What tile cutter?

[satans worm]

Ok, a seriously dull question, but im about to tile a bathroom, ensuite, hallway and kitchen diner and as such looking to buy a 'wet' tile cutter.

The tiles are mainly marble, around 12mm thick, any pointers to what i should be looking for, will a cheapie from screw fix do it or is something more substantial needed?

Thanks

[215cu]

Something that thick will need something a little more powerful than a £30 cheapo.

Recently did 10mm thick stone tiles for the kitchen with a Plastiplugs one, very good it was too, not too pricey either, about £60. Worth buying an extra blade though if you have a lot of tiles to cut, another £10.

And some goggles, all cutters can throw up the old chip at the end of cut.

[jas xjr]

marble is quite a soft material.you will not need anything too mad. i managed to break some marble with my head once but thats another story....

[marctwo]

Get something decent. My builders bought a brand new 500W cutter to cut my 10mm tiles and it would barely do the job. Broke quite a few due to vibration and the natural weakness in the tiles due to the veins. I think 800W+ with a decent wheel should do the job.

[215cu]

anonymous said:

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Yeah the plastic guard is more to deflect the water than a safety guard.

Know what you mean about taking off 1mm - just to get it right I also had to trim the back of the tile because of a protruding socket box on one of its edges by running the edge of the tile across the blade.

No bother.

Top machine.

[marctwo]

215cu said:

Recently did 10mm thick stone tiles for the kitchen with a Plastiplugs one, very good it was too, not too pricey either, about £60.

This was the one my builders got and it really struggled with Marble.

[MrV]

Why not hire one ? must work out cheaper if you don't plan on doing a lot

[Autonotiv]

If you have a lot to do then i recomend the one below, you could allways then sell on at the end of the job, or get a second hand one off ebay.

http://www.transtools.co.uk/store/prod_5756/corded...

Best make for cutting, not to pricey.

A mate of mine bought one for a big job we are on (3 bathrooms, 2 cloak rooms, 1 kitchen, 1 utility) he is cutting travertine (sp) tiles 600mm x 600mm x 12mm with it and it goes through them like a knife through butter, very stable on the stand, and it re-uses the water.

Much better then any £60 heap of st.

HTH

Edited by Autonotiv on Monday 29th September 18:41

[bimsb6]

i bought a plasplugs one recently ,its rubbish . the design is good but the disc is too small and wears out quickly i went back to my old wickes cheapy on its original disc to finish the job .i was cutting porcelain tiles btw .

[V12Les]

Same as above.Also worth spending £70 or so on a 115mm angle grinder with a solid diamond blade, perfect for cutting round corners (like the bottom riser on a staircase).

[satans worm]

Thanks guys for your replies, it looks like the cheapie one from screwfix is out of the equation and instead its between plasplugs or a norton

http://www.transtools.co.uk/store/prod_5755/corded...

You know it always amazes me how many choices you have on just about any subject, no matter how mundane!!

[xllifts]

You need a RUBI cutter expensive but really good proffesionals like us use them

http://www.toppstiles.co.uk/section74/page1/non-po...

Edited by xllifts on Monday 29th September 21:22

[skeggysteve]

I got the Plasplugs one when SHMBO wanted 10mm tiles in the shower room, about £30 I think.

Very good bit of kit but very messy, water goes everywhere!

Like others I took the guard of, so much easier to do 'round cuts and minor adjustments'

Elf and safety anyone

[Simpo Two]

satans worm said:

Ok, a seriously dull question, but im about to tile a bathroom, ensuite, hallway and kitchen diner and as such looking to buy a 'wet' tile cutter.

The tiles are mainly marble, around 12mm thick, any pointers to what i should be looking for, will a cheapie from screw fix do it or is something more substantial needed?

Thanks

Right, I'm bang on here, having been faced with exactly this about three years ago (12mm travertine). I bought a Plaspugs tile cutter for about £30. It was just big enough, but more importantly, the water recycles so you can use it indoors (designs with a flat metal table just piss the water of the edges). The table tilts to 45 degress so you can cut angles/mitres as well, and the diamond blade was still going well at the end.

ETA: I left the guard on or else you get very wet and messy!

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 29th September 21:48