Punch with care
Dec. 15th, 2015 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrI used to lay out and cut tiles with a ruler and square, or a foam-core template; then I got a commission for a full kitchen backsplash/surround, 21 linear feet of 4x6" tiles. I priced a few commercial tile cutters, but decided it would be cheaper by far to make my own.
This is my punch cutter. It's made from sheet brass, folded and screwed to a base plate of 1" sub-flooring. There's a spring-loaded plunger made of metal conduit that presses a piece of half-inch plywood inside the die against the clay, popping the finished tile out onto a square of drywall.
This is my punch cutter. It's made from sheet brass, folded and screwed to a base plate of 1" sub-flooring. There's a spring-loaded plunger made of metal conduit that presses a piece of half-inch plywood inside the die against the clay, popping the finished tile out onto a square of drywall.
