Tile Cutters and Tile Cutting Advice Forum. Find which tile cutter to use for each tile type, tile thickness, tile material. Some require wet cutters (or diamond edged disc cutters) and others such as ceramic, anything with a glaze, porcelain and suchlike should be able to be cut with a score and a snap type cutter. Push or pull handle cutters available so try a few before investing a lot of money in one. Or some hire shops hire out tile cutters which can be more economical.
- I recently borrowed a plasplugs wet tile cutter from a friend to cut some floor tiles. In his opinion this was a pukka bit of kit, easy to use etc, he did not have a bad word to say. I cut a few tiles with it but had real problems. Here is how it went… Tried to cut the tiles by sliding them along a fixed straight edge to get things dead straight but this did not seem to work. The cut seemed to have a mind of its own and I just could not get a straight cut. The […]
- I have just bought the Plasplugs Contractor Plus as my 1st wet cutter. It's a huge machine and i've gotta feeling id be better off with a small Plasplugs Pro or DWW082. As i do more residential work, i dont own a van and im just starting off and do tiling as a side/hobby thing… Then again i've read on the forums that tiles are getting bigger and customers prefer bigger tiles. The reason for me buying the contractor plus is coz i thought il only have to buy that once and it'l probably do most of the jobs. Whats […]
- Plazma cutter causing SPD failure?? Discussion ThreadPlazma cutter causing SPD failure?? Electrical Advice I've just had a potentially nasty issue involving a Burnt out, type 2 SPD. My customer has been using a small plasma cutter, I don't have the exact details of the unit to hand, but it does plug in to a standard 13a socket outlet This is a new 100a single phase TT supply to a small commercial unit. This was a very close call. The SPD, located directly next to the consumer mainswitch, had burnt out to such a degree, that it has (fortunately) taken out […]
- Not a full time tiler and questioning everything but..I need a wet saw to cut a lot of 45's in 20mm, 12" marble tile. Is the Sealey 180 a decent bench saw for a small but tricky job? Any other options anyone might suggest would be welcome.. thanks
- Hi all. Just wanting some advice and wondering what the pros in here are using nowadays for cutting large format porc? Ive been relatively lucky up until recently and been able to cut most of the tiles customers choose with my trusty DeWalt D2400 but I have a few wet rooms coming up with niches to cut around sloped ceilings and larger 1200×600 tiles and some outdoor porc 900’s that are too big to comfortably cut on the 2400 I was thinking of upgrading to the DeWalt D3600 but unsure if that’s even big enough? What are you all using […]
- My Husqvarna TS-230F wet saw has suddenly started being a lot more noisy when running – could it be bearing nose on the motor? Has anyone else noticed this? Cheers
- Hi, apologies if this has already been covered before but I couldn't find anything in the forum searches. ok so I'm an aerospace engineer by trade and carpenter by hobby, so I'm pretty capable at making things and have set my hand to refurbishing my en suite into a wet room. the plumbing, electrics and wedi board waterproofing has all been completed and successfully tested and now I'm ready for tiling. I'll be using Mandarin Stone Hendre creme 10mm thick 1200×600 porcelain tiles. I've previously used these for a floor in my sunroom and they went down well, I used […]
- Afternoon all, Has anyone ever used the above cutter. It can be used with a guide rail that will fit a 1200 tile which I seem to use more and more and looks to be a handy piece of kit if you have limited space to store a wet cutter. Thanks Rick
- yesterday I discovered what the titanium engraving wheel is for of my sigma (the gold color). I'm doing 30×60 polished 12mm, with lots of frosting and very hard support. with the normal wheel it was hard, every three cuts I had to take the grinder and trimming. I remembered having a titanium wheel that I used with structured tiles and it did not work. I mounted it and booom all the cuts ok.
- Currently using TX700N but obviously now too small for the 1200x600mm I'm increasingly being tasked with by customers. Up to now, I've been cutting the 1200mm length with angle grinder/diamond blade, but seeking advice on my next snap cutter from others experiences: So what's the skinny: Rubi, Siri Pro, Montolit or Sigma? Cheers
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