Hi Paul. You are a very good teacher. The video reminds me of how dad taught me how to cut tiles and how he encouraged me to have a go. The first cut is always the hardest but practice and confidence leads to great results. The first tool you used has a serious flaw in that the cutting wheel can veer “off track”. I can see a future project……. Designing a movable guide to prevent the veer. 👏👏👍😀
Hi Stuart, I'm constantly amazed by people who won't tackle even simplest DiY jobs. I just think they must have so much spare cash ??! I would normally never pay somebody to do a job I can do myself with a reasonable level of time and effort. And if I don't know how to do a job I'll try to learn. Cheers
It's funny because as I watch this video I'm recovering, and somewhat nodding off after a day of helping a buddy couple of mine to do their own fairly big kitchen counter back splash in 4x12 inch tiles. He ran the diamond saw in a way that rapidly improved to nigh on perfect and she did the tile "buttering". I did the majority of the tile placement with her diving in when I got called off here and there to talk with him. Lessons learned is that your daughter will rapidly learn to not wear her nice jacket when running the saw :D The poor fellow on the saw on our job had a "skunk line" right up the front of his coveralls. He started out wearing them against the coolness of our late Fall weather. But it proved a lot more useful than that ! ! !
Great video Paul, reminds me of DIY tiling I’ve done in the past. Your instruction technique is bang-on. Something I picked up from an ‘Instructional Methods’ course I did years ago is (1) Explain, (2) Demonstrate, (3) Let the student do the task without interruption or interference from the instructor, that is, let them make mistakes provided it doesn’t compromise safety (4) Debrief. It’s almost like you’ve done this before😉. All the best. Aidan.
Hi Aaron she's pretty independent and tackles some tricky jobs. I've trained my kids not to ask me to do a job unless they have had a go themselves - although I'm happy to give advice and assist working together. Cheers
How good is it that your daughter wants to improve her surrounding by learning DIY skills. Knowing she tried and completed the job to the best of her skills will give her confidence to undertake more DIY.
Hi RB, the latest picture I've seen looks like she's done a first class job. It's just a panel above the cooker but she's had to cut all the border tiles. Very symmetrical. I'll slip in an image or bit of vid sometime if I can find the right opportunity. Cheers
One thing you can be sure of when tiling is the floor is never level or straight. Or the walls, so a level reference off the worktop or a window is best, and work from that. for slots and such the best is an angle grinder from the rear to make irregular shapes, using a diamond cutter blade.
She's started off a batten and built upwards. Last pic I saw she was just filling in cut tiles on the bottom row (batten removed) and packing them up off the cooker service with cardboard, knives, folks, and anything else to hand. Cheers
I never use those diamonds saws anymore, I use a makita battery grinder with a diamond blade, cut on a scrap piece of ply, outside, you don’t really need to cut many with the grinder, not a professional tiler, but I do a few kitchens or bathrooms a year, mark the line with a tile crayon, freehand cut with the grinder.
I have the same set of machines/tools for cutting ceramic tile. I am not eager to cut ceramic tile, so easy for "Murphy" to cause the tile to break wrong and ruin a tile. The diamond blade in the coping saw frame is not quick and if my arm does not keep a straight cut, so easy to break the tile. The wet saw cuts easily, but as you show, it makes a lot of mess. Cutting the molding with compound angle mitre saw is much easier, as long as it is not crown molding which is when I like to use a jig to hold the crown molding at the spring angle. Dave.
Hi Paul. You are a very good teacher. The video reminds me of how dad taught me how to cut tiles and how he encouraged me to have a go. The first cut is always the hardest but practice and confidence leads to great results.
The first tool you used has a serious flaw in that the cutting wheel can veer “off track”. I can see a future project……. Designing a movable guide to prevent the veer. 👏👏👍😀
Great - any time I see someone learning practical skils of any kind - that’s just great.
Hi Stuart, I'm constantly amazed by people who won't tackle even simplest DiY jobs. I just think they must have so much spare cash ??! I would normally never pay somebody to do a job I can do myself with a reasonable level of time and effort. And if I don't know how to do a job I'll try to learn. Cheers
It's funny because as I watch this video I'm recovering, and somewhat nodding off after a day of helping a buddy couple of mine to do their own fairly big kitchen counter back splash in 4x12 inch tiles. He ran the diamond saw in a way that rapidly improved to nigh on perfect and she did the tile "buttering". I did the majority of the tile placement with her diving in when I got called off here and there to talk with him.
Lessons learned is that your daughter will rapidly learn to not wear her nice jacket when running the saw :D The poor fellow on the saw on our job had a "skunk line" right up the front of his coveralls. He started out wearing them against the coolness of our late Fall weather. But it proved a lot more useful than that ! ! !
Hi Paul, Great bit of tuition, wish someone had shown me how when I had my first go!! Great little video, looks cold up there!!
Have a great weekend!!
Great video Paul, reminds me of DIY tiling I’ve done in the past. Your instruction technique is bang-on. Something I picked up from an ‘Instructional Methods’ course I did years ago is (1) Explain, (2) Demonstrate, (3) Let the student do the task without interruption or interference from the instructor, that is, let them make mistakes provided it doesn’t compromise safety (4) Debrief.
It’s almost like you’ve done this before😉. All the best. Aidan.
Aw come on dad. You know your daughter really wants you to go around and do it for her. That's what my daughters do to me anyway LOL. Cheers, Aaron.
Hi Aaron she's pretty independent and tackles some tricky jobs. I've trained my kids not to ask me to do a job unless they have had a go themselves - although I'm happy to give advice and assist working together. Cheers
Nice one !! ...and saving money too, also.
How good is it that your daughter wants to improve her surrounding by learning DIY skills. Knowing she tried and completed the job to the best of her skills will give her confidence to undertake more DIY.
Hi RB, the latest picture I've seen looks like she's done a first class job. It's just a panel above the cooker but she's had to cut all the border tiles. Very symmetrical. I'll slip in an image or bit of vid sometime if I can find the right opportunity. Cheers
I'm the second. Very good Paul and daughter.
Interesting video. Nice work mr Haxby.
Thank you Sir 👍
Just go for it and everything will be fine :)
Sound advice Paul :)
One thing you can be sure of when tiling is the floor is never level or straight. Or the walls, so a level reference off the worktop or a window is best, and work from that. for slots and such the best is an angle grinder from the rear to make irregular shapes, using a diamond cutter blade.
She's started off a batten and built upwards. Last pic I saw she was just filling in cut tiles on the bottom row (batten removed) and packing them up off the cooker service with cardboard, knives, folks, and anything else to hand. Cheers
I never use those diamonds saws anymore, I use a makita battery grinder with a diamond blade, cut on a scrap piece of ply, outside, you don’t really need to cut many with the grinder, not a professional tiler, but I do a few kitchens or bathrooms a year, mark the line with a tile crayon, freehand cut with the grinder.
Hi Ian, I've had that tile saw table a long time but I totally agree battery tools are so much better these days. Cheers
I have the same set of machines/tools for cutting ceramic tile. I am not eager to cut ceramic tile, so easy for "Murphy" to cause the tile to break wrong and ruin a tile.
The diamond blade in the coping saw frame is not quick and if my arm does not keep a straight cut, so easy to break the tile.
The wet saw cuts easily, but as you show, it makes a lot of mess.
Cutting the molding with compound angle mitre saw is much easier, as long as it is not crown molding which is when I like to use a jig to hold the crown molding at the spring angle.
Dave.
Am l the first to watch this?