
3. poynton phil
4. AliGage
5. Alan.P
6. Wingn
7. cam_Low
8. rainsco
9. Houston
10. Blocko (possibly)
11. CJ

 

[Tony73]

Hi all, look how other PRO TILERS do mitres :lol:

And i went in to try to repair with some paglerino akemi (stone glue), I know it's not perfect, but it's all i could do

 

[One Day]

Sadly Tony, I've seen far far worse than that!

 

[Tony73]

It is SAD when you see somethink like that :incazzato: