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I wish I know how to cut these shapes out of regular square tiles in large quantities. I would love to have Penrose tiling on other exotic patterns in my bathro

I wish I know how to cut these shapes out of regular square tiles in large quantities. I would love to have Penrose tiling on other exotic patterns in my bathroom.

mirimir 8y ago
You could use a programmable laser cutter, I suppose. Or less expensively, but slower and with more waste, just score and use a tile breaker.
- isoprophlex 8y ago
  Is it really feasible to cut ceramics with a laser? I'd say these only do (thin) wood pieces?
  - mirimir 8y ago
    Not cheap, but https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-ceramic-tile-laser-cutting-machine.html https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-ceramic-tile-laser-cu... And perhaps they're bullshitting.
  - ISL 8y ago
    Yes. UV laser cutters should be able to cut at least certain ceramics. Not certain about IR.
  - namibj 8y ago
    This paper [0] seems to contain information you would want to do it yourself with a common medium power CO2 lasercutter. [0]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030399297000054 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003039929...
- raverbashing 8y ago
  That would be a very boring process. And you would probably lose some of them. Cutting tiles by hand is not difficult, it's just annoying. Very annoying. Especially in weird shapes.
dekhn 8y ago
https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/floors.html https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/floors.html
matte_black 8y ago
Do a polished concrete floor but stamped with the tiling pattern cut out through a CNC. Done. Super cheap.
- specialist 8y ago
  Nice. Another notion I had was cutting/forming/milling the ceramic before it's glazed and kiln fired. If you did it in sheets, it might be practical.
- ISL 8y ago
  Penrose tilings are aperiodic. The stamp (or combined area of all CNC-ed stamps) would be as large as the floor.
  - tropo 8y ago
    Within a fixed distance of a given type of tile, the possibilities are not unlimited. Stamp with occasional overlap, and you could get the job done with only a few different stamps.

I wish I know how to cut these shapes out of regular square tiles in large quantities. I would love to have Penrose tiling on other exotic patterns in my bathroom.

mirimir 8y ago

You could use a programmable laser cutter, I suppose. Or less expensively, but slower and with more waste, just score and use a tile breaker.

isoprophlex 8y ago
Is it really feasible to cut ceramics with a laser? I'd say these only do (thin) wood pieces?
- mirimir 8y ago
  Not cheap, but https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-ceramic-tile-laser-cutting-machine.html https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-ceramic-tile-laser-cu... And perhaps they're bullshitting.
- ISL 8y ago
  Yes. UV laser cutters should be able to cut at least certain ceramics. Not certain about IR.
- namibj 8y ago
  This paper [0] seems to contain information you would want to do it yourself with a common medium power CO2 lasercutter. [0]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030399297000054 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003039929...
raverbashing 8y ago
That would be a very boring process. And you would probably lose some of them. Cutting tiles by hand is not difficult, it's just annoying. Very annoying. Especially in weird shapes.

dekhn 8y ago

https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/floors.html https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/floors.html

matte_black 8y ago

Do a polished concrete floor but stamped with the tiling pattern cut out through a CNC. Done. Super cheap.

specialist 8y ago
Nice. Another notion I had was cutting/forming/milling the ceramic before it's glazed and kiln fired. If you did it in sheets, it might be practical.
ISL 8y ago
Penrose tilings are aperiodic. The stamp (or combined area of all CNC-ed stamps) would be as large as the floor.
- tropo 8y ago
  Within a fixed distance of a given type of tile, the possibilities are not unlimited. Stamp with occasional overlap, and you could get the job done with only a few different stamps.