My Son is Learning How to Install Ceramic and Quarry Tile. Any Tool Brand Recommendations? I am providing him with tools of the trade. He needs a wet saw that will hold up for a number of installations.
Tile guys out
To: Chickensoup
Xanax. Maybe Haldol. Something, for goodness sake.
2 posted on
04/10/2012 6:14:31 AM PDT by
Lady Lucky
(Romney, the pink slime of presidential politics.)
To: Chickensoup
“Buy expensive tools - only cry once.”
To: Chickensoup
I’ve done a little tile work on the side and I’ve found that really good knee pads are priceless, ha.
To: Chickensoup
Best Advice Possible
Keep his knees together and lift with his back.
You’ll find few tile guys that haven’t had at least one hernia operation, some two or three. I had an uncle that was in the tile business, and after his third operation his doctor said, “find another line of work or find another doctor.”
He found another line of work. (those boxes are heavy and small)
To: Chickensoup
9 posted on
04/10/2012 6:35:02 AM PDT by
upchuck
(Need is not an acceptable lifestyle choice; dependent is not a career. ~ Dr. Tim Nerenz)
To: Chickensoup; grobdriver
Buy only American made tools. Shop around for a good used wet saw like a Rockwell or Delta. He’ll never be sorry.
Stay away from the Chinese Communist crap and you’ll only have to buy the tools once.
10 posted on
04/10/2012 6:35:12 AM PDT by
panaxanax
(0bama >>WORST PRESIDENT EVER.)
To: Chickensoup
I just finished a tile job this weekend. This was the second tile job for my Ryobi wet saw. For the price it works well and much better than other, cheaper wet saws I have used. After only two tile jobs (1 big job 1 relatively small) I have seen no signs of wear that concern me. It is portable which is a nice feature for both moving and storage reasons. If this is for a professional it maynot be enough saw for daily use but it has held up very well for my two personal projects. I am not endorsing Home Depot, just the saw.
Home Depot
To: Chickensoup
I cant help with the tile saw, but any tradesman working on his knees should be wearing the best knee pads available. He will thank you for years to come for the knee pads.
To: Chickensoup
14 posted on
04/10/2012 6:48:03 AM PDT by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: Chickensoup
15 posted on
04/10/2012 6:50:20 AM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Chickensoup
He will need a good score and pop tool as well. Don’t get one of the 12”ers, get one big enough for the large tiles.
He will use the score and popper much more than a saw, but the saw does things the popper can’t do.
17 posted on
04/10/2012 6:52:14 AM PDT by
wrench
To: Chickensoup
My Son is Learning How to Install Ceramic and Quarry Tile. Congrats to your son on a recession-free vocation. People always need floors.
I wish more of our young people were going into the trades. They are very honorable, and you can do just fine financially. My son is going to school to be an automobile and diesel mechanic, and is also training to be a firefighter/ EMT.
23 posted on
04/10/2012 7:55:52 AM PDT by
backwoods-engineer
(I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
To: Chickensoup
I recommend you stay away from “Congress” brand tools.
Breathtakingly expensive and basically useless.
24 posted on
04/10/2012 7:57:11 AM PDT by
RightOnline
(I am Andrew Breitbart!)
To: Chickensoup
Cheap tools are never a bargain.
25 posted on
04/10/2012 7:59:52 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
To: Chickensoup
30 posted on
04/10/2012 8:22:36 AM PDT by
stop_fascism
(Love your country, but never trust its government - R.A. Heinlein)
To: Chickensoup
Get the saw from MK Diamond. He'll cry, but only once.
MK Diamond
32 posted on
04/10/2012 8:56:43 AM PDT by
xone
To: Chickensoup
Buy your son a good face mask. A tile sub-contractor that our family employed for many years died of a respiratory problem caused by inhaling ceramic dust.
33 posted on
04/10/2012 9:56:05 AM PDT by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: Chickensoup
35 posted on
04/10/2012 11:40:27 AM PDT by
expat2
To: Chickensoup
Best way to learn is as a helper to an actual tile setter. He won’t need tools until he learns the trade.
44 posted on
04/11/2012 6:44:41 AM PDT by
linn37
(Newt supporter here.)
To: Chickensoup
DeWalt: way ahead of whoever is second best.
45 posted on
04/11/2012 7:03:17 AM PDT by
Rudder
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