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[QUOTE="Old Mod, post: 953668"] Few reasons Jerry tbh. Firstly, personally having tried a number of purpose built machines, and in fact owned them, they’re not up to the standard I need. They’d work well with Schluters Finec trim, or somewhere where a much larger joint is used on the mitre, you don’t need to get too close to the leading edge. In fact I’ve just finished this, 5 mins ago. [ATTACH type="full"]109079[/ATTACH] Machines are too heavy and have a lot of vibration, causing the front to sometimes break out. That edge is less than 1mm, even if photo doesn’t do it justice :tearsofjoy: Those machines that run on rails, do exactly that, so for example, if you place the rail on the piece and it does not follow the face of the tile exactly, the machine just carries on regardless, following the line of the rail. This means that if the tile dips in the middle for instance, the cutting or grinding blade will come up thro the front and you won’t even feel it happen. You’ll just see it after the machine passes over it. By hand, the tools will give feedback and you’ll adjust the angle/line/pressure accordingly. Machines can’t do that. And I’m also a firm believer that you need to be able to reach a high standard by hand and eye first, before you even attempt to use a machine. How’s that for a reason? :tearsofjoy: [ATTACH]109080[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]109081[/ATTACH] One expensive toilet roll holder. :tearsofjoy: No, they don’t need a machine edge, a scored line is fine. Just ease off the leading edge with a diamond pad first so that when you mitre, you shouldn’t get tiny chips on the edge. Tile dependant sometimes, and practice of course. [/QUOTE]
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