Score and snap straight is easy. Score and punch for small holes like the faucet leads is easy.
But what is the best tool and method when cutting it to a large curved pattern, like the cutout for a deckmount oval tub?
Score and snap straight is easy. Score and punch for small holes like the faucet leads is easy.
But what is the best tool and method when cutting it to a large curved pattern, like the cutout for a deckmount oval tub?
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I use a rotozip with a 1/4" crosshatch tile cutting bit
In the tile dept of Lowes and HD they sell a bit for a jigsaw, it has carbide grit rather than teeth. The Hardie will still eat it up, but it should last for one bathroom project.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
another that works, if you already happen to have a beat up skil saw and a hardie blade, is to set the depth real shallow - just 1/4" so not much of the blade is engaging the work, Then you can make shallow turns like that pretty easy without binding things up.
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain
Ditto Fasteddie - the jigsaw blades available around here are called Rem-Grit and sold as individuals on cards. Also work well on ceramic wall tile - useless on floor tile.
I do enough tile work that I keep the blades which are too worn for tile - still work great for 1/4" Hardi.
Jim
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