I used this trick to lay around 500 tiles in a hour in a home depot store, Would have gotten more laid if security had not kicked me out.

Don't mean to brag, but my dad, and his dad before him, have been cutting tiles without measuring for YEARS. If only they'd known this trick, the darn things might have actually fit...

A much better trick is to decide to do it later and just get used to how it looks

Where is this going... AHA! Had no clue. Glad to be in the know from now on, thanks!

My Dad showed me exactly this trick in about 1978. Are you my Dad? Just how long does it take to go out for a pack of cigarettes?

I usually cut the walls to fit the tiles, but this works too, I guess.

I’m never using my sine bar to tile a floor again! Seriously though, great trick, thanks for sharing.

I should try this technique, I’m just used to cutting corners

Instructions unclear, I could not get the tiles secured in the Lathe. I tried MIG, TIG, Brazing and tapped and threaded bolts to no avail. I'm switching to angle grinders and JB weld.

Gotta be careful with those euphemisms...when the tile guy showed up and said lets lay some tile, he got really upset when I shrugged and got naked

Sites most visited after watching one of Tony's Videos; McMaster, Wolfram Alpha, now Urban Dictionary 😄

Its nice to see you branch off into other fields from time to time. When my tile guy inevitably leaves me hanging 2/3's through a bathroom remodel (3.5mm) and I have to pretend that was part of the plan around the customers, theres another trick. Cut the width of your carpenter's pencil to your grout line size, and flip a tile over and bob's your uncle. Keeping in mind, factor in the wall trim thickness (3/8-1/2) and half of that is safely your margin of error for your walls, 3/8" around the toilet flange and 1/16ish" to your tub. Practicing holding the pencil square along a square or template can make quick work of adjusting the cut line for windows in T1-11, hardwood or laminate flooring and anything else thats needs to have slight allowances for a non binding fit and gets covered by trim. And if you ever need to find a good carpenter, a bad carpenter will always do a one night stand. A good one comes back and does the second nightstand.

You forgot the part where you mix up all the pieces after you've bulk cut them and spend the next hour assembling a puzzle.

Thanks Tony! Stored this trick away and used it two years later. Brilliant!!!

Imagining you tiling around moveable objects makes me happy.

Mind Blown! You just saved me 72 hours of tile work and now I don't have to buy a sine calculator!!! Thank you so much!!

Pfff, tricks are for amateurs. I can usually eyeball it to within 500 thou.

Every single one of your videos is a treasure. You're easily the best thing on the internet. Apart from that one site with all the cat pictures.

Tilers hate him. Look how you can save time and money with this simple trick!

Despite the fact that most people will be floored by this video, I still appreciate your work Tony! 👍🏻👊🏻

I wasn't sitting down. I passed out and struck my head on jagged and misaligned tiles. I will listen to your advice next time.

Good advice TOT. Didn't work so good when I did my silo floor though.

Awesome. Been setting tile for years and this is the first I’ve heard of this, looks like it’d save a lot of time. Thanks for sharing

This is the real reason for the sine bar video

If you're laying the tile square to the room, just lay the tile upside down over the space you're filling, mark the overlap on the tiles already laid. Cut off at your mark, and right side up, the cut fits to the wall. Also, to avoid small edge tiles, check your layout. If you end up with smalls at the end, move your master line half a tile one way or the other. Now the border tiles will be close to a full tile in size.

Absolutely brilliant!!!! As a self confessed idiot that bought a place needing quite a bit of tile work, you have probably saved me several weeks of effort getting all the little bits to fit properly! Thanks so much for sharing!

This concept is called scribing. It's used in a ton of different areas of construction actually. As someone who works construction (a lot of trim carpentry, ceramic, carpet tiles, dry wall) I actually hardly ever pull out a tape measure except maybe for the initial start of the project. When you usually have 1/8th-1/4 inch to work with as clearance or give, you can eyeball it really well, or sometimes using the actual pieces you are building with as their own measuring devices works well. A lot of people dont think outside of the box enough to see simple solutions to some things. (And a lot of times you come up with ways of measuring and cutting things to size because your tape measure is too far away and you dont feel like getting it). On the flip side!!!! This is a big reason why I love watching your videos! Watching something being taken down to precision, that makes my ocd so happy. A lot of times its not practical or I'm being rushed to do anything to the perfection I want. Thank you for all of your amazing content!

