Yup I did many a tile job with the cheap small tile saw. Practical and portable.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 1, 2021, at 7:13 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > We laid down some 18"x18" tiles once - and I had to cut some notches, etc. > I used a cheap tile saw - the mini table saw type with the blade running in > a tray of water. You just cut the sides, then a bunch of parallel cuts in > the middle and knock out the tabs you just created. > >> On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 5:54 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Exactly, Diamond blade on angle grinder. Don’t use mastic on large tiles >> like that either. Use tile mortar. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 1, 2021, at 5:13 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Get a 4” diamond blade for an angle grinder. You can do it wet with a >> spray bottle to keep the dust down and the blade cool, or have someone hold >> a shop vac at the cut. >>> >>> --FT >>> Sent from iPhone >>> >>>> On May 1, 2021, at 12:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Wondering if anyone here has experience doing wall tile. I ask because >> I’m looking at some tile for a backsplash that’s 12” x 18”. Yes, those are >> big pieces, but we really like the pattern as it’s a three dimensional >> “wavy” sort pattern. >>>> >>>> I’m wondering how (or if) I can cut the openings for electrical outlets >> without breaking a tile. The studs are on 24” centers on the interior wall >> it will go on, so I could potentially space it so the joints are at the >> points where the receptacles are located, meaning I would just have to cut >> a rectangular section out on two adjoining tiles (like this: [ ] ) to make >> them fit as opposed to having to cut a rectangular hole in a single tile. >>>> >>>> ???? >>>> >>>> -D >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
