Cutting sqaure 'holes' in porcelain - Tile Advice

[White Room]

I take it you mean a wet cut to the corners, no I have'nt but will give a try next time

 

[jimmy495]

cheers for the thank,s whitebeam.if it saves time we have more time to make more pound notes:hurray:

 

[Alan.P]

I can see the benefit, time, extending blade life, lining up the cut, in my view might be the hardest part, will deffo try it though

 

[jimmy495]

should have said mark from corner to corner on the front of the tile and plunge cut. so move up down or left or right to line the cut up

 

[White Room]

We understood jimmy:lol:

 

[jimmy495]

:lol:

 

[Alan.P]

I understood, it's just as and when I plunge cut ( prefer angle grinder ) I can line up on the cutter along the lines of the tile, going at an angle seems strange, but i will try it

 

[nudge]

on most jobs i set up an old bucket and fill it with water for weight,then i use this for setting tiles on for grinding,works a treat and it doesn't matter if you cut into it,its plastic.

why wouldn't you just turn the empty bucket upside down
it'll keep Mr shocko away from the water :yikes:

cheers

 

[heavytrevy]

I used to do this ,but all the ups and downs makes me tired and back sore.
So i brought 2 of these foldable workbenches Foldable Metal Work Bench | Overstock.com 1 for my grinding and the other for me cutter.

Highley recomend these, dosent matter if I cut into the tops either , they are easy to replace with offcuts lying around the worksite.

Trev

on most jobs i set up an old bucket and fill it with water for weight,then i use this for setting tiles on for grinding,works a treat and it doesn't matter if you cut into it,its plastic.

 

[tfs]

If you are doing several plunge cuts in tiles you can make a simple adjustable jig made from mdf and use an angle grinder to cut.

 

[stevee]

i cut the face with 4" grinder on a workmate,i dont enjoy bending over either ,paid a handsome£5.70 for a cracking blade from machinemart

 

[Jelthetiler]

Blimey, some of you take risks using those small grinders.

Anyway, i have a bench wet saw that i use for virtually every precise cut. For sockets, i pencil the tile out first and cut the amount that my blade will allow along said drawn lines. My blase will just about go through the back of a 10mm tile before 'overcutting. After i have 'cut' my square (which is too small to fall out of the tile on it's own), i then wet cut across 45 degrees to the points of the square. By this time 6 cuts should have been done. You will then be able to tap the tile through the middle of the square, then tidy up inner edges manually.

I might sound a bit of a knob here, but i find that most precision cuts should always be done with water. Much kinder to the tile!

 

[DHTiling]

Blimey, some of you take risks using those small grinders.

Anyway, i have a bench wet saw that i use for virtually every precise cut. For sockets, i pencil the tile out first and cut the amount that my blade will allow along said drawn lines. My blase will just about go through the back of a 10mm tile before 'overcutting. After i have 'cut' my square (which is too small to fall out of the tile on it's own), i then wet cut across 45 degrees to the points of the square. By this time 6 cuts should have been done. You will then be able to tap the tile through the middle of the square, then tidy up inner edges manually.

I might sound a bit of a knob here, but i find that most precision cuts should always be done with water. Much kinder to the tile!

So would you mess about setting your saw up for 1 plunge cut..?

 

[Jelthetiler]

So would you mess about setting your saw up for 1 plunge cut..?

Most certainly mate.

I can cheat a little when it comes to filling the machine up though. I always keep a couple of bricks in the van, jack the back of the machine up so i only have to put half a bucket of water in!
Takes about a minute to set everything up, maybe 10 minutes to cut the tile.

 

[jay]

i always use angle grinder mark front cut to lines turn over finish off :8: