How to Cut Glass Tile and Wood Plank Tile: Cortag Demonstration

Posted by TOA's Blog Team on Jun 1st 2017

With tile trending bigger and longer, and installations including more glass mosaics, you need to be able to cut glass tile and wood plank tile.

A solution now available at Tile Outlets of America comes from Cortag Revolution Tools. We describe those tools in this article.

Cortag Revolution Tools to Cut Glass Tile and Wood Plank Tile

When you next visit Tile Outlets of America, you'll find three manual cutters and the Zapp 1250 electric wet saw from Cortag.

The manual tile cutters include:

The Super 600 Tile Cutter which comes with a rubber mat that works beautifully for cutting glass tile
The Super 750 Tile Cutter which also comes with a rubber mat for cutting glass tile
The Master Plus 125 Tile Cutter

Cortag Revolutions Tools is based in the city of Mogi Mirim in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The company specializes in manufacturing precision cutters and wet saws for ceramic, porcelain and glass tiles.

As Michele Hoover, Vice President of Operations and General Manager of the Fort Myers store, says,

“We’ve been searching for a quality line of saws and cutters that would be affordable for our customers and trade professionals and be able to handle the large format tiles.
As the market has trended more and more to larger formats it is important to us that our customer base has the right tools to complete any install for products we carry. Several of the managers at Tile Outlets of America went to demo the Cortag products we selected and we were impressed with the size and thickness of porcelain the Master 125 and Zapp 1250 can handle with ease.
We were really pleased with the response from local trade pros who came to our demo days at each store and tested the equipment for themselves."

Demonstrating How to Cut Glass Tile and Wood Plank Tile

Cortag's representative, Dio Guzman, visited all three stores to demonstrate how to use these tools to precisely cut tile.

In the image below, you see three Cortag manual cutters:

On the left, the Master Plus 125
In the middle, the Super 750 Tile Cutter
On the right, the Super 600

As you can see, all three manual cutters come equipped with lateral guides. They feature a tungsten carbide scoring wheel that cuts porcelain, ceramic and glass tile and have been designed with portability in mind.

Cutting Wood Plank Tile: the Master 125 Professional Cutter

The Cortag Tools Master 125 Professional Cutter is the biggest of the manual cutters brought into Tile Outlets and an excellent solution for cutting large format tile and wood plank tile.

Details on this cutter include:

Maximum cutting length (RIP) of 49"
Maximum diagonal cut of 35" x 35"
Maximum thickness cut of .60"
A lateral guide to ensure precise cuts
A mobile breaking system
Reinforced steel guides
Tungsten carbine scoring wheel
Weight of 80 pounds
Wheels and a handle for easy transport

It's truly an impressive tool for handling large format tile installations.

In the image below, you see the steel guides and a narrow tile plank about to be further cut lengthwise.

The tungsten carbide scoring wheel does its job and then, once you apply the mobile breaking system, you end up with a clean and precisely cut piece of tile.

Notice how clean the cuts are.

One plank can easily become five planks thanks to the Master 125 Cortag Tools professional cutter.

In this 36 second video, you'll see the Master Plus 125 Tile Cutter in action.

Learn How to Cut Glass Tile with the Super 750 and Super 600 Professional Cutters

Although smaller, the Cortag Tools Super 750 Professional Cutter similarly cuts wood plank tile. Here are its specifications:

Maximum cutting length (RIP) of 30"
Maximum diagonal cut of 21" x 21"
Maximum thickness cut of .50"
A lateral guide to ensure precise cuts
A mobile breaking system
Aluminum support guides
Tungsten carbine scoring wheel
Impact absorption system in carbon steel
Two layer base
Weight of 24.25 pounds

The Super 600, the smallest of the cutters and weighing only 21 pounds, features the following:

Maximum cutting length (RIP) of 24"
Maximum diagonal cut of 16 9/16" x 16 9/16"
Maximum thickness cut of .50"
A lateral guide to ensure precise cuts
A mobile breaking system
Aluminum support guides
Tungsten carbine scoring wheel
Impact absorption system in carbon steel
Two layer base

Both of these two cutters include a rubber pad which makes cutting ceramic and glass mosaics ideal!

The images and video below focus on the cutting of glass mosaics using the Super 600 so you can see for yourself how easy it is to use and how clean the cuts are.

Dio Guzman demonstrates the Cortag Super 600 Tile Cutter

Notice how cleanly cut the glass mosaics are in the image below.

In this 43 second video, you'll see the Super 600 glass tile cutter in action:

As you can see, the Super 600 is compact enough that it can easily be used right on a countertop to support a mosaic backsplash installation. It's a perfect little cutter!

The Cortag Tools Zapp 1250 Professional Direct Drive Bridge Wet Saw

In addition to manual tile cutters, Cortag also offers wet saws. New to Tile Outlets is the Zapp 1250 electric wet saw which not only cuts ceramic and porcelain tile, but also marble and granite.

As you can see in the image below, the Zapp 1250 comes with an auxiliary table for large tiles and features adjustable mobile treads. It features:

Maximum cutting length (RIP) of 50"
Maximum diagonal cut of 34 ¼” x 34 ¼”
Maximum thickness cut of 1 3/8”
Lateral guide and ruler to ensure precise cuts in straight and diagonal position
45 degree miter cut adjustable
Refrigeration system of diamond cutting blade, water tank and high flow pump
Removable stainless steel tray
Auxiliary table for large format tile
Foldable support feet with height adjustment and lock system
Wheels and a handle for easy transport

Dio Guzman demonstrating the Cortag Tools Zapp 1250 Professional Direct Drive Bridge Wet Saw

Special thanks to Dio Guzman for demonstrating the Cortag Revolution Tools tile cutters in all three Tile Outlets of America stores. If you have questions about them, please don't hesitate to let us know.

Be sure to ask about the Tile Outlets Pro Services program.

We look forward to welcoming you to our stores!