On 18 Jan 2005 04:27:08 -0800, wrote:

I have a tile cutter ( the £15 type) where you score once by moving
the arm down the slider then "sapping" the scored tile under the
bars by pressing the lever. However, when ever I do this on a length
15mm (the piece I need!) on a 140mm X 140mm tile, all I get is a
corner breaking off!!!. Is it just practice or is there a knack? Do I
need to score more than once?. The cutting blades is as new. Does it
need lubrication? Help please, I`m running out of practice tiles!!
As stated by another poster,you could use a ceramic power cutter but I
have done quite a few tiling jobs which have required numerous small
width sections and all i do is score it in the normal manner and then
part the bit i want from the rest of the tile by using a pair of
plastic "tile pliers". If you havent seen these they are like a pair
of hard plastic pliers,having twin upper jaws and a single lower jaw
which when closed,fits between the upper jaws. So then,with gentle
pressure at the ends of the score using these pliers,the score is
gradually weakened and the tile parts cleanly and easily,no problem.
Just clean up the edges with a tile file card,job done.