HOLY SH!T I have been tiling for years, and I have NEVER seen a better tip. thank you!

I have seen the samurai carpenter use this trick. You explained it very well. This is a reference for future generations to come.

i realize that i'm 4+ years late to this dance, but this is genius!!! TOT isn't just entertaining, but also informative. sharing is caring.

this kind of scribing is so useful in so many ways. Also seen plenty in metal/woodworking, construction... Anywhere tolerances are lax enough, it's an ENORMOUS time saver. More than that even, especially when this old house, has crooked walls to begin with. Nice walk through there Mr. Tony. Easy to understand. CGI was adequate, as usual.

Maybe I'm just a moron, but I think this is the most amazing video on youtube.

As a handyman. This is the best trick for tile I've seen to date. Can not wait to try it out!

As a guy in fla that has his own tile company! Well let’s just say tears are still running!!! You never fail to amuse and inform, in some cases that is. 😂😂😂

As a mole person, I mean tile person... I appreciate the cool tip. There's a bunch of other ways to do it but I've never seen that method and will have to give it a try on the next on-point floor job (fancy tile jargon for diamond pattern). Thanks! love the vids.

Mind blown. 🤯 who knew laying tile had a double meaning. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I'll literally watch anything you do

Quick, informative and still entertaining. What a nice little treasure here on yt!

Seriously, who dislikes Tony’s videos?!

I only look atthis channel to watch someone else working, while I am at work pretending to be working. Carry on . Nice !

Your teachings help me a lot in my DIY

As a flooring installer I can say this works great...

What the heck!!! Whoever figured this out is as mathematically inclined as any other mathemetician! Thats so cool!

Now I have way too much tile ordered and the homeowner watches your vids. thanks

With that punchline at the end, this was practically a 4' 27" joke. I love your videos. Edit: awesome tip by the way. Always thought there had to be a clever way to transfer the profile easily.

This is basically what boatbuilders call "spiling". It's a good trick.

Oh Tony, you are full of it.... full of knowledge that is. I appreciate your humor as well.

One of your funniest videos yet! Thanks for keeping me entertained while I try and learn things that either I will never use or never really understand 🤣

This Old Tile... nice trick, thanks dude.

Very inventive trick. Channel should be called This Old Jack.

I love watching your videos, the wittiness is the best cure to a dull day!

That is verrry slick. I teach at a community college in the skilled trades dept - never seen that. Never done tile work full time, but I have enough paying gigs under my belt that I have seen...some things. Thanks Tony. ps love the sine bar stuff - math it up!

Metal: cut with telekinesis, time travel, frost heaving, karate, etc. Tile: I can't wait to find out.

New welding and fabrication channel up. Idaho fabricator! He’s doing great work. The guy needs more subs :)

Mind = Blown. best channel on YT, hands down (and thumbs up)

I just paused a video of a guy building an insane one of a kind guitar to go listen to a machinist explain how to cut ceramic tile around all the goofy walls in my bathroom. I'm beginning to become somewhat concerned about the state my mental health. Also, cheers!!

Hey Tony. Are you still planning on making that surface gauge you talked about a while back? Also, when you hit 500k subs, you should do a shop tour!

As always entertaining as well as informative. Thanks Tony.

I would like to see you use some shop tools to bake next Tone. I think this whole multifaceted direction you are taking the channel warrants some cooking in the home shop.

Wow man this is a fantastic trick man. That is absolutely fantastic. I have been laying for years and have never seen something so fantastic. Thanks you my friend I am for ever appreciated.

this is actually a video I can share with my friends. nice trick, thanks for sharing.

Just be aware, this method does not work with metric tiles.

WOW³ this is brilliant! Thanks a lot! An actual transposition of angles referring to the relative position.....yes my darling, coming up soon!

