"John McGaw" wrote in message
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"Jason" wrote in message
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Hi all.

I am near completion on my first ever attempt at laying tile. I am
using
12
x 12 ceramic glazed tile on my bathroom floor and am at a stand still on
attempting to cut a hold for the toilet flange. I first tried a Dremel
with
a tile cutting bit, it failed. Then I tried cutting the tile across the
angle and nipping a semi circle in each half, and that just got me about
4
broken tiles. I am now just considering cutting across the center of
the
tile as the length of the base will hide the 5 inches or so missing from
the
center (across the entire tile). I just thought I would post here to
see
if
anyone had a suggestion before I did this.

Thanks

I've had excellent luck using a dry diamond blade in an angle grinder.
Even
managed to cut out openings for double outlet boxes in the middle of 12X12
tiles while doing a backsplash. It is just a bit more difficult cutting
clean curves but once you get the knack of nibbling away the waste it is
almost trivial. Damned dusty operation though and best done outdoors with
a
breeze to carry the cloud toward a neighbor you hate. ;-)
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

if you need a clean curved edge, you can dress it up by using either the
side of the wet saw blade, or a wet diamond grinder (available at a stained
glass shop).