How to Improve Your Business Using a Fabricator

Fabricators produce great quality, but when you stop to think about it – at a very high cost:

• Cost to deliver and pick up (or ship) tiles to the fabricator
• Lost calendar days waiting for the fabricator
• Tile damage to/from fabricator
• Fabricator’s fee

I realized that if I could find a quick and easy way to do my own bullnose tile fabrication, I could put $6.35 per lineal foot into my own pocket instead of paying a fabricator.

That would be an automatic $317.50 increase in profit for each typical kitchen job I did.  I figure I do about 25 kitchens a year so that comes to a . . .

$7,937.50/Year RAISE
with NO EXTRA JOBS to do!

It was already costing me a little over three hours round trip to deliver and pick up my tiles from the fabricator.  So why not use that time to bullnose the tiles myself? 

Also, if I could bullnose on site, I could eliminate all that time

• Dry fitting and numbering on the complex jobs
• Repeating trips to the fabricator if I broke or miss-cut a tile

Problem #1

I tried a dozen different ways to jig, shim and clamp tiles for hand bullnosing but I could never get a good finish in a short time.

This home-made method was taking way too long to shim and clamp so they wouldn’t shift during polishing.  Even then, the occasional shift would ruin a tile and I’d have to start over.  Doing my own bullnose was looking like a mistake.

Determination Leads to The Solution

Determined to eliminate drive time and the cost of gas, while keeping $317.50 per job in my own pocket - I didn’t give up.

A trick my grandfather taught me was to look at a problem backwards if you can’t solve it looking at it forwards.  So I thought what if the solid surface I’m clamping the tiles to is on the top, not the bottom – and EUREKA – it hit me.

If I could create a way to push the tiles UP for clamping in place, then I wouldn’t need shims because the top surfaces would be flush no matter how thick each tile is.  No shims meant saving time and clamping would be more secure eliminating slippage.

To make a long story short, I used this “upside down” idea to invent the solution:

The EdgeRight Bench

 

 

Problem #2 – Can It Be Solved?

Keeping the angle of the polishing pads just right to keep a clean straight edge where the bullnose meets the top face was almost impossible.

Taping tiles only worked well with the finer grit pads.  I needed to get the course cut done with a perfectly straight top line.

Backward Thinking Works Again

Instead of thinking of ways to control the angle of the pads, what if I had a way to cut the tile from a fixed position like the stationary CNC machines? Could I make a profiling wheel for my polisher that didn't need complicated and messy water supply so I could bullnose on-site?

Eureka Again

Technology was the answer!

The OLD way: the standard way to make a profiler is to attach diamonds to the cutting tool via electroplating. This causes diamond chips bathed in a nickel bath to "stick" to the cutting wheel. This process leaves an uneven distribution of diamonds with a relatively weak bond thus requiring water lubrication.

The NEW way: Our profiler is made using a new bonding technology called Vacuum Brazing. During vacuum brazing, the diamond chips are bonded to the wheel in a vacuum furnace treatment that also heat treats the wheel and the bonding metal. Heat treating creates a stronger bond and a denser, more uniform layer of diamonds. More diamonds in a stronger base means better cutting, longer life and BEST OF ALL water is NOT required.

So here is what the EdgeRight® bench and profiler does for me and can do for your business:

• Pay yourself, not your fabricator—SAVE $$
• Bullnose many tiles at once—SAVE time & produce better quality results
• Eliminate Shimming—SAVE time
• No more Fabricator delays—SAVE time
• Fewer trips to the job site—SAVE time & gas
• No broken tiles from shipping to or from the fabricator—SAVE $$
• Get in and out of job sites faster—SAVE time and make customers happier!
• Shave a hundred or two bucks off your bid to win a job and STILL make more money than the other guy—Ahh such sweet revenge!

So get the EdgeRight® advantage today and give yourself a . . .

$7,937.50/Year RAISE
with NO EXTRA JOBS to do!

EdgeRight® Bench
Roundover Profilers
3/8" Coarse
1/4" Coarse
3/8" Fine
Special Package Offer
Buy the Bench/Profiler Special Offer now and save $99.95 over purchasing the items separately, plus you get FREE shipping too!  Offer expires May 31, 2008.
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The secret to faster, better, and cheaper bullnosing is overcoming a number of problems - you know:

Problem #1

I must have tried a dozen different ways to jig, shim and clamp tiles for hand bullnosing but I could never get a good finish in a short time.

