Is my cutter up for the job?

[quackfly]

A customer has made enquries about a small 5m2 bathroom job. She wants quartz 300x300 sparkly tiles though hasnt made her final choice yet
My question is, is my vitrex 750 with a marcrist ck850 blade up for the job? unfortunately shes a family friend and because of this i cant charge her too much. (family politics) i told her id research if my cutter would manage it, dont want to eat up a 60 quid blade for the sake of it as i cant recoup it for above reasons. Wat do you think felllas?

 

[Bubblecraft]

I add one of these to the job
http://www.**********.co.uk/tprod574/Geared-Diamond-Wheel-Cutter.html
£30 & toss it when it's finished. Cuts great

 

[quackfly]

would my 750 manage it then?

 

[quackfly]

dont have topps in Belfast. just idiots at the minute!!:mad2:

 

[Ian]

I reckon that cutter will manage those tiles easily with that blade

 

[quackfly]

Cheers m8. stupid question but is quartz as hard as granite? I havent worked with either, yet.

 

[Bubblecraft]

It would cut them no problem but @ £60 with no come back on reimbursement for the blade, i'd be a little weary

 

[quackfly]

she knows my reservations, the latest is i told her to shop around online and shes seeing tiles at £40pm2 rather than the £140 ones she was looking at so if she saves by buying online i'll hit her up for a blade and do the job

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Hi mate, there are quartz tiles, and there are quartz tiles. Some cheap stuff out there is not so good, but most quartz tends to be quite easy to cut. You can pick up a cheap glass blade for your Vitrex from B&Q for just over £20 should work fine. Good luck.

 

[quackfly]

would it better to stick in a cheap glass blade in to save the expensive one? thanks Phil by the way

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I would think so, if you get them to cover the cost of the blade you should both be happy. I have a Dewalt 2400 but I use the vitrex with a B&Q glass blade for most jobs, don't always have the room to set up the Dewalt. The glass blades are cheap and cut most tiles inc porcelain, just my opinion.