glass mosaic cutting - TilersForums.com

[lucius]

Doing some glass mosaic work and need to do some cutting i see that their are some hand cutters on sale, 2 wheel jobbies, do they work? or what are the options.
Lucius

 

[david campbell]

you are better with a wet saw,i take it this is your first time tiling with these,beacuse if you try and do these with a manual cutter it'll be like standing in the bottom of a glass bank!

 

[cornish_crofter]

By a wet saw I assume you mean a standard wet tile cutter?

I've got exactly the same problem and I was using an old plasplugs cheapie with a knakered disk and bearings that make interesting noises.

I've just come back from Plymouth with the £60 plasplugs cutter, probably could have bought better, but I liked the fence arrangement on this one. It should help me hold the tile better.

CTD suggested using scoring and tile nibblers. That worked to a point, but where the cut end is gainst the trim I wanted a cleaner cut.

That old tile cutter was so noisy I thought the wheel was going to come off and take my fingers with it!

 

[DHTiling]

Doing some glass mosaic work and need to do some cutting i see that their are some hand cutters on sale, 2 wheel jobbies, do they work? or what are the options.
Lucius

Once you get the knack of using them, they work great on glass mocaics...


Here's a quality set from TT.....


Wheel Nippers

Price: £13.80 £15.87 Including VAT at 15%




http://www.tradetiler.com/acatalog/tile_nippers.html

 

[doug boardley]

the link won't open for me Dave, how do they work then?

 

[DHTiling]

They work by taking thin slithers off rather than nibbling doug...you can cut thiner pieces off then traditional nibblers..

 

[doug boardley]

need to order a new blade for my cutter,slip a pair of those on t'order as well i think! Cheers mate!

 

[Fred]

So you push them along the tile and then cut it off, or does it cut as you go?

 

[DHTiling]

Si..they work like scissors.....

 

[Fred]

Be good to0 see them on a video link being used as I'm interested in investing in them.