is the art of cutting with the grinder

[DHTiling]

Still got my pin hammer, but can't find any Quarry tiles.

Still got mine in the shed as well...


When we were up at Albermarle barracks off the military road , we installed 1000.s lnr mtrs of quarry skirts.. scribe and pin hammer was the way around all those hangers and rooms... #soul destroying.

 

[andyb1]

25mm limestone today, angle grinder all the way.

 

[Kyle87]

Interested to know your technique using an angle grinder.
I suppose hazarding a guess I'd lay tile on piece of wood and use another tile or something suitable as a straight edge and run blade along that. Would you just cut the glaze then snap tile like with a manual cutter?

For give my ignorance, I'm here to learn 😉

 

[widler]

Id cut it all the way

 

[charlie1]

Interested to know your technique using an angle grinder.
I suppose hazarding a guess I'd lay tile on piece of wood and use another tile or something suitable as a straight edge and run blade along that. Would you just cut the glaze then snap tile like with a manual cutter?

For give my ignorance, I'm here to learn 😉

depends which cut you want to make, i.e: straight, curved, L. And what type of tile

for ceramic / Porc and straight cut then just manual cutter, same tile and L then dry score both lines, then diagonal cut to point of the L then back to your manual cut for snap. Same tile and curved cut then there are a few different methods depending on severity of curve, NEVER try to cut a curve in a tile with angle grinder if you feel your forcing or bending the blade, a series of light passes is what you need until all the way through however some curves need to sectioned in to smaller cuts by making a series of cuts at 90 degrees in to meet the line of your cut ( hope you follow) in any case, it's going to require a lot of practice, skill and a few scary moments to become good with the grinder... Just be carefully and wear safety gasses and don't remove guard. Very aggressive machines!!

 

[Kyle87]

Had the guard off my grinder to cut a cast iron bath in half. Didn't like it

 

[charlie1]

No, seeing the blade flex like a piece of plastic whilst spinning at 11000 rpm certainly gets the heart beat racing. Don't make a habit of it or say bye bye to one of the ends of your thumbs

if I could design a safe angle grinder it would be pointless as the guard would encompass the whole blade, you would only hear it spinning lol

 

[ian158]

how we used to mitre seems like a long time ago now

another one ready for the chair and slippers..

 

[DHTiling]

I don't have the guard on my makita grinder... 🙂 ... fully bespoke machine and easy to get in from any angle when shaping stone... the guard inhibits this.. it is my choice..

 

[Ian]

I don't have the guard on mine either Dave, like you, I cut from all angles, underneath etc, the guard doesn't allow that. I wear ppe and if anything should happen it's my own fault.