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Cutting Travertine Tiles
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I need to cut some circular holes in some travertine floor tiles to accommodate some floor lights which are about 5cm diameter. Any suggestions for the best tool to cut a good circular hole?? Andy |
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Cutting Travertine Tiles
"Andy" wrote in message . .. Hi, I need to cut some circular holes in some travertine floor tiles to accommodate some floor lights which are about 5cm diameter. Any suggestions for the best tool to cut a good circular hole?? Andy ============= You could try a tile cutting jigsaw blade - available from Wickes. It works very well with ordinary wall tiles with no edge cleaning required afterwards. Cic. |
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Cicero wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message . .. Hi, I need to cut some circular holes in some travertine floor tiles to accommodate some floor lights which are about 5cm diameter. Any suggestions for the best tool to cut a good circular hole?? Andy ============= You could try a tile cutting jigsaw blade - available from Wickes. It works very well with ordinary wall tiles with no edge cleaning required afterwards. Cic. Yerrs...I was thinking abrafile..but this is better..need a diamond ideally ..and you SHOULD be able to rwap emery paper around a bit of pipe and get the final finish pretty good, but it takes a lot of tume to sand marble... |
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Cutting Travertine Tiles
Andy wrote:
I need to cut some circular holes in some travertine floor tiles to accommodate some floor lights which are about 5cm diameter. Any suggestions for the best tool to cut a good circular hole?? Just use a HSS hole saw. |
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Cutting Travertine Tiles
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
it takes a lot of tume to sand marble... Time? Not really, it's rather soft stuff. |
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Cutting Travertine Tiles
Chris Bacon wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote: it takes a lot of tume to sand marble... Time? Not really, it's rather soft stuff. Not as soft as balsa wood..and Ive spent all day sanding that in my time :-) |
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