It was taking way too long to shim and clamp so the tiles wouldn’t shift during polishing.  Even then, the occasional shifting would ruin a tile and I’d have to start over.  Doing my own bullnose was looking like a mistake.

Determination Leads to The Solution

Determined not to start wasting time and gas money driving across town to the fabricator (not to mention paying them an average of $317.50 per job) - I didn’t give up.

A trick my grandfather taught me was to look at a problem backwards if you can’t solve it looking at it forwards.  So I thought what if the solid surface I’m clamping the tiles to is on the top, not the bottom – and EUREKA – it hit me.

If I could create a way to push the tiles UP for clamping in place, then I wouldn’t need shims because the top surfaces would be flush no matter how thick each tile is.  No shims meant saving time and clamping would be more secure eliminating slippage.

To make a long story short, I used this “upside down” idea to invent the solution:

The EdgeRight Bench

 

 

Problem #2 – Can It Be Solved?

Keeping the angle of the polishing pads just right to keep a clean straight edge where the bullnose meets the top face was almost impossible.

Taping tiles only worked well with the finer grit pads. I needed to get the course cut done with a perfectly straight top line.

Backward Thinking Works Again

Instead of thinking of ways to control the angle of the pads, what if I had a way to cut the tile from a fixed position like the stationary CNC machines? Could I make a profiler for my polisher that didn't need complicated and messy water supply so I could bullnose on-site?

Eureka Again

Technology was the answer!

The OLD way: the standard way to make a profiler is to attach diamonds to the cutting tool via electroplating. This causes diamond chips bathed in a nickel bath to "stick" to the cutting wheel. This process leaves an uneven distribution of diamonds with a relatively weak bond thus requiring water lubrication.

The NEW way: Our profiler is made using a new bonding technology called Vacuum Brazing. During vacuum brazing, the diamond chips are bonded to the wheel in a vacuum furnace treatment that also heat treats the wheel and the bonding metal. Heat treating creates a stronger bond and a denser and more uniform layer of diamonds. More diamonds in a stronger base means better cutting, longer life and BEST OF ALL water is NOT required.

The SECRET is OUT

So here is what the EdgeRight® bench and profiler does for me and can do for your business:

• No more lipping tiles ruining your bullnose—SAVE time
• Bullnose many tiles at once—SAVE time & produce better quality results
• Eliminate shimming-SAVE time
• Fewer trips to the job site-SAVE time & gas
• No more resetting tiles if a bullnose error is made-SAVE time
• Get in and out of job sites faster—SAVE time and make customers happier!
• Shave a hundred or two bucks off your bid to win a job and STILL make more money than the other guy—Ahh such sweet revenge!

So get the EdgeRight® advantage today and give yourself what I figure to be a . . .

$7,937.50/Year RAISE
with NO EXTRA JOBS to do!

EdgeRight® Bench
Roundover Profilers
3/8" Coarse
1/4" Coarse
3/8" Fine
Special Package Offer
Buy the Bench/Profiler Special Offer now and save $99.95 over purchasing the items separately, plus you get FREE shipping too!  Offer expires May 31, 2008.
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Putting a profile wheel on the cutting saw sounds like a good idea, but it's kind of like using a hammer as a screw driver. The saw is not designed to stay true with such a large cutting load created by using a profile wheel. This causes "waves" in the finished bullnose.

OK, so put the profile wheel into the right tool - a grinder or polisher - and you'd have a better solution, if not for a new set of problems...

Problem #1

I must have tried a dozen different ways to jig, shim and clamp tiles for hand bullnosing but I could never get a good finish in a short time.

It was taking way too long to shim and clamp so the tiles wouldn’t shift during polishing.  Even then, the occasional shifting would ruin a tile and I’d have to start over.  Doing my own bullnose was looking like a mistake.

Determination Leads to The Solution

Determined not to start wasting time and gas money driving across town to the fabricator (not to mention paying them an average of $317.50 per job) - I didn’t give up.

