Evening all was wandering which you guys n gals prefer to do, either the quick n easy route of a wetcutter or the more challenging route with a pair of rubi nippers? I love a good challenge from time to time. Itd be nice to hear your thoughts, on what i think is a dying art the abilbilty to tile with no powertools, just you and your rubi

I can do both........not always is power available.........but a wet cutter just makes things quicker and neater......

sign of a real tiler, but yeh i wouldnt be without my cordless grinder... worth its weight in gold

I do a combination of both. Sometimes it's quicker to nip, other times it's neater and faster to wet cut, just depends on circumstances.

When i used to do site work..all i had was a ts40..pair of nips....level ..spacers...pencil. serrated trowel and grouting gear.........

Nipping around a socket ,,just get to last bit and chink..broke.........

Wet cutters when the power is there, Site work can be a pain for power unless your've got your own genny. Nibblers as a last resort or just to bone idle to walk to the cutter

lmao its soul destroying when you get all that way and right on the last nip comes the chink! 'Time n patients,ya can **** a fly' my mentor once wisely said

coming from lake district, bestiality is never far from the surface! but for intricate cuts,jig saw with ceramic blade

Originally Posted by doug boardley

coming from lake district, bestiality is never far from the surface! but for intricate cuts,jig saw with ceramic blade

I've often wondered about the jig saw method, I thought the base of the saw would make marks on the tile ??? .....how does it work out doug ?

superb, jig saw has a detachable placcy footplate that stops it marking tiles no good on porc or floor tiles tho'!

I'm really good with nippers, but I prefer wet saws. Angle grinders are nice as a complement, but they're too dusty for my tastes.

About 15yrs ago was in Frankfurt working on a new factory.... remember the sphinks 6*6 whites.... we had about 1000 mts on walls everywhere but the toilets were a nightmare pipes all through the walls no power tools had a little hammer with a point on... had a name cant remember used to tap away till you got through a small holl then work round to make it larger take about an hour to do 5 holes....... your arm and wrist would ach like hell good old days I dont think money was good and the drink and the women ah those women

Originally Posted by robbbin

About 15yrs ago was in Frankfurt working on a new factory.... remember the sphinks 6*6 whites.... we had about 1000 mts on walls everywhere but the toilets were a nightmare pipes all through the walls no power tools had a little hammer with a point on... had a name cant remember used to tap away till you got through a small holl then work round to make it larger take about an hour to do 5 holes....... your arm and wrist would ach like hell good old days I dont think money was good and the drink and the women ah those women

That would be a lochboy then.

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scrore an snip....a sound like a doctor..but still doing 2day...an still got my thompson an heavy hammer for ma holes...nae wise cracks please hav put them in for u....

r they not called ...tonugson hammer...not sure about the spelling tho

tungston maybe or carbide hammer with the trusty lochboy which i still use on a regular basis

On a job yesterday, ceramic splashback. Finished and started grouting when the site manager asked me to re-fix a floor tile in a boiler room floor that they lifted to find a wire.
Rather than set up the wet cutter again i got the helper to use the breaker to cut to size (12 mm porcelain) the it needed a pipe nipping out of the corner. Well, i tried twice with the nippers, boy it was tough, broke one and gave up on the second. He got the wet cutter out and done in 2 secs.
Ceramics are a doddle to nip in comparison though

Originally Posted by AllurePTS

I've often wondered about the jig saw method, I thought the base of the saw would make marks on the tile ??? .....how does it work out doug ?

did a vid today jig sawwing on a bit of scrap, when i fathom out how to upload it will post it

Originally Posted by doug boardley

did a vid today jig sawwing on a bit of scrap, when i fathom out how to upload it will post it

Up-load to U-tube doug then link to it on here.....

http://http://uk.youtube.com/user/dougboardley
dunno if it'll work!!, it's the jig saw way
don't think it did!

doesn't work doug..have you got a link to video and i'll put it up for ya

Originally Posted by Dave

doesn't work doug..have you got a link to video and i'll put it up for ya

don't know how to do it Dave. I can watch it on u tube ok but don't know cross the link over(does that make sense?)

In the http link at the top just copy and paste the link..

so... go into you tube, get my vid up, right click on address bar, press copy, and paste it into quick reply?

..or tell me what it is called..

Originally Posted by Dave

..or tell me what it is called..

I've only got one post on u tube (doug boardley work jig saw) I think,!!
cheers Dave
Doug

YouTube - jig saw cutting
see if this one works!
I think it does!!

Originally Posted by AllurePTS

I've often wondered about the jig saw method, I thought the base of the saw would make marks on the tile ??? .....how does it work out doug ?

posted a vid link Allure,