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Cutting Curves Is No Problem
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Cut Miters on Stone As Easily As Wood: Fancy borders or stripes, called “listellos” in tile lingo, are a popular decorative feature that often requires miter cuts to fit around corners. A diamond wet saw makes these cuts effortlessly with the technique shown in Photo 9.
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2. Diagonal Cuts: Sight down the cutting mark and align it with the blade. Hold the tile in this position and guide it through the saw. Wear safety glasses.
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Notching for Corners: 3. Cut along both lines until the cuts intersect in the corner. Break out the waste piece.
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4. Invert the tile on the sliding bed, then saw from the back of the tile to remove the remaining bit of tile and create a clean corner. You can cut a little past the corner on the backside.
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Cut an Inside Curve: 5. Cut away excess material with two angle cuts. Then make a series of cuts to the curved line about every 1/2 in. For the cleanest breaks, try to cut at a right angle to the curve, as if you were cutting the spokes of a wheel.
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6. Snap off the sawed sections with a tile nipper or by tapping each with the handle of a screwdriver or trowel.
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7. Tilt up the front edge of the tile and clean up the cut by shaving away the excess. Remove no more than 1/16 in. at a time.
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Slice a Silver: 8. Butt a scrap of tile against the edge of the tile you want to trim. Push both pieces through the blade, using the basic cutting technique (Photo 1). Repeat this process until you’ve trimmed enough. Each pass will remove 1/8 in. or less.
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Cut Miters With a Block: 9. Hold the tile trim against a block of wood cut at a 45-degree angle. Guide the tile through the saw to cut the angle.
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Prevent Chipping: 10. Press both halves of the tile together until the cut is complete to prevent the tile from breaking and chipping at the end of the cut.
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