A trick my grandfather taught me was to look at a problem backwards if you can’t solve it looking at it forwards.  So I thought what if the solid surface I’m clamping the tiles to is on the top, not the bottom – and EUREKA – it hit me.

If I could create a way to push the tiles UP for clamping in place, then I wouldn’t need shims because the top surfaces would be flush no matter how thick each tile is.  No shims meant saving time and clamping would be more secure eliminating slippage.

To make a long story short, I used this “upside down” idea to invent the solution:

The EdgeRight Bench

 

 

Problem #2 – Can It Be Solved?

Keeping the angle of the polishing pads just right to keep a clean straight edge where the bullnose meets the top face was almost impossible.

Taping tiles only worked well with the finer grit pads.  I needed to get the course cut done with a perfectly straight top line.

Backward Thinking Works Again

Instead of thinking of ways to control the angle of the pads, what if I had a way to cut the tile from a fixed position like the stationary CNC machines? Could I make a profiler for my polisher that didn't need complicated and messy water supply so I could bullnose on-site?

Eureka Again

Technology was the answer!

The OLD way: the standard way to make a profiler is to attach diamonds to the cutting tool via electroplating. This causes diamond chips bathed in a nickel bath to "stick" to the cutting wheel. This process leaves an uneven distribution of diamonds with a relatively weak bond thus requiring water lubrication.

The NEW way: Our profiler is made using a new bonding technology called Vacuum Brazing. During vacuum brazing, the diamond chips are bonded to the wheel in a vacuum furnace treatment that also heat treats the wheel and the bonding metal. Heat treating creates a stronger bond and a denser and more uniform layer of diamonds. More diamonds in a stronger base means better cutting, longer life and BEST OF ALL water is NOT required.

So here is what the EdgeRight® bench and profiler does for me and can do for your business:

• Pay yourself, not a fabricator to still get fabricator quality—SAVE $$
• Bullnose many tiles at once—SAVE time & produce better quality results
• Eliminate Shimming—SAVE time
• Fewer trips to the job site—SAVE time & gas
• Get in and out of job sites faster—SAVE time and make customers happier!
• Profiler allows less skilled workers to successfully bullnose tile—SAVE time

So get the EdgeRight® advantage today and give yourself a . . .

$7,937.50/Year RAISE
with NO EXTRA JOBS to do!

EdgeRight® Bench
Roundover Profilers
3/8" Coarse
1/4" Coarse
3/8" Fine
Special Package Offer
Buy the Bench/Profiler Special Offer now and save $99.95 over purchasing the items separately, plus you get FREE shipping too!  Offer expires May 31, 2008.
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If you already own a CNC machine, then you already have the best solution for high volume jobs in your local area. But what about small jobs, especially if they are a ways out of town. Don't you want to eliminate trips to the job site and costly CNC setup time?

The answer to your small-job needs is to bullnose on site. But for that to work, you need to overcome a few problems:

Problem #1

I must have tried a dozen different ways to jig, shim and clamp tiles for hand bullnosing but I could never get a good finish in a short time.

It was taking way too long to shim and clamp so the tiles wouldn’t shift during polishing.  Even then, the occasional shifting would ruin a tile and I’d have to start over.  Doing my own bullnose was looking like a mistake.

Determination Leads to The Solution

Determined not to start wasting time and gas money driving across town to the fabricator (not to mention paying them an average of $317.50 per job) - I didn’t give up.

A trick my grandfather taught me was to look at a problem backwards if you can’t solve it looking at it forwards.  So I thought what if the solid surface I’m clamping the tiles to is on the top, not the bottom – and EUREKA – it hit me.

If I could create a way to push the tiles UP for clamping in place, then I wouldn’t need shims because the top surfaces would be flush no matter how thick each tile is.  No shims meant saving time and clamping would be more secure eliminating slippage.

To make a long story short, I used this “upside down” idea to invent the solution:

The EdgeRight Bench

 

 

Problem #2 – Can It Be Solved?

Keeping the angle of the polishing pads just right to keep a clean straight edge where the bullnose meets the top face was almost impossible.

Taping tiles only worked well with the finer grit pads.  I needed to get the course cut done with a perfectly straight top line.

