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Depends. If the Wickes tile cutter is one of those ‘score-and-crack-types’ then I would say no. That’s based on my recent experience of tiling a small hearth with quarry tiles. I have a ‘score-and-crack’ type of tile cutter and it was no good for my quarry tiles. I was going to use my angle-grinder with a diamond cutting disc or hire a ‘wet cutter’ but then discovered I could buy a diamond disc wet cutter for £40 at toolstation, which did a very good job. For just 10 tiles it might seem overkill, but it will definite do he job with NCD clean cuts and would be cheaper than hiring one.Or, buy a few more tiles and give the Wickes one a try before deciding.0
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Ha! My apologies. ‘NCD clean cuts‘ should have been ‘nice clean cuts’ - damn ipad touch-screen and auto-correct!1
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I don't know about quarry tiles but with porcelain tiles and slate tiles I've had good results with a mini circular saw and diamond blade. Make sure to wear a dust mask and do the cutting outside if possible, if not use a good dust extractor. That said the wet disk cutter mentioned above costs less som if you need to buy one sounds to be the way forward. Very steady hands would be needed to get a good result with an angle grinder.0
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