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[Peter]

Go on name them...I will get you started :smilewinkgrin:

1, Cutting Hardibacker.

2. Keying walls

3.Raking joints

4. Scribing curves


Whoops, could have sworn there were more uses :lol:

 

[beanz]

Do you like their knifes? I think they are so time consuming for use with Hardi. I prefer cutting with an old handsaw. I can see it being useful for everything else though accept its designed purpose lol

The only problem with using a saw, is the dust.. That stuff is BAD for you! I usually use a stanley on the 6mm board, but it's no good for the 12mm.. Does the Hardie knife work on 12mm? Or, after reading Bubblecraft's post, should i be asking if the knife works at all??

 

[Jeff the tiler]

Must be my van without it any other tools would be redundant! Must be a week this week of broken scrapers. Just snapped mine in two after many years. It was a good friend but i think asking it to lift a 60 x 60 at it's old age was to much for the poor fellow

 

[Bubblecraft]

The only problem with using a saw, is the dust.. That stuff is BAD for you! I usually use a stanley on the 6mm board, but it's no good for the 12mm.. Does the Hardie knife work on 12mm? Or, after reading Bubblecraft's post, should i be asking if the knife works at all??

It works as a scribe. Won't cut all the way through so when you snap it, it feathers as it does when using a knife. An old handsaw does the job great though it knackering. It's as harmful as mixing rapid set, plaster or OPC. At the end of the day, it's a cement based product. Here's one from today using a handsaw.

 

[beanz]

It is made of silica, which is carcinogenic

 

[Bubblecraft]

You learn something new every day

 

[charlie1]

stanley knife for backer boards for me! although i did cut some with jigsaw this week

 

[beanz]

Yeah, I was a bit shocked when reading through the instructions... If they are worried enough about it, to tell you to not even sweep the dust up, it's gotta be dodgy lol!

 

[ifindoubtgrout]

rollers for washboy,its a long day without them.

 

[taffy]

my radio :smilewinkgrin:

100% agree, always a happy tiler with sounds