While we're on the topic of cutting tiles... If you soak them in water overnight, they'll cut with a butter knife or pizza wheel.

My mom's trick was to go to a bunch of tile places & get the broken tiles (free!) and a bunch of decorative (tumbled) rocks/glass. Sand the edges of the broken tiles to keep from getting cut, then grout it all down in cool patterns, with an edge done out of unbroken tiles. Sort of a weird mosaic. It gave the floor good grip, came out flat (modulo the different thicknesses of tile) and looked great. Also cost very little, since 90% of it was free.

Next video: "laying pipe"

"And if *I* have to do it, you're going down with me" 😂 I lol'd

Wow!! This is ingenious! I love any way possible to be more efficient! May have to watch this 5 more times, tho.. -Linda H.

...that is frkkn genius!!..the most useful tip ive got out of yt,..and i never work with metal,..i just like yr show.I've never expected to actually use what you teach,..it's just fascinating fun tv,..thanx!

That was awesome! Can't wait to try that lil trick

Love it!!! You got to the point and quickly demonstrated… some videos take so long to get to the nitty gritty 😅

Nice tutorial. I never learned the tricks. I floored a 1200 sq ft house with 11"×11" tiles. I could get the tiles from the manufacturer or get contractors rate at a tile store. The tiles are very heavy! Keep the videos coming!

What a wonderful trick! Love you videos!

Nice trick. Tile is a pain to clean after but I've found that welding over drywall panels reduces the incidence of shop fires a lot.

That's what I was taught except instead of a template, just use one of the tiles. Also, don't do them all at once, it's wasteful. The one that you cut the little corner out of can be spun 180 degrees and get the next bit out of.

Thanks! My wife will be so happy that I learned this trick that we'll be "putting up shelves" more often.

If my wife some how managed to message you with something like " it's been 5 years and the bathroom still isn't fully tiled". I have to give her credit, it's been 11 years and yes this was the best way to get me to finish it. Thank you Tony from my wife and 2 Kidd's. Oh and Tony you can be all proud of your self, now show me how to tile so that they don't slowly move down the wall after that perfect fit up and depth...

Doing a boarder is faster, produces less waist, and looks much better. I'm doing the layout for the Border, make sure you're 45 tiles come out to whole halves; adjust the boarder width accordingly. This works best with small tile like the ones you're looking at. But for larger tile, I've done exactly what you described many thousands of times.

I love this channel. I likely will never touch a tool showcased but I still love this channel XD

Funny as always! I always look forward to your videos for good info and humor

And to think that I have tiled my bathroom not even a month ago... Great trick and great video, as always!

Can you go back in time with the lathe and upload this before I re-tiled the bathroom? Thank you.

Great trick, simple and useful. Thanks This Old Tony. Love your infotubes.

I like when I see people teaching theirs tricks to make think faster with theirs nice well care hands

I won't need my sine bar? But I just learned how to use it...

The corner piece will be slightly off though, if you do the math. If you don't do the math, it's probably fine. If your tile pattern is exactly 45 degrees, this works fine. The greater the error, the less accurate the corner piece will be, since you move it diagonally.

Thanks Tony, you teach me and you make me laugh, that takes special skills my man.

Just learned new English euphemism as I had to google it... And also word euphemism. Thank you Tony for all important things you teach us.

Making learning fun! Enjoyable and a great tip,thank you.

Thank you very for this video ! It will be really helpful in my next tile job for sure !!!

I ENRAPTURED BY YOUR LINE OF THOUGHT IN DOING IT DIFFERENTLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TAKE CARE

Love watchin your vids. Your awesome. Handy trick

So glad I watched this I'm about to tile a countertop.

Thank u for taking the effort to teach people a trick.

I was once a tile professional and I approve this message.

I do handyman, and this was cool man, I'll be following you , wow keep it simple

In next episode of This Old Tony: Oil paiting ;)

This was a ridiculously. Helpful Thanks!

I hate laying tile, but this is certainly a great trick to know! Thanks for sharing!

When watching your channel, I must learn to expect the unexpected. Euphemism, I laughed for a while.