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Dumbo

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Maybe I'm a bit late to the party but to those of you that haven't tried these yet you should do as I've drilled 10 mm porcelain in under 20 seconds with a 25 mm hole . The make I'm using is Mexco although I understand ATS products are much liked . Time easily outweighs cost .
 
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Flintstone

I'm still on the drill ones, do you go outside to cut them and do you have a seperate grinder? Is the cut as clean ?
 
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Dumbo

I'm still on the drill ones, do you go outside to cut them and do you have a seperate grinder? Is the cut as clean ?
Just get one and try it . They make a bit of dust but don't tend to throw it every like cutting a tile with angle grinder.
 
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J Sid

I'm still on the drill ones, do you go outside to cut them and do you have a seperate grinder? Is the cut as clean ?
can be a clean cut and dust free. I hold a damp/wettish sponge against the bit which reduces the dust and chipping, and I have a separate grinder for the job and do it indoors.
get one and try it, use as above and you'll be converted
 
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Italy

II passed by diamond cutters grinder, a drill cutters, many years ago.
I never felt comfortable with grinder.
I prefer the drill with water and cutters sigma, slower cutting but for many years.
 
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Flintstone

I can see the benifit if you have a real load of holes to drill in one job, but I'm not in a mega rush to save 2 mins!
 
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Old Mod

I can see the benifit if you have a real load of holes to drill in one job, but I'm not in a mega rush to save 2 mins!
It's not just about time Andy, it's actually much easier to use a grinder.
There's no dust to speak of really.
But the real advantage is that your hand is very close to the actually drill bit, which means it's easier to control, a lot easier.
With a drill you need to be sure it's vertical and so on. Using a grinder your hand is just a couple inches away which is a lot easier and they are far more less likely to skate like a drill bit.
Trick is to slightly rock your hand in a circular motion and not just push straight down. This makes them far more efficient and increases the life 10 fold.
 
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Matt Bott

I use these daily on site protiler have there own cheap brand you can also grab an adapter for putting them into a drill as 3 fall said so much more controll I think adding a bit of water is a good idea sometimes you can make them glow on johnsons tiles and they crack, burnt a new build floor once haha
 
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Dumbo

Mounting these drill bits in a drill makes the process slower as drills have less rpm than grinders
 

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