Score And Snap Tile Cutter

Dual steel rails guide a cutting wheel that scores the tile and a pressure pad that snaps the tile.

Score and snap tile cutter. Although you might think a hand tool would be slower than a machine after a little practice they re actually faster. Tile cutters by nature take longer to set up and use than wet saws. Here are the steps. You should move the scoring wheel across the tile firmly to create clean cuts.

Find tile cutters at lowe s today. This step ensures a marker or pen won. Sigma 14c scoring wheel for push klick klock handles 24 90. A cutting wheel runs along two guide rails and scores the surface of the tile.

Widely available in many styles at home improvement centers tile outlets and online retailers a snap cutter uses a non skid reinforced steel base that houses a rubber pad upon which the tile sits. You need to find your tile place it inside the cutter score the tile and finally snap the tile along the score. Cutting wheel scores and snaps wall and floor tiles. Leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to make straight cuts in ceramic tile with a manual tile cutter.

First draw the cutting wheel firmly across the surface of the tile deeply scoring the surface of the tile. Tile cutter with 1 2 in. Second re position the tile so then the snapping nubs of the tile cutter rest on top of the tile. The dual chrome plated steel rails offer smooth scoring while the rubber padded aluminum alloy breaker bar will not mar the tile.

Cutting tile with a snap cutter is a three part process. Sigma 2g 14 pull handle tile cutter 231 00 currently accepting backorders add to cart. After measuring the cutting dimensions mark where you intend to score the tile with a wax pencil. The score and snap tile cutter has a metal ridge and a tungsten carbide scoring wheel running parallel to it.

The hdx 14 in. Ishii tile cutter 25 1 2 big clinker 240 00. Get a manual tile cutter through amazon. A breaker bar or foot is then used to snap the tile in two.