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The Natural Philosopher[_2_]

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)?

electric.

leave score and snap to people who do it a lot and have the knack.

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.

Wait till you try 25 mm sandstone..;-)

Yes, it does cut it..eventually.

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

no., just be patient.

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?

same again. cut lots of fingers, break then out, and clean up with the
saw tip or a carbide type file.