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Discuss Cutting sqaure 'holes' in porcelain in the UK Tiling Forum area at TilersForums.com.
on most jobs i set up an old bucket and fill it with water for weight,then i use this for setting tiles on for grinding,works a treat and it doesn't matter if you cut into it,its plastic.
on most jobs i set up an old bucket and fill it with water for weight,then i use this for setting tiles on for grinding,works a treat and it doesn't matter if you cut into it,its plastic.
Blimey, some of you take risks using those small grinders.
Anyway, i have a bench wet saw that i use for virtually every precise cut. For sockets, i pencil the tile out first and cut the amount that my blade will allow along said drawn lines. My blase will just about go through the back of a 10mm tile before 'overcutting. After i have 'cut' my square (which is too small to fall out of the tile on it's own), i then wet cut across 45 degrees to the points of the square. By this time 6 cuts should have been done. You will then be able to tap the tile through the middle of the square, then tidy up inner edges manually.
I might sound a bit of a knob here, but i find that most precision cuts should always be done with water. Much kinder to the tile!
So would you mess about setting your saw up for 1 plunge cut..?
Most certainly mate.
I can cheat a little when it comes to filling the machine up though. I always keep a couple of bricks in the van, jack the back of the machine up so i only have to put half a bucket of water in!
Takes about a minute to set everything up, maybe 10 minutes to cut the tile.
A tip!!....Put the pump in a bucket of water for single quick cuts....then you don't have to worry about putting bricks under the legs..
I do the bucket of water thing, keeps your pump clean. Do any of you guys put a drop or two of fairy liquid in? Keeps my hands nice and soft to.(Not)
I also like this, then use blade grinder with 75mm Montolit from above without touching the corners , no breaks google translatedI'd mark the FRONT of the tile
Drill out the corners to be safe:
Drill out the holes front to back
Then plunge cut the lines on a small wetsaw
looking through the holes of the tiles to see where I am cutting
That way you're guaranteed not to have any over runs.
Ignore the fact the demo is on a tiny tile.
If you have large porcelain tiles like this then doing everything from the front leaves less room for error.
Mistakes on BIG tiles are costly.. Drilling out sockets can be tricky
Results.. A socket in a tile
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