1200 x 1200 Large Format Tiles

[lewie]

I'm looking to buy a cutter so that I can snap 1200 lsqaure really hard porcelain tiles (Micron's). The Rubi 1200 XN won't touch them. I've just completed a job with the same tiles but in a 1200 x 600 size and ended up having to angle grind the long lengths. I scribed the short lengths with my Sigma and tapped them on the back with a hammer to break them but the same method wouldn't work on the long cut without damaging the tile. I now have some 1200 x 1200 to do. Yippee! Any ideas ?

lewie

 

[Gazzer]

Do you not have a wet saw. Some of these tiles these days just wont break clean.

 

[lewie]

Yes mate but the tiles are too big for it. Was thinking along the lines of a DeWalt DWC410 Hand Held Wet Saw. What do you use ?

 

[Gazzer]

I have one but it rarely gets used. I would use a decent table saw for those, i asume you have a bridge saw ?

 

[lewie]

Only got a contractor plus with a macrist blade as I use an angle grinder on anything bigger. A bridge saw that's able to cut these babies is very expensive and it's hard to justify the spend. I guess it may be the way to go.

 

[AliGage]

I think the bigger formats are the way things are heading so it'll pay for itself in the end.

 

[Mr Tiler]

so it wont be called tiling soon it will be called slabbing lol

 

[Thespanishtiler]

Use the dewalt hand saw with a pump up water feed and a 1500 rail off a dewalt plunge saw.

I use this set up on 1200 marble slabs, use a dna blade with an adapter shim.

 

[lewie]

I don't want to sound brain dead but I've no idea what a 'dna blade' is. Also, can you buy the 1500 rail on it's own and if you can where do you get it?

 

[Gazzer]

DNA blade is a diamond cutting wheel from Montolit.