Tiling tools – Manual tile cutters, professional tile cutter

How does the dressing stone work?
It happens that even with nearly new diamond blades or diamond core bits the cutting efficiency can appear to diminish after only a few cuts because of the following reasons:

1. The diamond tool may be of low quality manufacture or defective
2. The diamond tool needs to be dressed because the diamond crown may be clogged
3. The diamond tip may be broken

Regarding item 2 –
Principally, impairment of cutting efficiency and clogging can be caused when the diamond tool is used on many different materials, especially with universal or multipurpose diamond tools that are made for tile fixers.
Under a microscope the diamond chips look like mountains tops with valleys in between them. Naturally during the cutting operation grinding dust is created and with water this dust is turned into a paste which clings to the diamond crown and fills every space and crevice or ‘valley’, hence the cause of the clogging which will bury the diamond tips and make the whole surface smooth. Also, any heat generated during cutting will harden the ‘clogging paste’ too.

Now you understand why the blade or core bit won’t cut! It only rubs, bounces or burns the surface!!
If you use a specifically made diamond tool, such as for Marble, on another material, this is another cause of loss of cutting efficiency.

However all is not lost and in either case the diamond tool can easily be ‘brought to life’ by renovation using the Montolit dressing stone.

This dressing stone is abrasive and will recover and lift the diamond tips of tool returning it to ‘like new’ cutting capabilities. The clogged hard dust is cleaned out of the ‘valleys’ allowing the blade to breathe and cut again!!

Montolit have two types of Dressing Stones:
1. A Grey dressing stone which is composed of medium sized grains adapted for dressing dry use diamond tools for cutting stones, granite and building materials.
2. A White dressing stone which is composed of fine sized grains adapted for dressing wet use diamond tools for cutting marble and ceramic.

These Dressing Stones can be used with all sintered diamond tiling cutting tools.

ATTENTION!! DO NOT USE THESE DRESSING STONES TO REVIVE ELECTROPLATED DIAMOND TOOLS. THE ABRASIVE STONE WILL STRIP THE DIAMOND OFF THE CROWN

The Montolit Dressing Stones are manufactured in the following way:
The Dressing Stone are composed of a mix of Aluminium Oxide or Carborundum and an special ceramic bonding agent.

Exact measured quantities of each component is put into the mix which is molded to shape and then furnace heat treated at approximately 1280 degrees for 4 days!!

Humidity control is critical with this type of Dressing Stone. Keep it dry!!
IN CONCLUSION!!
Montolit Dressing Stones can easily help you renovate a used diamond blade or core bit.
So think about it before you condemn the Diamond Tool
It may have good life left in it, TRY DRESSING THE CROWN BEFORE GIVING IT UP!!!!

Hi, this message is for dealers. Do you want to meet our staff and to see/test our products? Are you thinking in representing us? We would like to inform you that we will attend at 2010 Hardware Fair in Koln (Germany).
Fair date: from 28 February 2010 to 03 March 2010
Our stand will be located inside Hall 4.1. nr. A3
It will be a pleasure to meet you!

The Montolit Tile Nibbler 55W, is a special nibbler, designed to cut hard, Gres porcelain, glazed and mosaic tiles.
The unique design of the Nibbler has produced advantageous lever handles, plus in particular, the two wheels made from tungsten carbide and coated in titanium, allow you to develop greater strength at the final cutting stage.
These are the principal reasons why the Tile Nibbler 55W is considered an “special” tool, which is essential for the Professional tile layer and mosaic worker.

Advantage:

- Precision
- Duration
(as you can see in the last part of the video,the wheels continue turning until worn out)
- Maximum pressure with little effort

The Nibbler Tile 55W it’s ideal for:

1) The finishing touches for tiles already cut
2) Makes irregular forms or shapes
3) Cuts mosaics for precise jobs
4) Bevel pincer for tile borders thanks to it’s special design

A prestigious tiling school from France made a complex tiling display (fountain) during the International Batimat Building Fair.
Masterpiuma and Slalom tile cutters, nibblers and diamond blades were successfully used by four young professional tile fixers when cutting the tiles for the display. The tiles were easily cut linear and even curved shape!
All of this “technical work” was realized during the fair, and in front of many people.
These young professionals aren’t just normal tilers – but “small” champions in their own right!
Why…? Look at their curricula:
Frederic Biaunier – world vice champion, European champion, champion of France at the building jobs Olympic 2007.
Stephen Machabert – honour certificate at the world championship, plus French champion at building jobs Olympic 2009.
Loic-Clement Lendaro – the best apprentice of France
Emeric Chalencon – 1° prize at Region Rhone-Alpes section apprentice tilers.
Congratulations to them all from Montolit

Technical video for professional tilers, building schools and building materials dealers.

The Montolit Manager for the development of new products presents for the first time a video detailing all of the technical characteristics and secret functions of the Masterpiuma Series Manual Tile Cutters.
This video is mainly for professional tile fixers and building material dealers who need to broaden their knowledge of the Masterpiuma Cutter to resolve real problems that arise within modern day ceramics.

Here is a quick summary of the video.

The structure of the machine:

The tile cutter Masterpiuma (P2 version) is a light, manageable and easy to use machine.
The principal components of Montolit’s manual tile cutter are aluminium and steel (nickel and chromium plated)
To protect the machine from possible damage, the geometrical square can be positioned in the perimeter of the machine. Thanks to the quality of the materials used to make this cutter, a box isn’t necessary for transportation.
The tile cutter is composed of an incision handle made from an aluminum fusion, mounted on a steel bar, a geometrical square for tile positioning and a support arm for big tiles (The support arm extends to hold 63P2; 75P2, 93P2; 125P2).
Two special holes in the frame have been created to hold a spare wheel and pin in each.

