Cutting Travertine Tiles

[Andy]

Hi,

I need to cut some circular holes in some travertine floor tiles to accommodate some floor lights which are about 5cm diameter.

Any suggestions for the best tool to cut a good circular hole??

Andy

[Cicero]

============= You could try a tile cutting jigsaw blade - available from Wickes. It works very well with ordinary wall tiles with no edge cleaning required afterwards.

Cic.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yerrs...I was thinking abrafile..but this is better..need a diamond ideally ..and you SHOULD be able to rwap emery paper around a bit of pipe and get the final finish pretty good, but it takes a lot of tume to sand marble...

[Chris Bacon]

Just use a HSS hole saw.

[Chris Bacon]

Time? Not really, it's rather soft stuff.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Not as soft as balsa wood..and Ive spent all day sanding that in my time :-)