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A wet disk tile cutter for the price of a basic dry cutter?
What's the catch here?
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pain...ling+Tools/QEP +Diamond+Wheel+Wet+Tile+Cutter+450W/d150/sd3286/p10565 |
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A wet disk tile cutter for the price of a basic dry cutter?
On 03/12/2013 10:06, Cursitor Doom wrote:
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pain...ling+Tools/QEP +Diamond+Wheel+Wet+Tile+Cutter+450W/d150/sd3286/p10565 None really, its about the going price for a small machine. Note there is a limit on the size of tile that these can do easily - about 12mm thick (max), and probably about 10" square. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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A wet disk tile cutter for the price of a basic dry cutter?
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Cursitor Doom wrote: What's the catch here? http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pain.../sd3286/p10565 It has a very small bed - only a foot square or so. Something like 2ft x 2ft is more like it - unless you're only ever dealing with small tiles. -- *I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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A wet disk tile cutter for the price of a basic dry cutter?
On 03/12/13 11:00, John Rumm wrote:
On 03/12/2013 10:06, Cursitor Doom wrote: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pain...ling+Tools/QEP +Diamond+Wheel+Wet+Tile+Cutter+450W/d150/sd3286/p10565 None really, its about the going price for a small machine. Note there is a limit on the size of tile that these can do easily - about 12mm thick (max), and probably about 10" square. FSVO 'esily' I have in fact cut much largetr slates and even a 1" thick sandstone paving slab..before I have up and hired a serious diamond wheeled stone cutter and did in 5 seconds what had taken 15 minutes. The bloke in the shop looked surprised 'something wrong'?' 'No: finished: I only needed it for 10 slabs and it ****ed through them' -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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A wet disk tile cutter for the price of a basic dry cutter?
On 03/12/13 11:06, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Cursitor Doom wrote: What's the catch here? http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pain.../sd3286/p10565 It has a very small bed - only a foot square or so. Something like 2ft x 2ft is more like it - unless you're only ever dealing with small tiles. you don't have to have the tile fully supported. Its only a help to keeping it at the right angle and location. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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A wet disk tile cutter for the price of a basic dry cutter?
On 03/12/2013 13:12, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/12/13 11:06, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Cursitor Doom wrote: What's the catch here? http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pain.../sd3286/p10565 It has a very small bed - only a foot square or so. Something like 2ft x 2ft is more like it - unless you're only ever dealing with small tiles. you don't have to have the tile fully supported. Its only a help to keeping it at the right angle and location. Yes. You can take the guide off and freehand cut tiles that won't fit. I've also removed the guard, rested one edge of the tile down and lowered it to cut into the middle of a tile - allowing me to cut most of each of the four sides of a rectangle out of the middle of a large tile squarely, finishing off with a hand saw. SteveW |
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A wet disk tile cutter for the price of a basic dry cutter?
On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:00:25 +0000, John Rumm wrote:
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pain...ling+Tools/QEP +Diamond+Wheel+Wet+Tile+Cutter+450W/d150/sd3286/p10565 None really, its about the going price for a small machine. Looks like a "modernised" version of the old smaller Plasplugs machine. Indeed it looks remarkably similar to the current Plasplugs models... Perfectly fine for most tile work undoubtly slower than scratch 'n pray but you can do things that with scatch 'n pray would be impossible or very tricky. Like taking a 10 mm tapering to 5 mm bit of the edge of a tile. And as others have said freehand cutting to cut out a slot or center area. Use it outdoors as even with the guard it'll still spray mucky water quite a distance. -- Cheers Dave. |
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A wet disk tile cutter for the price of a basic dry cutter?
On 03/12/2013 17:21, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:00:25 +0000, John Rumm wrote: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pain...ling+Tools/QEP +Diamond+Wheel+Wet+Tile+Cutter+450W/d150/sd3286/p10565 None really, its about the going price for a small machine. Looks like a "modernised" version of the old smaller Plasplugs machine. Indeed it looks remarkably similar to the current Plasplugs models... Yup, looks much the same as the plasplugs one I have. Perfectly fine for most tile work undoubtly slower than scratch 'n pray but you can do things that with scatch 'n pray would be impossible or very tricky. Like taking a 10 mm tapering to 5 mm bit of the edge of a tile. And as others have said freehand cutting to cut out a slot or center area. No need for this to be an either / or situation. I tend to use both for most tiling jobs. Score and snap for the easy straight cuts cos its quick and mess free, and the wheel for anything more complicated like cutouts and narrow rips etc. Use it outdoors as even with the guard it'll still spray mucky water quite a distance. I also find the more use use it between water changes, the messier it gets. (i.e. it starts spraying cleanish water, and ends up throwing tile biscuit soup! -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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