Re: ATM Porcelain verses ceramic tiles

[astro <astro@cfl.rr.com>]

I use tile nippers, remember to wear safety glasses.

Frank J. Sperl

"Thomas A. Moulton" wrote:
> 
> That is the advantage of the smaller tiles...
> 
> I have enjoyed this thread, learned a lot about tiles.
> 
> tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mjc5" <mjc5@psu.edu>
> To: <atm@shore.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 5:01 PM
> Subject: Re: ATM Porcelain verses ceramic tiles
> 
> >
> > It is *really* hard, especially for the 1 inch or smaller tiles. I
> > originally tried scoring with a glass cutter then giving the tile a good
> > hit after trying to balance it on a piece of coathanger wire. NO go
> > there, so I put the scored tile in a vise, with the score a bit above
> > the clamp point. This worked after a fashion, about a 50% success rate.
> > I finally just omitted the tiles that stuck over the edges of the tool,
> > and solved the whole problem.
> >
> > - Mike -
> >
> > Adam Perkins wrote:
> >
> > > How do you cut porcelain without a tile saw?