thank you!!
John Rumm wrote:

hodah wrote:

having read all the previous posts, I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy
the plasplug tile cutter. Can anyone tell me how it does with curves?
Or even HOW to cut curves with a tile cutter?

Curves:

You can cut very slight curves just by following a line, however this is
only any good for very gentle curves. If you want a "real" curve or semi
circle, then the way I do it is to make repeated cuts into the tile
leaving "fingers" of tile at right angles to the line. This leaves a
"comb" effect on the tile:


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The fingers an now be snapped away very easily:

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And clean up using light latteral passes with the cutting wheel to
smooth out the resulting finger stumps. Each finger wants to be no more
than about twice the blade kerf.

And what do you all think
of using an angle grinder instead of a tile cutter?

As a general solution it is not ideal - and certainly not when working
indoors due to the *massive* amount of dust created. (tile cutters
suppress the dust with the water bath)

For some tiles (very thick travatine marble etc), then it can work well
if cutting outside, against a straight edge. You will need a very good
diamond disc with side polishing insets for good results however (there
is a Norton aerojet disc that screwfix do which is good for this -
however be prepared to pay £50 for a 115mm disc!)

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Cheers,

John.

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