wet saws /angle grinders?

[brian c]

Grinders are good for doing cuts etc as the guys say but messy.

 

[oogabooga]

Hey Faceman, I was speaking to an acrylic shower installer 2 weeks ago, he told me of a job he did where the tiler was cutting inside a house with an angle grinder. Anyway, he installs the shower and later that night he gets a call from the tiler who says "You did a crap job with your Silicon". Next day he checks it out and finds the Silicon cured and totally encrusted with tile dust :lol:

 

[charlie1]

Ive got the rubi DU200L bridge cutter that cost about 600quid including stand and blades, My angle grinder (free from Brian)+£35 blade is far quicker cutting through porc. Its far more mobile, Once you have practiced with it for a while you can easily follow a line within +/- 1mm. So for me its the angle gringer every time.

 

[P'boro tiler]

but if you can afford it might aswell import the handheld dewalt wet tile cutter

 

[doug boardley]

I've got a nice scar on back of my hand from an angle grinder, now what was the question again?:joker:

 

[woodie]

hi Jason i've used an angle grinder with a turbo blade but it has outlasted the old ordinary diamond blades i used to use by a long way it might have cost 34 quid but it's probably earned its worth tenfold, as for wet saws i find them too messy and a pain to set up and clean up all the time, i will use a wet saw on natural stone and such but i find the angle grinder much easier to use. all the best Mike :8:

 

[penno]

90% of the time i am only doing site work, if i know i am on site then i don't even bother putting a wet cut cutter in the van. However if i am on a domestic then i will load a wet cutter, if weather is nice i will set up grinder ouside.
On site you are good to go 90% of the time and dust isn't a problem, when it is a dust extractor and hoover gets clipped on. Can't do that in a house.

If you can use a grinder well then it is MUCH faster than using a wet cutter.
Use the correct blade.

Get yourself a Norton Aerojet or a Rubi blade specific for the the job, stick with good quality, a Marcrist can't cope half as much as thes blades, unless you want bendy cuts.