How Do You Cut Ceramic Tile With A Snap Cutter?
A snap cutter works much the same way a glass cutter works in that it scores a line along which the break will occur. • Start by fitting the tile to the space you wish to install it and mark the cut line with a pencil. • Place the tile in the snap cutter and line up the marking you made with the cutting wheel and then while applying downward pressure on the handle, draw the cutting wheel forward across the tile. In order to ensure a nice clean break, you can draw the wheel over the score you just made a second time to make the score better defined. • The cutter comes equipped with a breaker foot which you will notice hanging from the handle and wheel assembly. Once you have scored the tile, you will place the breaker foot near the edge of the tile straddling both sides of the score line and then by applying a little downward force on the handle, the tile will snap. While the snap cutter is an inexpensive option to the wet saw, it does have a few limitations. The biggest drawback is tha
