On Sat, 19 May 2007 22:43:16 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Anyone used one of these? Is it reasonably quick or will it take ages per
tile - application is a whole half tiled bathroom.

Yes, but not for grout removal. It makes a great little mini-router for
inlay work in cabinetry. OTOH, Axminster sell their similar gadget more
cheaply.

It's not much use for grout removal. A vertical rod cutter just doesn't
cut quickly enough, can't shift the powdery grout out of the way fast
enough and is also too likely to wander and nick a tile. A lengthways
tool can work much faster, just because it has better access. Personally
I use a couple of different widths of power hacksaw blade epoxied into
wooden handles

A Multimaster shifts grout pretty well, but it's expensive overkill.
OTOH, the first time you have to saw a broken tile out, or hut ahole
for an extra pipe in situ, then a Multimaster can pay for itself. .