Grinding down ceramic tile
 

Hi,

A contractor built these very unattractive cubby holes in our bathroom
wall so we came with this brilliant idea to have custom made hammered
copper inserts and had those made in Mexico at a considerable cost. Of
course, they were made larger than the specs and they do not fit. I
can see the picture here.

http://freeboundaries.com/inserts.jpg

My first reaction is to grind the tile down a little bid around the
edges (only the edges of pieces facing the viewer) and I think that
might just get them in there.

Is there a tool that would do it for me "in place"? I do recall
drilling 1/4" holes in these tiles and that taking me about an hour
per hole so I'm apprehensive about the strength of the material. So
I'm open to ideas!

Thank you very much in advance,

Aaron Fude.

Grinding down ceramic tile
 

"Aaron Fude" wrote in message
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Hi,

A contractor built these very unattractive cubby holes in our bathroom
wall so we came with this brilliant idea to have custom made hammered
copper inserts and had those made in Mexico at a considerable cost. Of
course, they were made larger than the specs and they do not fit. I
can see the picture here.

http://freeboundaries.com/inserts.jpg

My first reaction is to grind the tile down a little bid around the
edges (only the edges of pieces facing the viewer) and I think that
might just get them in there.

Is there a tool that would do it for me "in place"? I do recall
drilling 1/4" holes in these tiles and that taking me about an hour
per hole so I'm apprehensive about the strength of the material. So
I'm open to ideas!

Thank you very much in advance,

Aaron Fude.

you can get a 4" side grinder that will do it with either a dry diamond
blade or a grinding blade. it will be incredibly noisy, dusty, and will
throw lots of small pieces of tile around. wear eye, ear, breathing, and
body protection. you'll also have to deal with the dust produced in keeping
it out of the rest of the house.

sure you don't want to just tell the place you bought them they're the wrong
size and they should fix their screwups?

Grinding down ceramic tile
 

charlie wrote:
"Aaron Fude" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi,

A contractor built these very unattractive cubby holes in our
bathroom wall so we came with this brilliant idea to have custom
made hammered copper inserts and had those made in Mexico at a
considerable cost. Of course, they were made larger than the specs
and they do not fit. I can see the picture here.

http://freeboundaries.com/inserts.jpg

My first reaction is to grind the tile down a little bid around the
edges (only the edges of pieces facing the viewer) and I think that
might just get them in there.

Is there a tool that would do it for me "in place"? I do recall
drilling 1/4" holes in these tiles and that taking me about an hour
per hole so I'm apprehensive about the strength of the material. So
I'm open to ideas!

Thank you very much in advance,

Aaron Fude.

you can get a 4" side grinder that will do it with either a dry
diamond blade or a grinding blade.

And if that is too big you can get mini diamond wheels for Dremel
tools.
About 1 1/4 diameter. You could use a sanding block with coarse
silicon carbide paper too. Power tool would be faster and messier.
You can also get tile cutting blades for saber saws.


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Grinding down ceramic tile
 

On Oct 1, 6:19 pm, "dadiOH" wrote:
charlie wrote:
"Aaron Fude" wrote in message
roups.com...
Hi,

A contractor built these very unattractive cubby holes in our
bathroom wall so we came with this brilliant idea to have custom
made hammered copper inserts and had those made in Mexico at a
considerable cost. Of course, they were made larger than the specs
and they do not fit. I can see the picture here.

http://freeboundaries.com/inserts.jpg

My first reaction is to grind the tile down a little bid around the
edges (only the edges of pieces facing the viewer) and I think that
might just get them in there.

Is there a tool that would do it for me "in place"? I do recall
drilling 1/4" holes in these tiles and that taking me about an hour
per hole so I'm apprehensive about the strength of the material. So
I'm open to ideas!

Thank you very much in advance,

Aaron Fude.

you can get a 4" side grinder that will do it with either a dry
diamond blade or a grinding blade.

And if that is too big you can get mini diamond wheels for Dremel
tools.
About 1 1/4 diameter. You could use a sanding block with coarse
silicon carbide paper too. Power tool would be faster and messier.
You can also get tile cutting blades for saber saws.


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Hi,

Thanks for advice. Would you be able to send me a link to the mini
diamond wheels that you are talking about. I'm not sure if the guys at
home depot would know what you are talking about.

Thanks again,

Aaron

Grinding down ceramic tile
 

"Aaron Fude" wrote in message
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On Oct 1, 6:19 pm, "dadiOH" wrote:
charlie wrote:
"Aaron Fude" wrote in message
roups.com...
Hi,

A contractor built these very unattractive cubby holes in our
bathroom wall so we came with this brilliant idea to have custom
made hammered copper inserts and had those made in Mexico at a
considerable cost. Of course, they were made larger than the specs
and they do not fit. I can see the picture here.

http://freeboundaries.com/inserts.jpg

My first reaction is to grind the tile down a little bid around the
edges (only the edges of pieces facing the viewer) and I think that
might just get them in there.

Is there a tool that would do it for me "in place"? I do recall
drilling 1/4" holes in these tiles and that taking me about an hour
per hole so I'm apprehensive about the strength of the material. So
I'm open to ideas!

Thank you very much in advance,

Aaron Fude.

you can get a 4" side grinder that will do it with either a dry
diamond blade or a grinding blade.

And if that is too big you can get mini diamond wheels for Dremel
tools.
About 1 1/4 diameter. You could use a sanding block with coarse
silicon carbide paper too. Power tool would be faster and messier.
You can also get tile cutting blades for saber saws.


- Show quoted text -


Hi,

Thanks for advice. Would you be able to send me a link to the mini
diamond wheels that you are talking about. I'm not sure if the guys at
home depot would know what you are talking about.

Thanks again,

Aaron

yes they will. it's in the tile department with all the other diamond
blades. they look like

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46152

Grinding down ceramic tile
 

Aaron Fude wrote:


Thanks for advice. Would you be able to send me a link to the mini
diamond wheels that you are talking about. I'm not sure if the guys
at home depot would know what you are talking about.

http://www.dremel.com/en-us/attachme...attachment-acc
essory-category.htm?H=188549

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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico