On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:12:43 -0000, wrote:

Two types of tile cutter I see widely used, the "table saw" type with
a diamond wheel and the tile slid through it (or the wheel slides over
the tile), - or the score-and-crack type.

Which would work best for large porcelain tiles (600mm by 600mm, about
8mm thick)?

I borrowed a friends table saw type (which is too small for these
tiles - but allowed me to at least try taking a slice off one edge) -
and it cuts them, smoothly but very slowly.

So do I need to get a hold of a larger/professional model, or is score-
and-crack better on porcelain?

I also need to do an irregularly shaped cut-out on a tile or two to
fit around a shower valve.

What is going to work well for porcelain tiles for irregular cut-outs?


I tiled our kitchen last year with porcelain floor and wall tiles and,
given the number of cut-outs needed and following advice on the Tilers
forum I bought a Wickes 720w tile saw and (having tried a cheap blade) a
Marcrist pro diamond disk. The result was considerably slower than score
and crack kit but there were NO wasted tiles and it handled the awkward
cuts with relative ease.

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rbel