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365DRILLS®
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Do you need to cut holes into very hard materials? We produce quality diamond drill kits for professional installers. Although diamond is expensive it delivers superior results compared to carbide cutting quicker and easier through very hard material such as porcelain tiles, granite worktops as well as glass, fiberglass, travertine, marble, mirror, pottery, and many others. Perhaps you are involved in a commercial installation such as a hotel, restaurant or shop. Or working on a new bathroom or kitchen. The ideal solution for cutting very hard tiles including porcelain tiles. |
![]() | We supply the toughest tools to professional installers including tilers, plumbers, builders, electricians, commercial shop fitters... Guaranteed not to break expensive tiles, marble, travertine, granite work-tops, porcelain, flooring, fiberglass fitted or unfitted - Even glass aquariums! The kit will save your installation time and help you achieve neater, faster results. And no broken tiles will reduce waste and money for both you and your client. |
![]() | Our main kit is a variety pack that can tackle 98% of all the common pipe sizes in a building project. Patent application 0601484.9 It includes seven drills and a contains a flexible non-slip guide plate for accurate drilling. At £49.99 it provides an easily quantifiable cost that can be included on customers’ invoice. |
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Talavera | Ceramic | Porcelain | Glass | Cantera stone | Slate | | Marble | Travertine | Mexican Pavers | Limestone | Mirrors | Pottery | |
| Are your carbide bits burning out quickly? Our Diamonds [rated MOHS class ten] are ninety times harder than Ruby source and ideal for porcelain tiles [MOHS class five] what this? so last longer and are price competitive to save you money. We never source conflict diamonds what are conflict diamonds? |
| Patent application 0601484.9 protects our IP rights for a METHOD and APPARATUS. Legal pages are here To prevent drill slip each kit below 70mm is supplied with our flexible guide plate. This essential item uses friction to grip the material firmly via gel pads at the back. It requires no adhesive pads, suction or mechanical device to hold it in place making it simpler to use. | |
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There are clear advantages in using a guide plate that combines non-stick gel pads and friction compared to adhesive, mechanical and suction devices. To use the guide simply and quickly attach to a material, use for purpose, then rapidly detach and use again and again.
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| The guide plate permits drilling at any angle including awkward ones, in spaces very high up or very low down, close to tile edges, over tile edges either grouted or ungrouted. You can drill over preexisting holes. The plate is flush not bulky so can be used in confined spaced such as behind pedestals or inside voids. The guide deletes any need for expensive extras like arbors, messy water jets, water bottles, pumps, sticky glue, adhesive pads, suckers, hoses and other attachments in order for it to work. | |
Clients - treat yourself or your project-installers to these. Installers will be very impressed with both you and the product! Installers - impress your clients by cutting holes quickly, neatly, easily and on site. No need to outsource this job any more! We can also come to you via our drilling service. Tile shops and Trade - . If you sell porcelain tiles then help your customers. View our trade area. Diamond is now as affordable as carbide and most important - it works! Ask us why our £49 system is better than drilling rigs with internal arbors costing over £299. We supply the most comprehensive size range of drill cores. All: Do not buy anything until you review live feedback provided by people just like you.. Its independent and honest! click here
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| To prevent slip all
diamond drills MUST be used with an anti-slip gel plate | ||
Without a non-slip plate the cores will skid and scratch your expensive tiles. Why risk it? | ![]() It will not rust or scratch your material or drills. It cushions the diamonds to protect them during drilling unlike metal which can be harsh, abrasive and inflexible. Our drill plate will last for many many holes. It does not rely on clumsy suction pumps so will not fall off off the wall if placed over grout lines. Lets you get into awkward places. | |
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We removed center pilots to bring you three benefits | ||||||||||
| A REDUCED COST: At £25 each center pilots are expensive to buy and replace. By removing them we dramatically reduced your drilling costs! Our competitors are charging hundreds of pounds for their arbor and center pilot drilling rigs.