Backward Thinking Works Again

Instead of thinking of ways to control the angle of the pads, what if I had a way to cut the tile from a fixed position like the stationary CNC machines? Could I make a profiler for my polisher that didn't need complicated and messy water supply so I could bullnose on-site?

Eureka Again

Technology was the answer!

The OLD way: the standard way to make a profiler is to attach diamonds to the cutting tool via electroplating. This causes diamond chips bathed in a nickel bath to "stick" to the cutting wheel. This process leaves an uneven distribution of diamonds with a relatively weak bond thus requiring water lubrication.

The NEW way: Our profiler is made using a new bonding technology called Vacuum Brazing. During vacuum brazing, the diamond chips are bonded to the wheel in a vacuum furnace treatment that also heat treats the wheel and the bonding metal. Heat treating creates a stronger bond and a denser and more uniform layer of diamonds. More diamonds in a stronger base means better cutting, longer life and BEST OF ALL water is NOT required.

So here is what the EdgeRight® bench and profiler does for me and can do for your business:

• Eliminate costly setup time on the CNC for small jobs—SAVE time
• Fewer trips to the job site-SAVE time & gas
• Bullnose on-site but eliminate jerry-rigged shimming and clamps—SAVE time
• Bullnose many tiles at once-SAVE time & produce better quality results
• Get in and out of job sites faster-SAVE time and make customers happier!
• Profiler allows less skilled workers to successfully bullnose tile-SAVE time

So get the EdgeRight® advantage today and give yourself a . . .

$7,937.50/Year RAISE
with NO EXTRA JOBS to do!

EdgeRight® Bench
Roundover Profilers
3/8" Coarse
1/4" Coarse
3/8" Fine
Special Package Offer
Buy the Bench/Profiler Special Offer now and save $99.95 over purchasing the items separately, plus you get FREE shipping too!  Offer expires May 31, 2008.
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How to Improve Your Business Using Preset & Bullnose In Place

Success with this method depends on if you're bullnosing tile or slab.

Tile Installs

Improving your business with the bullnose-in-place concept requires overcoming these problems:

1. An extra trip to the job site because you have to wait for the tile to set
2. Uneven set with lipping that throws off a straight bullnose
3. Corner rounding at grout gaps
4. Perfect craftsmanship to acheive a straight top line without any "waves" on the bullnose when using a hand polisher on the long linear edge
5. Bullnosing tiles that butt up against walls or are on inside corners
6. If you make a mistake bullnosing, you must pull and replace the tile

Secret - Part I

Because of these problems, I avoid bullnosing after setting the tiles. The only installers I know reporting success with tile bullnosing in place are only doing so on very small jobs. Secret #1 - not really a secret - is that the better solution is to bullnose first and set the tile last which requires knowing SECRET II: a quick and efficient method to bullnose loose tiles.

Problem #1

To bullnose loose tile, I tried a dozen different ways to jig, shim and clamp tiles for hand bullnosing but I could never get a good finish in a short time. This home-made method was taking way too long to shim and clamp so they wouldn't shift during polishing. Even then, the occasional shift would ruin a tile and I'd have to start over.

Determination Leads to The Solution - Secret II

Determined to eliminate drive time and the cost of gas for a return trip after the tile sets up, I didn't give up. A trick my grandfather taught me was to look at a problem backwards if you can't solve it looking at it forwards. So I thought what if the solid surface I'm clamping the tiles to is on the top, not the bottom - and EUREKA - it hit me. If I could create a way to push the tiles UP for clamping in place, then I wouldn't need shims because the top surfaces would be flush no matter how thick each tile is. No shims meant saving time and clamping would be more secure eliminating slippage. To make a long story short, I used this "upside down" idea to invent the solution: The EdgeRight® Bench.

The EdgeRight Bench

 

 

Problem #2 - Can It Be Solved?

Keeping the angle of the polishing pads just right to keep a clean straight edge where the bullnose meets the top face was almost impossible. Taping tiles only worked well with the finer grit pads. I needed to get the course cut done with a perfectly straight top line.

Backward Thinking Works Again

Instead of thinking of ways to control the angle of the pads, what if I had a way to cut the tile from a fixed position like the stationary CNC machines? Could I make a profiler for my polisher that didn't need complicated and messy water supply so I could bullnose on-site?

