Posted a crown tile question a few days ago and I appreciate all the responses. I was doing a little brain-storming on the situation and was wondering about possible ways to cut inside and outside miters on ceramic crown tile. I use my grinder with a dry diamond blade alot for tiling, so I was “thinking”. What if I was to get a 10″ diamond blade for my miter saw and cut the crown like you would a piece of wood?Very slowly and carefully of course, but what do you think? Am I crazy? Or could this possibly work?
Mick
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I'd imagine in a big cloud of dust it could work....
but why not rent a wet saw with a sliding table...
and set the tile on an angled/ square jig...
and just run it thru?
After my favorite grinder burned up....and before I found out I could get it repaired for free....still under the one yr warrenty...I had to run out and buy one that day to keep the job moving....
so now...I have an extra. So my plan is to make up a "table grinder" like I saw a guy use once.
His was a grinder strapped inside a plastic milk carton..with a plywood table.
The grinder blade stuch outta the ply just like a table saw blade. He'd clamp a piece of 1x as a fence..then run his stuff thru.
I'm thinking maybe a grinder set at a 45 in a similar contraption may make life easier for ya.
Maybe I'll make mine a 2 position deal. 90 and 45.
Just have to plunge cut a 45 saw kerf and away ya go.
Jeff
Buck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Fine Carpentery.....While U Waite
might want to check the speed rating of that diamond blade and compare it to your miter saw rating, you'll have tons of dust everywhere including into the motor of your saw so maybe cover it with a couple of layers of nylon stocking, a freind of mine ruined a good skillsaw doing the same thing