Marble Tile Radius Cut

How to cut stone tile and marble tile with a wet tile saw.

Marble tile radius cut.

This official sponsor may provide discounts for members. As with ceramic tiles you can use a tile nipper tile cutter or electric wet saw to cut stone tiles. I read a review about the rubi tx 700 n is this a good cutter for what i. The process for cutting semicircles from the edge of tiles is similar to the technique shown for full circles.

A 15 radius is being cut in the travertine tile fast with an inside and outside cut at the same time. Because this will be a messy job and you ll need your garden hose you ll want to work outdoors. Aug 31 2010 1 looking for someone with a bit more experience of laying marble than i have. Hi everyone i need to buy a tile cutter to cut my tiles in the bathroom.

The wall tiles are 10mm marble and the floor tiles are ceramic. Thick piece of rigid foam. You can use an ordinary circular saw equipped with a diamond blade to wet cut your marble. 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.

Protect your marble slab by placing it on a 2 in. Marble tiles look great in a bathroom or kitchen but sometimes you may need a smaller piece of tile to fill in a gap. Most saws have tables that tilt to a 45 degree angle with respect to the blade to simplify this procedure. Easy way to cut curves in tiles.

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. The curve cut is being done on a 10 wet tile saw and a left blade i s. Smallest radius cut on a tile saw is 8 10 depending on the wet tile and a jig was used for the 8 cut. Using a wet tile saw helps to ensure that you don t shatter the stone or marble tile.

Can someone advise me of a good quality easy to use tile cutter for this job. Smooth the edges of the tiles you cut with a honing stone. With all the new tools we have today some methods have become outdated and time consuming. Mark your cutting line with a marker on a wide piece of tape.

The faster more efficient way to cut curves in tile. Do your cutting outside if possible. 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. Then rather than deepen the scoring cut simply remove the excess tile with straight cuts photo 1.

A tile saw is messy. You may need to bevel the edges of the tiles you cut to match the manufacturer s bevel. While ceramic tiles can be scored and snapped marble needs to be cut completely or else it will shatter.