for the oldies who could not afford tile cutters

[richie b]

alby i think u need to seek some help :lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Andy Allen]

when i started tiling my tool kit contained
a pencil scibe
spirt level
rod saw
a grouter (not a float but a piece of wood with a piece of rubber wedged in i think you can still buy them)
sponge from the petrol station (they were useless)
floor tiles were cut with a tofee hammer or grinder
and a 6x8 tile was massive!

 

[jamie B]

when I started as an apprentice the firm gave us all 'superior' machines (american I think??) I still use the small one for 6" as it's faster than a rubi...they did give us a scriber, but I didn't ever really use it...always used car seat foam for washing off as well..I really remember the first time we got grinders..no one would use them for ages!..too much of a quantum leap..ahh the bad old days!

 

[Perry]

you forgot to mention matchsticks as well Jimmy! (used ones, I wasn't allowed live matches, condition of my bail and all that!)

i still use em Doug model making matches find them easy than spaces to pull and you can squash em a bit as well :8:

 

[DHTiling]

I remember the first time i was showed how to cut a hole in a tile , only using a pin hammer..:lol:.. that was fun..


New invention came along..... we all got excited....

The lochboy...:smilewinkgrin:...

 

[Spud]

i am not at all nostalgic using the old tools, give me a wet saw and some diamond core bits any day of the week lol i still remember grouting with a solid rubber pad that bal used to have for grouting before the marshall town floats came on the scene

 

[andy-p]

when I started as an apprentice the firm gave us all 'superior' machines (american I think??) I still use the small one for 6" as it's faster than a rubi...they did give us a scriber, but I didn't ever really use it...always used car seat foam for washing off as well..I really remember the first time we got grinders..no one would use them for ages!..too much of a quantum leap..ahh the bad old days!

God , i remember that , you would get a big block of it and cut it into sponge sizes using a panel saw. and you could get all your tools into the boot of a car and have room for tubs of sticky, now you would need a horse lorry to pack all your gear!!

 

[jamie B]

the car seat foam actually wasn't bad for washing off!..but then again it seemed all we fixed for ages was 6" in either white/pink/blue!!:lol:
I used to get picked up every morning by one of the tilers in a 'mini' van:lol::lol::lol: I was 6'4 even then!..had to be doubled up to get in it!..and we always had labourers on site...oh for those days again!

 

[mikethetile]

I was taught to cut the old way too

handy to know how to do it even if you never have to