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HOST: The bits are new?
PAT: The bits are new. This has been on the market for a little over a year. This has been on the market for about nine months.
HOST: Okay.
PAT: But it's really -- This is a brand-new way for guys to work, and it's really just kind of getting out and into professional tile users.
HOST: You know, when I used to really have to get my hands dirty a lot, I laid a lot of tile. One of the products I always loved was Rotozip. Seems like I used it on drywall, tile -- I always had one in my bag. Tell us a little bit about what we've got here in some of these new attachments.
PAT: Well, traditionally what people have used this for and I'm sure what you've used this for in the past was our wall tile bit. (HOST: Right.) It can make detailed cuts. What we've got now is a bit that can cut in floor tile. It'll cut ceramic, porcelain, handgrain, and all the really hard floortiles. It's got two-and-a-half carats of diamond grit embedded in it, and that allows you to get through the really tough and durable floor tile.
HOST: Right, and the thing I like about Roto is that it lets you freehand a little bit with your cuts. And I can see here that we used that bit, but you can make for pipes or any kind of penetrations through the tile. You can make a really nice clean cut with it.
PAT: Exactly. With modern towers for A, they're using a lot of floortile on the walls. You know, we've got a lot more needs. (HOST: We use tons of tile these days.) Exactly. And also we've got a lot more holes. You know people putting in full-body showers and you know a lot more jets and valves. You need a lot more holes in the tiles and different shapes, too, is what we came to find.
HOST: Okay, the other thing that you brought with you today--and I love this because I've spent a lot of time putting doors in and remodeling and being able to cut the bottom of those doorjams off when you're putting tile in can be a real pain in the backside. Just give us a little bit of information on this.
PAT: This is an attachment. What you see here is a right-angle attachment that fits on the same tool. (HOST: Right.) It just plugs in here, this card comes off, and you put the attachment on. And what this allows us to do is use high-performance wheels from where it is. This is the wood version (HOST: Right.) that you can see here it's really flushed to the material. So you can scoot right on top of the tile that you're cutting. We could flip it over. (HOST: Like that. Yeah.) And you can see you're right down on top of the tile. There's a tiny bit of clearance that once you put your thinset under the tile, you'll be up flush with whatever you're cutting around the toekick or doorjam or doorcasing.
HOST: Right. Cause sometimes if you just use it all like Dazuki saw or something, you get a little out. Next thing you know you're trying to caulk it and fill it. This, to me, would make it a nice, even cut, which would be right down on the tile, and it's gonna look great.
PAT: Absolutely. Easy to control. Gives a nice finish. It really does the job well.
HOST: Great. I'm looking forward to seeing this thing work in the booth.
PAT: Fantastic.
HOST: Thanks, Pat.
PAT: Thank you. [END]
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