Abstract: A decorative tile set of nonuniformly-shaped tiles (tiles with non-parallel sides and/or non-perpendicular corners) is manufactured for interlocking installation adjacent uniformly-shaped tiles, i.e., adjacent to tiles having parallel sides and/or perpendicular corners, as in standard flooring tiles such as laminate flooring planks. A sacrificial bed having a planar upper bed surface is provided, and trenches are cut in the sacrificial bed to define areas on the upper bed surface which at least substantially correspond to tile boundaries. At least one workpiece from which the tiles are to be cut is then provided atop the sacrificial bed with its finished face closely held against the sacrificial bed. The workpiece is then cut to produce tile blanks bounded by tile blank boundaries, with the tile blank boundaries being outwardly spaced from the desired tile boundaries by an offset distance.

Abstract: A decorative tile set of nonuniformly-shaped tiles (tiles with non-parallel sides and/or non-perpendicular comers) is manufactured for interlocking installation adjacent uniformly-shaped tiles, i.e., adjacent to tiles having parallel sides and/or perpendicular corners, as in standard flooring tiles such as laminate flooring planks. A sacrificial bed having a planar upper bed surface is provided, and trenches are cut in the sacrificial bed to define areas on the upper bed surface which at least substantially correspond to tile boundaries. At least one workpiece from which the tiles are to be cut is then provided atop the sacrificial bed with its finished face closely held against the sacrificial bed. The workpiece is then cut to produce tile blanks bounded by tile blank boundaries, with the tile blank boundaries being outwardly spaced from the desired tile boundaries by an offset distance.

Abstract: An ellipse scribe for writing or cutting an ellipse onto or into a workpiece. Two perpendicular tracks each include a slider block which is capable of reciprocating within the tracks. The slider blocks are rotatably affixed at different points along the length of a scribe beam with a cursor mounted at one end of the scribe beam. The cursor scribes out an ellipse as the slider blocks reciprocate through a full cycle of motion. The size of the ellipse may be changed by disengaging the slider blocks from the scribe beam and translating the slider blocks within an adjustment track on the scribe beam to different points on the scribe beam. The scribe beam includes a removable scale whereby the locations of the slider blocks along the scribe beam may be determined, allowing the size of the ellipse to be accurately set.