Eureka Again

Technology was the answer!

The OLD way: the standard way to make a profiler is to attach diamonds to the cutting tool via electroplating. This causes diamond chips bathed in a nickel bath to "stick" to the cutting wheel. This process leaves an uneven distribution of diamonds with a relatively weak bond thus requiring water lubrication.

The NEW way: Our profiler is made using a new bonding technology called Vacuum Brazing. During vacuum brazing, the diamond chips are bonded to the wheel in a vacuum furnace treatment that also heat treats the wheel and the bonding metal. Heat treating creates a stronger bond and a denser and more uniform layer of diamonds. More diamonds in a stronger base means better cutting, longer life and BEST OF ALL water is NOT required.

The SECRET is OUT

So here is what the EdgeRight® bench and profiler does for me and can do for your business:

• No more lipping tiles ruining your bullnose—SAVE time
• Bullnose many tiles at once —SAVE time & produce better quality results
• Eliminate shimming-SAVE time
• Fewer trips to the job site-SAVE time & gas
• No more resetting tiles if a bullnose error is made-SAVE time
• Get in and out of job sites faster—SAVE time and make customers happier!
• Shave a hundred or two bucks off your bid to win a job and STILL make more money than the other guy—Ahh such sweet revenge!

So get the EdgeRight® advantage today and give yourself what I figure to be a . . .

$7,937.50/Year RAISE
with NO EXTRA JOBS to do!

EdgeRight® Bench
Roundover Profilers
3/8" Coarse
1/4" Coarse
3/8" Fine
Special Package Offer
Buy the Bench/Profiler Special Offer now and save $99.95 over purchasing the items separately, plus you get FREE shipping too!  Offer expires May 31, 2008.
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Specifications

Model:	#EDG600
Frame:	Made of industrial strength extruded aluminum
Clamps:	Heavy-duty leveling clamp system
Legs:	Industrial strength with rubber end caps
Weight:	55 pounds
Dimensions:	77 inches long by 48 inches tall (with removable legs installed)
Website:	www.edgeright.com
Warranty:	5-year manufacturer's defect warranty

 patent 7,343,911

Features

• Dry or Wet polishing
• Bullnose any size tile from 4" x 4" to 24" x 24"
• Portable - removable legs set up in 3 minutes
• Industrial strength aluminum withstands job site abuse
• Clamp a run of tile in 30 seconds. . . start fabricating

EdgeRight® Bench
Roundover Profilers
3/8" Coarse
1/4" Coarse
3/8" Fine
Special Package Offer
Buy the Bench/Profiler Special Offer now and save $99.95 over purchasing the items separately, plus you get FREE shipping too!  Offer expires May 31, 2008.
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#PW101	1/4" Roundover	3/8" Roundover

 

Specifications

Model:	#PW101 - 3/8-inch Roundover Coarse Profiler
	#PW102 - 1/4-inch Roundover Coarse Profiler
	#PW103 - 3/8-inch Roundover Fine Profiler
Material:	Stainless Steel
Cutting Surface:	Diamond-brazed (not electroplated)
Radius:	7 mm
Arbor:	5/8" - 11 female thread
Guide Bearing :	Bottom: Stainless Steel Top: No-scratch Polymer
Application:	Stone, granite, marble, porcelain (tile or slab)
Lubrication:	Water NOT required. Profiler is channeled for water and can be used wet or dry.
Website:	www.edgeright.com
Warranty:	90-day manufacturer's defect warranty

Features

• Use dry or wet
• Bullnose any size tile or slab
• Portable - fits most polishers
• Industrial strength Stainless Steel withstands job site abuse
• No-Scratch top bearing
• Long-life brazed diamond cutting surface
• In conjunction with the EdgeRight® Bullnosing Bench, an operator with little or no fabrication experience can bullnose tile like a PRO!

EdgeRight® Bench
Roundover Profilers
3/8" Coarse
1/4" Coarse
3/8" Fine
Special Package Offer
Buy the Bench/Profiler Special Offer now and save $99.95 over purchasing the items separately, plus you get FREE shipping too!  Offer expires May 31, 2008.
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