Speed Challenge from Tileution

[Tileution]

Hi All,

Any of you guys/girls up for a speed challenge man/woman against machine as a bit of fun and to prove a point in the new year?? I might put some money on the table that is there for any one who thinks they can beat the Tileution to walk away with - I'm putting my money where my mouth is!!

any takers:yikes:

rgds
Stuart


[video=youtube;S6SQ_Zz6J2U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6SQ_Zz6J2U&feature=player_embedded#![/video]



[video=youtube;bSVLxtvzziI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSVLxtvzziI&feature=player_embedded#![/video]

 

[doug boardley]

I think we may have the man Stuart

 

[brinkley]

how much start

 

[brinkley]

stuart my u playing up

 

[Tileution]

do you mean how much head start am I giving you

 

[brinkley]

no how much money are you waging on it

 

[Tileution]

lets see how much interest we get and I'll think about rigging up a venue maybe,

like your style - got to dash as apprentice is on

Stuart

 

[YourTiler]

Have you paid the guy spreading from the bucket to go slow, or is he naturally slow.......:yikes::lol::lol::lol:

So the challenge - just spreading adhesive is it ?????
From a bucket (so it's wall adhesive??)

 

[kilty55]

okies,just spreading addy?

in reality you need to setup tools and also clean tools at end of day,does this challenge include cleaning the machine down and also setting it up against a tiler who only has to open a bucket and clean a trowel or two down? i dont really know how your machine is cleaned to be fair but i was interested in the answer?

also in regards to speed in troweling adhesive,a lot of floors walls are not flat so tiles need packed out /back buttered......is it going to be faster to setup the machine to trowel say a floor then clean and put it away and get the hand trowel out to then back butter and pack out to flatten the tiling?

not being negative towards this machine stuart just think the speed test is not really a real life test imo unless the machine back butterrs and levels also although i stand to be corrected

 

[kilty55]

stuart one other thing i thought off is this machine based at say a commercial job of a large floor?

 

[Tileution]

Hi all previous posts, certainly seems to be generating some interesting comments and I'm happy to explain maybe in more detail in the morning . So ill keep this short

There are two types of machine vertical semi automatic and floor fully automatic , the wall machine you see in the video clip can be spun round upside down so you use the automatic nozzle on the floor like you would a trowel it quick and immediate, the floor model fully automatic.- let's be serious vertical machines are for more smaller areas and the fully automated for larger areas the bigger the area the bigger the benefits - machines don't get tired they go on and on , cleaning is simple if you use a fast setting cement based product you make sure you don't let it go off before the next batch is fed in if it does go off the hose is so cheap you will have saved yourself the cost of the hose 20 times over anyway

Hope this helps a bit more keep the questions coming as I said its all a bit of fun and I'm thinking about how much to put up for a proper challenge I typed this on me blackberry.

 

[Tileution]

Fogot to say also yes kilty55 vertical machine does back butter tiles too - good question thanks

 

[cjones]

well done..... youve solved a problem that didnt exist... amazing

 

[kilty55]

well done..... youve solved a problem that didnt exist... amazing

sorry youve lost me?

 

[conceptceramics]

If only all floors were that smooth, we'd all be millionaires!!, That guy needs to buy himself a decent trowel and learn how to apply adhesive properly...poor effort, my 3 year old son could apply ady better than him, and hes got a better trowel..lol