Bought a cordless grinder, but what way to cut? - TilersForums.com

[Dan]

I usually put a couple of full stops at the end of my posts.
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There you go you sorted that quick.😁

You need to just stick one really. lol

It's a sentence. Sentences end in one usually.

 

[Old Mod]

I use my grinders right handed with the blade facing me but I pull towards me.
Can we see some pics please of the different ways we're cutting because I'm totally confused now?!

Are you saying you undercut with your blade then Mark?
Your bade rotates anti-clockwise with it on left side of grinder as you use it, but pull toward you?
So that your blade leading edge is actually the back of the blade?
Pics tomorrow

 

[One Day]

Are you saying you undercut with your blade then Mark?
Your bade rotates anti-clockwise with it on left side of grinder as you use it, but pull toward you?
So that your blade leading edge is actually the back of the blade?
Pics tomorrow

Yup. It works for me but I'm always open to
new ideas...

 

[Old Mod]

Yup. It works for me but I'm always open to
new ideas...
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But why do you cut against the rotation Mark? If it’s polished doesn’t it chip glaze from underneath?

 

[Italy]

I am confused as to what you guys are talking about - I have my grinder in a verticle position, open blade surface facing away from me and cut in the direction of the blade rotation. I see the mark line to my right and all the dust goes away to my left. My blade guard is set across the grinder body at 90°

Same, but we are old

 

[One Day]

But why do you cut against the rotation Mark? If it’s polished doesn’t it chip glaze from underneath?

I've realised with this thread that nobody ever taught me the correct way to use a grinder to cut tiles! It just felt natural the way I do it.
I tried cutting with the blade opposite, so it's cutting onto the glaze rather than underneath it...
I can't see any advantage other than dust is thrown away...

 

[Italy]

 

[Italy]

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Hard, very hard .

 

[Bill]

This is what I do, the pencil line is to my right, so I just follow that with the blade cutting in the same direction.

 

[J Sid]

Never see one used like that Tom 😲

 

[Dumbo]

First cut I like to go with the blade rotation pulling along the cut . I haven't really thought about how I hold it
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I've just noticed I've lost my tta badge as well

 

[J Sid]

First cut I like to go with the blade rotation pulling along the cut . I haven't really thought about how I hold it
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I've just noticed I've lost my tta badge as well

We are all apprentices now 🙈 nobody trust what we say anymore 😭

 

[Bill]

Never see one used like that Tom 😲

Safest way with two hands - no debris flying upwards towards my face and the dust goes away from me too. Any kickbacks are controllable with ease.

I don't understand why any of you would cut against the rotation of the blade - surely this can only stress the blade and motor.

 

[Dumbo]

Maybe bal will invent a way to use a grinder then it will british standard grinder technique

 

[Boggs]

What’s a grinder? 😂