Marble Tile Radius Cut

You can use either a wet saw to make straight lines or an angle grinder to make curves as long as you have a diamond blade.

Marble tile radius cut.

While ceramic tiles can be scored and snapped marble needs to be cut completely or else it will shatter. As with ceramic tiles you can use a tile nipper tile cutter or electric wet saw to cut stone tiles. Hi everyone i need to buy a tile cutter to cut my tiles in the bathroom. Because this will be a messy job and you ll need your garden hose you ll want to work outdoors.

You start by marking the cut and scoring the face of the tile on the line. Marble tiles look great in a bathroom or kitchen but sometimes you may need a smaller piece of tile to fill in a gap. Protect your marble slab by placing it on a 2 in. Do your cutting outside if possible.

Using a wet tile saw helps to ensure that you don t shatter the stone or marble tile. How to cut stone tile and marble tile with a wet tile saw. With all the new tools we have today some methods have become outdated and time consuming. The curve cut is being done on a 10 wet tile saw and a left blade i s.

Cutting marble tile tiling. You may need to bevel the edges of the tiles you cut to match the manufacturer s bevel. The wall tiles are 10mm marble and the floor tiles are ceramic. Then rather than deepen the scoring cut simply remove the excess tile with straight cuts photo 1.

Describing how to cut a curve in a tile by initally creating a template and slowly cutting to create the curved shape tile was cut using a erbauer erb337tc. Smooth the edges of the tiles you cut with a honing stone. Smallest radius cut on a tile saw is 8 10 depending on the wet tile and a jig was used for the 8 cut. A 15 radius is being cut in the travertine tile fast with an inside and outside cut at the same time.

This official sponsor may provide discounts for members. The faster more efficient way to cut curves in tile. Mark your cutting line with a marker on a wide piece of tape. Cutting curves in tiles is one of those methods and you can now cut smooth decorative curves and cut outs in ceramic and porcelain tiles with ease.

Most saws have tables that tilt to a 45 degree angle with respect to the blade to simplify this procedure. Aug 31 2010 1 looking for someone with a bit more experience of laying marble than i have. Thick piece of rigid foam. You can use an ordinary circular saw equipped with a diamond blade to wet cut your marble.

A tile saw is messy. I read a review about the rubi tx 700 n is this a good cutter for what i. However there are two other methods you may choose for this material.