Tips on using an angle grinder - Tile Advice

[Spare Tool]

Haha I wouldn’t even try that method on anything over 600 Andy.

Thats just about as big as they get round here anyway..

 

[widler]

I bet anyone if you cut these, and 90m2 of this crap, and don’t get a chip, no matter what blade grinder or false teeth you are using, i will give you my wife for twenty five years
Worst porcelain ive ever used

 

[Old Mod]

i will give you my wife for twenty five years

Is there anything else on offer Craig?
Don’t need any more women in my life!

That’s no reflection on your wife of course Craig, one at a time is more than enough.

 

[Spare Tool]

I bet anyone if you cut these, and 90m2 of this crap, and don’t get a chip, no matter what blade grinder or false teeth you are using, i will give you my wife for twenty five years
Worst porcelain ive ever used

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Turkish?

 

[Old Mod]

Turkish?

Doesn’t look Turkish in her photos Andy.

 

[Spare Tool]

Doesn’t look Turkish in her photos Andy.

Hahaha Burnley born and bred I think..

 

[dg-1984]

Any more hints and tips?
How do you secure your work piece down for cutting?
Do you use the handle that comes with the grinder?
Do you rest your hand as a guide on the tile to balance the grinder?

 

[Flintstone]

I don't clamp tiles generally, only if it's a cut where it won't balance or its vibrating excessively

 

[Spare Tool]

I hold grinder in right hand, blade to the left and put my left hand thumb on the guard and fingers of LH on the tile to steady cut, wouldn't try that with Julian's grinder though..

 

[dg-1984]

I did try it not clamped sitting on an offcut of carpet but felt the tile was vibrating a little and seemed to chip a little more, so I just clamped it and made it easier to cut but clamps etc get in the way and as it's a split face tile not easy to clamp it flat, maybe a weight such as a beanbag could weigh it down enough and absorb some vibration.

 

[dg-1984]

I hold grinder in right hand, blade to the left and put my left hand thumb on the guard and fingers of LH on the tile to steady cut, wouldn't try that with Julian's grinder though..

Will give this a try thanks. So you are just holding the grinder with right hand and guiding with the left?

 

[widler]

Hahaha Burnley born and bred I think..

Brierfield

 

[Dumbo]

Saw a tip on insta other day..on an L cut scribe score both lines then go in with grinder from the waste corner to corner where both scores meet and snap the two pieces independently on scribe cutter.. Yet to try it but sounds like it would work..

I do that drill, score , grind but break with a sigma separator

 

[Just Rizzle]

if im on a site i put down some wet sand put tile on top and cut through. the wet sand cools and lubs the blade. for porceline tiles may use with a moist sponge against the blade. have been using this technique for twenty plus years H and S would have a fit lol
i always score the tile first and cut to the right have guard on

 

[LM]

I did try it not clamped sitting on an offcut of carpet but felt the tile was vibrating a little and seemed to chip a little more, so I just clamped it and made it easier to cut but clamps etc get in the way and as it's a split face tile not easy to clamp it flat, maybe a weight such as a beanbag could weigh it down enough and absorb some vibration.

Just use a half bag of addy or a bag of grout