Silverline 930166 TCT Circle Tile Cutter 20 - 94 mm

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If possible, get one with an adjustable guide as you can then ensure that your tile stays straight while cutting it. You will also then get a nice crisp line.

Keep visitors, children, and bystanders away when you’re cutting a hole in tile. You can easily lose control of your equipment if you become distracted. Protective Equipment Step 3 – Fill Water Reservoir: Lift up the reservoir flap and ensure the drain plug is pushed firmly in the drain hole and then pour in around a cup of water

Before any cutting can take place the shape that needs to be created first needs to be transferred on to the tile. Draw a circle on the tile with a pencil or permanent marker. Then, attach your hole saw to your drill. Tile Nips: Although not strictly used for cutting tiles, tile nips are ideal cutting shapes, curves and odd angles where accuracy in your cutting is of prime importance. Simply use them to “nip” away as small chunks of the tile until you get the shape you desire and then tidy it up using a file for or carborundum stone

Angle grinders with diamond cutting bladescan also help with creating circles in tile. Angle grinders gradually remove small amounts of material until circles form. The holes’ edgesare rougher than those created with hole saws. Preparing for Your Cut Replace the diamond-tipped bit with a diamond-coated grinding bit to smooth the hole’s edges. Rinse the dust off in a sink, or remove it using a vacuum. Tile Cutting Safety Precautions Tile cutting tools include both manual and electric options. Manual options cost much less, but require a fair amount of exertion, and so are best for small jobs only. Electric tile-cutting tools can handle large jobs, but are of course much more expensive. There are a few different types of both manual and electric options. A grinder will get the hole started and allow you to break through the tile. After the circle has been started, the second step is to shape and smooth it with a shaping tool. This process takes longer and is less precise than using a hole saw. Also called a rail cutter, this is a basic but valuable manual tile cutting tool. This 24-inch snap tile cutter from QEP has a 7/8-inch tungsten carbide scoring wheel that creates a scored line enabling the breaker bars to produce a clean, effective snap. Models with even larger rails are available, but this model usually meets the needs of most tile projects. You can use it to cut up to 24 inches straight across a tile, or to make cuts up to 16 inches diagonally. The maximum cutting depth is 1/2-inch.The drill bit should be the smallest you have to start with. You can then work upwards in drill size until you have the desired size hole. They are much denser due to the fact that they are fired at higher temperatures using a lot more pressure than standard ceramic tiles. Most fixings you will use in the bathroom require a red wall plug and a 6 or 7mm hole, you should start with a 3mm hole first, right into the score mark you have made, then go up to a 5mm drill bit, then 7. This makes the operation far less likely to break tiles. Do not put force on the drill, just gentle pressure. For example, if you are tiling a kitchen or bathroom wall, the most common cut you’re going to need to make is a straight line cut when cutting a tile to fit a specific gap. For this the best tools to use would be the tile scribe, manual tile cutter or electric tile cutter as each will give you a nice straight cut.