Tool kits, then & now.

[Old Mod]

And so today?.......
along with all the usual hand tools we need like trowels and stuff, there's this
Respirator
Dust extraction
3.6m slide cutter
120mm slide cutter (on site)
Small slide cutter.
Heavy tile breaker
Really heavy tile breakers
Rail guided grinder
Array of grinders for grinding, cutting, and polishing.
Lifting system for large awkward and delicate pieces.
Along with mixing paddles
The list appears to be endless.


Can you do without them?
Yeah course you can, there's always a way to get by.
Doing it day in, day out, it can make life a lot bloody simpler.
But hey!
It's just tiling eh!

 

[Italy]

I'm sorry, but I can not expose my equipment.....
my wife would not let me expose it at home ....

 

[Andy Allen]

I hate spending money on tools unless I need them...
I still use levels and straight edges instead of lasers
Still use a sponge, not a wash boy......or splash boy..... .

 

[Flintstone]

Tight sod!

 

[Andy Allen]

Absolutely......

 

[Flintstone]

I must say, taking advice on tools and picking up tips from reading on here about various tools people use has certainly helped advanced my tiling and made my life easier.

 

[Andy Allen]

If I needed it...... Then I would buy it.
I've managed 36 years without a laser so I don't need it......... Would it make my life easier?.......... Maybe, but to spend £200 to find out imo.... Is a waste of money.
That's just my opinion...

 

[Old Mod]

If I needed it...... Then I would buy it.

How do find using a grinder Andy?

 

[Blunt Tool]

There have been a few things lately that have happened in my personal life that have made me try to change the way I work to make things that little bit easier. Simple things like the trolley dolly, blades for the grinder that cut faster so as not to spend so much time using it, all helps. This forum has been invaluable for me and to keep an open mind and to spend money wisely. Work smart aswell as hard.

 

[Andy Allen]

How do find using a grinder Andy?

Excellent mate....
But I did need a new cutter.... So went with the grinder as opposed to a new wet cutter...... So that falls under the 'I needed it category'...

 

[Old Mod]

Excellent mate....

Just pulling your leg mate, as you well know.

 

[Old Mod]

blades for the grinder that cut faster so as not to spend so much time using it.

Tried a new Bosch blade from @Pro Tiler Tools this last couple of weeks.

And it's very rapid, cuts thin tile as fast as I can walk with it. Ok so it's not for finish cuts, well it doesn't seem to be at the moment.
Possibly still bedding in, although the concept of that I find irritating, but for hidden cuts around a floor and the like it's proving to be excellent.
If you don't hold your grinder true and straight tho, it will literally tear through.

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I must admit tho, I'm always dubious about recommending blades, we all have different requirements and expectations, so it makes it a difficult task.

 

[Andy Allen]

It's a bit pricey..

 

[Flintstone]

I don't use a laser either Andy. Take sigma cutters for example, I was due a new cutter as my rubi 600 was basically worn out, now I couldn't ever use a rubi again.

 

[Dumbo]

I don't use a laser either Andy. Take sigma cutters for example, I was due a new cutter as my rubi 600 was basically worn out, now I couldn't ever use a rubi again.

Laser level is probably one of best pieces of kit I have ever purchased . The amount of time it saves when setting out bathroom walls is loads . Also when pricing up floor work it is very easy to see how much the floor drops so you can calculate how much levelling comp you need . Also on some floors very easy to put in set screws prior to levelling to get a very flat floor . The more you have one the more uses you will find to improve your working practises.

 

[Andy Allen]

Can see how may help on a floor.
But it's nothing my 3m straight edge can't do.
As for saving time...... I gave up rushing year ago...

 

[Dumbo]

Can see how may help on a floor.
But it's nothing my 3m straight edge can't do.
As for saving time...... I gave up rushing year ago...

Saving time means you don't have to rush .

 

[Callum barker]

Laser level is probably one of best pieces of kit I have ever purchased . The amount of time it saves when setting out bathroom walls is loads . Also when pricing up floor work it is very easy to see how much the floor drops so you can calculate how much levelling comp you need . Also on some floors very easy to put in set screws prior to levelling to get a very flat floor . The more you have one the more uses you will find to improve your working practises.

What laser level do you use then for that?

 

[Dumbo]

Stanley cll don't know if they are still available now . Their was a time that when I was getting the laser out on a job that other trades and tilers I was working just went out and purchased one .

 

[Italy]

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you used them as shims?
I used a few times toothpicks.

 

[Dave Mitchell]

The only thing I can add to that apart from the said string line is a TS40. The best new bit of kit I ever got was my first Sigma.

Lol I got a sigma 300 mm cutter new £100 about 26 ish years ago ? It replaced a nicobond one !!!! Last December I bought a rubi tx 1200n and stand over £800 trade on black fri deal !! Shows how tiles have changed aswell I got 7 different cutters plus cordless and 110 tools and edges up to 5m long I used to drive a Morris 1000 traveller back then now it's a VW t5 and that's too small ! Lol

 

[GAZ5518]

If I needed it...... Then I would buy it.
I've managed 36 years without a laser so I don't need it......... Would it make my life easier?.......... Maybe, but to spend £200 to find out imo.... Is a waste of money.
That's just my opinion...

have to agree.. I have a laser kit I bought 2 years ago ... It's Still in the box .. Never have used it..

 

[Italy]

have to agree.. I have a laser kit I bought 2 years ago ... It's Still in the box .. Never have used it..

because it is the wrong laser.