Tech these days

[Flintstone]

I've had them Rubi ones years

 

[Unused Account 1]

Had a pair 10 years the spring just went last week lol

 

[Old Mod]

Had a pair 10 years the spring just went last week lol

Like this one?

 

[Diggy]

You move with the times.
I remember when a 200x250 tiles was massive, now I rarely fix anything below a 600x300......except for bloody metros

Yeh noticed your metro type pile in Tileflair the other day Andy , I reckon you're ignoring them.

Diggy

 

[Andy Allen]

Yeh noticed your metro type pile in Tileflair the other day Andy , I reckon you're ignoring them.

Diggy

Trying to mate ... definitely try to.

 

[Flintstone]

Spiked roller one was thing I leant from here that's helped.

 

[Unused Account 1]

You tile with a spiked roller haha ,amazing ,lol

 

[Dan]

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[Old Mod]

But of course I would Dan! .......
Or here if I don't want to spend any money!

 

[Andy Allen]

I use the yellow genesis ones....some don't last 5 minutes....others last for ever and take anything you throw at them....I find most nips are like this from the cheapest to the most expensive.

 

[Aston]

to much new technology ,added to tiling ,old school guys never had all this and no problems ,just adds money to the jobs ,still needs doing correct ,but to much lol

We live in a 'tech' world now.
We like science, evidence and facts rather than 'hear say'

Don't get me wrong, old school hand skills and certain methods are still the best BUT we live in a fast, disposable world now where blame and accountability govern.

I find it easier to accept and adapt these days, it works for me.

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

Previously I have looked down with disdain at those Loch Boy's, until the other day I needed a hole drilled in a tile and my hole cutters were in the van, so I was looking at a 1/4 mile walk down multiple flights of stairs and up a steep grassy bank back to the van on an airless sunny day...........until another tiler onsite mentioned he had a Lochboy
Never been so happy to see Oldschool

They used to be the dogs ******** with the old pin hammer!....back in the day of course!

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

I started 15 years ago and all we ever tool into a job was a rubi ts 40 in the box of the cutter was all the tools u needed and small portable wetsaw Plasplug if I remember rightly and a couple of levels

same as Kyle, all tools in me Rubi box & a couple of buckets for grouting.......not any more eh muck!......it's a palava just setting up and packing up everyday with all the kit we have now!!!

 

[gazmcd72]

A started when all you got in your first year apprentice tool kit was a cutting hammer ,a tip chisel ,rule,wall and floor serrator , squeegee ,rubbing stone ,hand brush,and a clip round your ear for your cheek

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

Hahaha!!!!....a clip round the ear......harsh training that is

 

[gazmcd72]

It kept you on your toes LOL

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

It kept you on your toes LOL

That's hilarious!

 

[Kyle Knowles]

A started when all you got in your first year apprentice tool kit was a cutting hammer ,a tip chisel ,rule,wall and floor serrator , squeegee ,rubbing stone ,hand brush,and a clip round your ear for your cheek

My dad taught me and there was many ear clippings haha

 

[Kyle Knowles]

same as Kyle, all tools in me Rubi box & a couple of buckets for grouting.......not any more eh muck!......it's a palava just setting up and packing up everyday with all the kit we have now!!!

It was so simple back then and these days I struggle to fit all the gear u need into a combo van ohhh how it's changed