Tiling tools – Manual tile cutters, professional tile cutter

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.