Four anti slip rubber feet (natural rubber) guarantee the stability of the tile cutter during operation regardless of surface type.
Two metal support tables, mounted on springs, perfectly accept all types of tile during the incision and cutting phase.

Here is another important ‘secret’ feature!  At the splitting position, inserted in the spine of the tile cutter, there is a heat treated steel insert. This adds strength to the body of the machine and also stops the aluminium casting wearing away when the tiles are ‘bent’ over the spine to split them.

A multi functional incision handle…!

The Montolit incision handle is a fundamental component of this manual cutter because it contains particular features useful in resolving the most complex problems found when using new generation tiles. These problems, usually only known by professional tile fixers, have taken on more importance in recent months because they are essential when laying the latest generation tiles.

Let’s look at the details of this multifunctional tile cutter:

The incision handle is purpose made with an ergonomic grip, designed to make it easy to hold during the cutting phase.
The incision handle allows the cutting of different width tiles without the need to regulate the height of the scroll bar.

For splitting the tile after incision, the incision handle is equipped with a dual splitting system, one fixed and the other automatically mobile.

On the top of the incision handle, there is an adjustment screw that regulates the tile width to avoid damage to delicate tiles – especially during diagonal cuts.
If the pressure is too great, without this regulation, the tile could be damaged as seen in the video.
To avoid breaking delicate tiles it is necessary to adjust the screw to the thickness of the tile and then use the ring nut the lock the screw. This ensures that the incision handle’s splitting feet don’t go lower than the chosen width.

Thanks to this simple but important device, even if you apply too much repeated pressure on the incision wheel, damage to the tile will be avoided.

A look at two other important features of the incision handle:

The hardened and milled roller allows easy sliding, during the cutting phase.

The incision wheel is made from tungsten carbide and coated in titanium, to give more flow and wear resistance.

Attention: after the incision the tile splitting takes place near the square (ideally the first 5cm). Normally at the end of the incision the handle is already in the correct position and no further adjustment is required before applying pressure to split the tile.

For 45° diagonal cutting the handle should be moved back towards the centre of the tile and, by lifting the handle up, the secondary splitting device is automatically lowered ready to split the tile.

Important! For best results don’t split the tile more than 5cm from the square.

The special geometrical square:

In the case of repetitive cuts with predefined measurement, it’s possible to use the stop.
The set measurement remains unchanged whatever angle
The geometric square enables the user to cut tiles at many different angles.
A strong regulation screw ensures the maximum precision for cutting at 90°
The measurement from the corner of the wall, in this case 28 cm, is easily achieved using the second graduated scale.
To cut at 45°, we advise the use of a suitable splitter.

The same dual splitting device coupled with a suitable rubber pad, is used to cut mosaics. For the incision of mosaics, light pressure is required.

As you can see in our video, the professional Montolit Masterpiuma series tile cutter cuts with extreme ease, especially the most widespread gres porcelain tiles, and incorporates different but simple functionality enabling the user to solve the most complex cutting problems which can arise with the new generation tiles such as the very hard, high thickness, glazed, thin (like Kerlite tiles), irregular and fragile tile.

1. Ordinary Trowel
WRONG. The shape of the handle makes that the centre of gravity gets wrong. It will increase the burden to the muscles on your wrist and “underarm”.

1. Jonsson Trowel
RIGHT. The shape and place of the handle gives better balance and reduce the burden on the muscle in the arm and hand.
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2. To cut on the floor
WRONG. Always have to get down on the floor gives you to much burden on your back, hips, knees and feet.

2. Tile Setters Table
RIGHT. The table makes it possible to work upright, and it saves your knee and back a lot.
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3. Wood handle
WRONG. A thin handle slides easy in your hand, and demands a heavy burden of the muscles.

3. Soft grip handle
RIGHT. A bigger handle with softer surface gives a better friction. Which gives you better grip and less of burden on the muscles.
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4. Tile cutter
WRONG. This type of cutter demands counteracted forces by hand and arm, which gives more burden to the muscles.

4. Tile cutter
RIGHT. Use the weight of the body and arm to cut. This type of cutter gives less burden to the muscles, and are a lot easier to use. See push or pull manual tile cutters post
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5. Cord lamp
WRONG. A naked lamp gives very strong light and increase the risk of dazzle. It also gives very sharp shadows, which complicates your work and makes your eyes tired.

5. Building lamp
RIGHT. You avoid dazzle because of the possibility to place the lamp free in the room diagonally from the rear. A better dissemination from the lamp reduce the shadows.
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6. Crawl
WRONG. To much static use of muscle gives very heavy burden on the whole body.

6. Working chair
RIGHT. Reduce the crawling and it therefor saves knees and back. The tiles are placed under the chair, which has wheels, and follows you under transportation.
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7. Jointing by hand
WRONG. A very high working burden on the whole body, when back, arms, hands and shoulders constantly are working. Also knee and ankle joint are constantly burden.

7. Jointing with a machine
RIGHT. The machine makes that the muscle burden are radical reduced. You don’t get any burden on your knee ore back, and you also get a very low burden on your arms and hands.
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8. Washing by hand
WRONG. By crawling on the floor all the time, you get a vary high burden on knees, ankle joint, back, shoulders and arms.

8. Washing with a machine
RIGHT. By avoiding crawling do you save the knees and back. You also avoid wet hands, which increases the risk of allergy.

Hey, do you have any comments or suggestions about this matter? Did you solve some problems in a special way? Please write us. We will share your experience with all the other tilers…Thanks for your help.