No need for center pilots at £25 each
B NO MESS: Because center pilots are only made of carbide steel (not diamond) water must continuously be jetted over them to keep them cool pumped via an arbor and water bottle. Water bottles and arbors cost you money. By removing the pilot we eliminated this step saving you even more money, cutting down on water consumption and cutting down on bulky extra items and clutter. All that water had to go somewhere which means a clean up job after each hole. Remember the reason competitors must continuously pump a jet of water is because their pilots are made of carbide not diamond.
No need to continuously pump water!
C SAFETY: Items may be hidden behind a tile such as plastic or copper water pipes, electrical cable etc. And so when using pilot drills it is possible to accidentally pierce an undetected item. This would also add cost to remove tiles and material and add time to make repairs.
In contrast it is not possible to pierce a pipe with our system because you are grinding a hole - not drilling it - therefore you do not penetrate any further than the tile. How does the 365drill system work?
If you think about it, pre-drilling a center hole was always a waste of your time, energy and money. So we resolved the guidance problem in a special way. Our drill plate firmly holds the crown from the outside not the inside using friction. This breakthrough - developed exclusively by us - puts the diamond crown into direct contact with the drilling surface so only the portion of tile being drilling is removed and nothing else. No center pilot = Low costs for you | Efficient drilling less water | Wont pierce hidden items Developed by 365Drills * PATENT APPLICATION 0601484.9 * | |||||||||||
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You can easily achieve professional results above: We made it easy for you!
| Caution: Do not confuse our drills with "brick drills". Brick drills (see an example below) might appear "beefier" because there is more metal - but to drill into tile you actually want less metal and more diamond. Remember diamond is doing the work not metal. More metal actually gets in the way so it gets hot. When it gets hot it releases the diamonds. |
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| Examine the diamond drill with the green tick. This is our own porcelain tile drill placed next to a brick drill and can be identified because it has an ultra thin wall design to penetrate hard material. In contrast the sturdier looking drills have more metal surface area but hold less diamond. We are often asked by customers to supply thicker drills for porcelain work. But chunky drills with low diamond content do not work in porcelain, granite or glass - only bricks. There are drills for porcelain made with more metal but they have a higher diamond content and cost many hundreds of pounds. If in any doubt when comparing our brand to alternatives please look for the statement "porcelain tile drill" to be sure you are selecting the right product. |
"The growth of the hard tiles market continues unabated: Consumption of porcelain tiles alone is predicted to double in the next 10-15 years. And not only is the demand for hard tiles growing, the trend for 'floor to ceiling' tiles is equally strong" c4carbides
| The trend continues for good quality well designed tiles. Bigger tiles are now widely accepted and tile showrooms have noted customer demand for luxury "hotel quality" type of installation. For example the contemporary floor to ceiling and wet room look. However many DIY hobbyists and even professional tilers are put off attempting this sort of finish. Some professional tilers refuse these jobs fearing both the cost of material at prices of £40psm+, and their extra hard properties. Be assured with our product this is no longer a problem for you. We provide full instructions and everything you need to make holes. Until now holes were cut with industrial diamond drilling rigs with internal arbors costing upwards of £300 each or outsourced to specialist companies off the site. For example a tiler would pay about £20 per hole to a specialist company £36 for granite. If you are a DIY-er or a professional only used to ceramics then we just made it easy for you to move into porcelain, granite and other such hard finishes. Installers be brave! The future is contemporary and clients are willing to pay extra for "floor to ceiling" luxury. And at less than the cost of a takeaway our bathroom fitters kit is fantastic value plus a throwaway "one job" price. Why leave a £300 drilling rig in the van for someone to nick ! Other systems look more like an operating theater with water pumps, clamps, special drills and contraptions. You are drilling a hole not performing a heart bypass. If you are still not convinced they work then read our customer feedback. The good news is others already bought it, tried it and can tell you about their experience. Treat yourself to a kit, get an offcut from a tile center and give it a go. We ask you to buy it and try it once...! Our diamond equipment will help you achieve the best results and you will be using a set of these on every installation job. We have many repeat installers coming back to us. And when they price jobs for customers they build these into the job. Why should you have to outsource this task? Let us help you complete the task yourself - onsite - and earn from it! Interestingly for a typical bathroom up to 30 holes can be required for one installation. What you charge your client per hole is a matter for you. But remember to consider wall fixings and simple items such as: | |
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Even cuts perfect holes into Fiberglass for marine applications like boat or yacht hulls. Kit cars etc !
