Dan Littman on tue 2 jul 96
You should be able to find tile cutters at any hardware store that caters to
contractors--lots of commercial contractors need tile cutters for bathroom
and kitchen work.--dan
pe_dresel@ccmail.pnl.gov on wed 3 jul 96
My opinion is that tile cutters are a real pain and you can expect a
fair bit of loss -- not so bad when working with commercial tiles but
I wouldn't want to loose that crucial piece in a hand-built project.
For straight cuts the best way to go is to rent a tub saw. This is a
saw with a water-lubricated diamond blade and a moveable guide to feed
the tiles. You can get them at most any rental place (in N. America
anyway). The tub saw is ok for corners, if you are careful. for
anything fancier, you can use the saw to trim out as much of the
excess as possible and then use either a rod-saw blade in a hack saw
frame to finish up or else then get out the tile cutters. If you do
use the cutters, nibble away little bits of tile. If you try to bite
off too much at once you may break the tile. You might try scoring
the tile in the right place with a glass cutter, first, to guide the
cuts.
-- Evan in too hot eastern Washington, USA
Leo Peck on thu 4 jul 96
If you are giong to be cutting your handmade tile and you have to maybe cut
some curves, use a small 4" hand held grinder with a fine diamond blade.
Trust me, it works wonders.
Leo Peck
http://users.aimnet.com:8000/~tcolson/pages/lpeck/lppage1.htm
JeffreyAsm on wed 10 jul 96
The best tile cutters for straight cuts come from Italy-Montolit or
Japan-Klinker and are available at major ceramic tile distributors, for
intricate work you need to invest in a wetsaw such as a Target or MK .
Tile Contractor
Birdfoot on sat 31 jan 98
I am looking for the tile cutters I've seen in several books, but never
offered for sale in the catalogs. I've looked in the back of the books
for suppliers, but have not had any luck. They are like a cookie cutter
with a spring-loaded plunger. I've seen several shapes...square,
octagonal, 2", 4"... Thanx in advance!
Dale in soggy NE N.C.
Stephen Mills on sun 1 feb 98
Dale,
The Tile cutters you mention would seem to be like "Harps" a
particularly UK/European thing. At Bath Potters Supplies we sell them,
but they are not cheap as you will see if you check out the catalogue
we've just got on-line on http://www.bathpotters.demon.co.uk
prices are in pounds sterling. Postage (also not cheap to outside the
UK) is extra.
Steve
BPS
Bath
UK
In message , Birdfoot writes
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am looking for the tile cutters I've seen in several books, but never
>offered for sale in the catalogs. I've looked in the back of the books
>for suppliers, but have not had any luck. They are like a cookie cutter
>with a spring-loaded plunger. I've seen several shapes...square,
>octagonal, 2", 4"... Thanx in advance!
>Dale in soggy NE N.C.
>
--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk
BPS website: http://www.bathpotters.demon.co.uk
Lewis Freed on sun 29 mar 98
Steve,
One of my students was admiring my tile cutters and he wondered what
the cost would be for the 4 1/4 inch square and the 6 inch square
might be plus the cost of postage? Thanks in advance.
Shirley Freed e-mail: lfreed@omni.cc.purdue.edu
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Don Jones on wed 10 may 00
Dear Group,
This message is to recommend tile cutters from Gordon Ward in Oregon. He is
a potter and and all around craftsman. I ordered two cutters from him and
he called me to make sure I had accounted for shrinkage. A very nice man
indeed.
When I received them I could barely bring up the courage to use them. They
are really beautiful: Oak plywood, copper cutting edge, brass screws,
elegant design, foam backed plunger. Very nicely done and easy to use. Not
cheap but not expensive either. Here's how to contact him:
Gordon Ward
50 West 30th Ave
Eugene, OR 97405
(541)343-7844
gordward@pond.net
Don Jones
http://www.highfiber.com/~claysky
Marty Morgan on tue 30 nov 04
I just purchased some tile cutters from Wade Black at www.tools4clay and
could not resist sharing my joy after using them! They are made of copper,
gorgeous to look at, and work like a dream - they cut, pick up the tile,
and then you push it out on a clean dry surface. Perfect!
(I am not related to Wade, etc...)
Marty Morgan
Gloucester, MA
Earl Brunner on tue 30 nov 04
They sound like the ones I have. One of my students showed me a really neat
trick. Get some of that plastic that they make dry cleaning bags out of. Lay
a layer of it on top of the slab of clay. And push your tile cutter down
through the plastic. It will stretch, but what it does is give a nice soft
roundness to the top edges of the tile.
Earl Brunner
Las Vegas, NV
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Marty Morgan
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:29 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Tile cutters
I just purchased some tile cutters from Wade Black at www.tools4clay and
could not resist sharing my joy after using them! They are made of copper,
gorgeous to look at, and work like a dream - they cut, pick up the tile,
and then you push it out on a clean dry surface. Perfect!
(I am not related to Wade, etc...)
Marty Morgan
Gloucester, MA
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