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[Olz]

Wow, that is amazing


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[MakenaTile]

this is the first multi-directional entry mural I made. All different shades of Travertine with slate flowers.

top view of the pink one. Its 8 ft wide!

 

[jonnyc]

heres is the a project that has just been finished.
new build using mixture or porcelain and mother of pearl mosaic.
impey deck tray and tanking.

 

[Dan]

View attachment 42500 this is the first multi-directional entry mural I made. All different shades of Travertine with slate flowers.

View attachment 42501 top view of the pink one. Its 8 ft wide!

Lovely stuff that is!

 

[DHTiling]

Really nice work there Janna, do you use a ring wetsaw for those pieces. ?

 

[MakenaTile]

Yes- a Gemini Revolution XT ring saw. A water jet would be nice for cutting out the basic shapes I carve- like turtles. Way too expensive tho. My ring saw is getting old and I'll be trying a different option when I replace it. The baring still blow out too fast on the Revolution.

Right now I'm trying to invent a way to carve the slate without so much dust mess. I no longer have a shop- I was thinking of either making a box like for sandblasting- with shop vac or fan clearing my view (seems unlikely to work) or even getting a generator and driving out somewhere the dust wont matter!

Any suggestions?

Thanks everyone for liking what I make

 

[MakenaTile]

for Jonnyc

Wow- that's clean looking- so different than I've seen where I'm from. I haven't done installing in California- but in Hawaii they're still into the rustic look. Is this the look the UK is into? It challenges my brain to try think of what kind of mural would look good in a bathroom like that. Modern abstract? lol

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Love the 3D Turtles.

 

[MakenaTile]

 

[rainsco]

hi jonny, nice projekt with cool design. what kind of material is the wall and floor in pic 4 and 5? kerlite? format? that looks superminimal. what kind of gout do you use when you have glas or anykind of mosaik in the shower? the way you use the rails is nice. it musn´t be always rondec or quadec.

about the saw´s.. the king cut is not good quality. this is my second machine. the engine is very weak. you must have a good diamond disk. i think 15mm material is enough and exceptionally you can cut 20mm if its limestone. but its a machine for daily use because its so light and the conversion to 45 grad is absolutely perfekt. i use it daily when i need clean edges. (skirting boards for example). in my dreams i let this machine built in good quality with high end light material. my actual strategy is to buy it new all 5 years.

the meistergold is heavy and good quality. the single rail is a high end profile with stainless steel tracks on both sides. i have a external 250cm rail for this machine and use it on a self built platform for long cuts. it cuts absolutly perfekt. you can get the machine in diffrent power. i have the small one and its enough for 30mm granite. the "fahrbar" is the best joice. i always work alone and its a good thing. but there are diffrent negative things. the machine sprays a lot and if you end a cut you are completly wet. the handle is not balanced. its terrible. i modified it! if you use the machine you know the manufacturer is no tiler. its a good mechanical ingeneer but nor man with practice. its to heavy for one person. the englhard machines are sold with other labels on karl dahm. the manufactur is not far away. one of the causes why i buy the machine was the same 45grad conversion as the king cut. the table moves a half and the rail. thats i need all the time because of the better sight to the edges.

 

[Spud]

Yes- a Gemini Revolution XT ring saw. A water jet would be nice for cutting out the basic shapes I carve- like turtles. Way too expensive tho. My ring saw is getting old and I'll be trying a different option when I replace it. The baring still blow out too fast on the Revolution.

Right now I'm trying to invent a way to carve the slate without so much dust mess. I no longer have a shop- I was thinking of either making a box like for sandblasting- with shop vac or fan clearing my view (seems unlikely to work) or even getting a generator and driving out somewhere the dust wont matter!

Any suggestions?

Thanks everyone for liking what I make

Diamond laser 5000 diamond band saw

 

[jonnyc]

thanks , rainsco very informative .
you speak like a true german with an eye for detail and preciscion engineering.
I need to look in to these cutters as i just want a really good, precision small cutter , that can do heavy work. there is so much on offer in uk but with little longevity.
BAM seems to stand out but they are big saws and very heavy. i gues you cant have every thing. norton were also great.
Ive been buying lightweight italian aluminium cutters for last few yaers but life span is a joke.

i wonder how many tilers realise that a very large proportion of the best tiling products derrivate from germany.
i may be a little biased as i used munchen as my living base for many years as i travelled foreign fields and i did so because this city was a place of such oportunity in so many ways and i wasnt even a tiler at this point.
I just dealt in other products that by dint of fact being german were easy to sell anywhere.
I worked recently for an old friend i used to play squash with , who i had not seen for years who was a ships engineer for many many years .
he then started a very sucessfull marine salvage consultancy and thats when we met again when he wanted i like to think precison work in his bathrooms.
he told me a very interesting story , in that wherever he travelled as ships engineer in world, he was never afforded the standing that he got in germany , where in times of old when you had to declare your profession in passport, being noted as an engineer gave him an immediate upgrade in a hotel in germany alone.
engineering a highly regarded profession .indeed tiling also.

 

[jonnyc]

this is the job i was trying to show a week ago on page 41.
i still cant upload the video to show how we did this but do have some pics from cleaning it this week.
it was laid 5b years ago.
explanation of how we did it on prevoius page posteda week ago

 

[AliGage]

Just added a few images to my website gallery of a little job i'm on at the moment.

It's nothing major, just afew small floors on a new build. Gallery | | allistergage.comallistergage.com

 

[ishi69]

Hi Ali, clean neat work mate with good cuts but why don't you invest in a multitool or fein then you can cut the arcs at the bottom and tuck the tile underneath giving a nicer finish and saves on the time consuming cuts .