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charge £36 per hole for granite worktops or £20 per hole for tiles" We are aware local hire shops supply diamond drilling rigs for £56 per day plus diamond costs. They supply you with the rig and a selection of industrial diamond drill bits which you pay only for what you use. So your final bill would typically be a weekends hire of 2x £56 ( £112) plus diamond usage of about £50 and don't forget to add on VAT in the UK. So in total for a weekend hire you can count on spending about £200. plus your valuable time and petrol for collection then return. In contrast we will save you time and money by offering a value for money disposable "use them a few times" system. If you do want to outsource then we can also provide our own drilling service Of course another advantage our products give you over rental - is that you don't need to return anything. It may sound obvious but when you hire something - you have to take it back and that costs you time! Our products are designed to be used on one job only - Simple, cost effective, Easy to use and disposable. - And professional |
Installers love this system because they know their job costs, can tell the customer and build it into the job cost and it also allows them to take on these premium paying luxury finish projects.
Expected tool life about 2 to 6 holes per drill bit in very hard material . More if used on a drill press used with plenty of water
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Don't bother trying to use anything made of carbide or like this on the right. You will waste your time, effort and money. Tiles produced today are much harder than this tool can cope with which is why you need a diamond hole cutter. Materials are now "Class 5" on the Mohs scale. Our diamonds are "Class 10".
Diamond drills are used on glass, stained glass, ceramics, ceramic tile, porcelain, porcelain tile, limestone, marble, granite, slate, stone and fiberglass. Drills used on wood or metal have a sharp metal tip or teeth, that cut into the material. These types of drills do not work on glass, marble, etc. as the tips do not "bite" into the extremely hard material, and cause heat buildup that burn up the bit and cause "heat fractures" in the material. Carbide tipped Spear Point drills are sometimes used on the "softer" types of hard materials - like untempered glass, sandstone and marble and some of the less hard ceramic and porcelain tiles. While they sometimes work, they tend to chip the hard surface very badly, leaving a rough hole and often cause breakage due to fractures from the chipping and heat. Diamond drill bits are designed differently - they have diamond tips that "grind" into the extremely hard materials. | ![]() |
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Core drills only drill out a portion of the resulting hole, so they tend to drill much faster than blunt nose drills. Core drills can be used to drill large holes and can be used on most nonferrous hard materials such as glass, stained glass, ceramic, porcelain and fiberglass, ceramic or porcelain tile, limestone, slate, marble, granite and other stone materials. Bonded diamond drill bits have the diamonds bonded to the the edges of the drill bit tip, generally using an electroplate bonding process. These drill bits are generally slow-speed bits and are fairly inexpensive. During use, the diamonds eventually wear off of the bit due to the hardness and abrasives of the material being drilled. Bonded diamond drill bits must not be used on metal, concrete, or masonry and require proper speed and adequate water lubrication.
The life of any type of diamond drill bit depends upon the hardness, abrasiveness and thickness of the material being drilled and the specific drilling techniques used (drill speed, pressure and lubrication), however, the diamonds of a drill bit don't actually wear out as much as they wear off due to heat and friction caused by the extreme hardness and abrasiveness of the material drilled. Drilling in glass, ceramic, marble, etc. is a slow process compared to softer materials such as wood or even metal. A fairly deep hole can be drilled in wood in just a few seconds, while it can take 20 or 30 seconds or longer to drill a hole in standard 1/8" thick glass. In some very hard stones and tiles, it may take 2 to 3 minutes to drill only 1/4" deep. Using diamond bits to drill in hard materials is not difficult, however, it takes time. A person should consider that they aren't 'drilling' a hole, as much as 'grinding' a hole. | ||