Cutting porcelain tiles

honeymonster · Post by **honeymonster** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:12 pm

Hi everyone,

I'm doing some tiling soon using slate.

I need to do a couple of cuts that look like the attached picture, can someone please tell me how to do this?

I have a wet wheel cutter, not sure if I can use it or not?

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:05 am

Tile Saw Blade in a Coping Saw Frame.

Support the tile well as you move around the cut especially the returns to the edge if you don't they could snap off and you'll have to start again.

Similar to cutting round pan or pedestal.

Or buy a tile saw...

Scribe round the shape then cut.

Noise isn't very pleasant though.

Only-Me · Post by **Only-Me** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:59 pm

Be there all day with that

Just use ya wetsaw, and make sure it got plenty of water, cutting slate leaves a orrible paste that clogs ya cutter.

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:06 pm

Only-Me wrote:Be there all day with that

If your a girl

honeymonster, how many cuts you got to do?

Mudster · Post by **Mudster** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:05 am

I used to use an angle grinder with a diamond blade, with a little practice you can get quite a smooth curve,

honeymonster · Post by **honeymonster** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:58 am

Ok, thanks!

I only have 2 or three cuts like this to do.

I'll try the angle grinder, I need to get a non segmented blade though.

Thanks for the replies

bstyle · Post by **bstyle** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:40 pm

You need to score the curve with your manual cutter, to do this put a tile glaze side down onto your tile cutter bed, then place the tile with the curve on on top of the other tile and scribe away.

The glazed tile gainst the bed helps you move the tile to follow the curve.

Then as OM suggests, cut with a wet saw, lots of little fingers up to the score line, then knock off the fingers and neaten up (if required) with tile nippers and sanding stone.