Best Tile Cutter Blades - Rubi Cpc, Montolit Dna, Ats Diamond Blade And Dewalt Wheel

[Gazzer]

Ever in my search of understanding price v quality of diamond wheels I have in my possession now a Rubi CPC, A Montolit DNA, An ATS and a DeWalt wheel. All these go onto the DW24000 and all the same diameter.
Now while its not a fair test as I am expecting teh Montolit wheel to be the better of the bunch ..a.s it should be if price is anything to go on....but what would you be looking at when trying a new wheel in your wet cutter?

Best Tile Cutter Blades - What's the best tile cutter blade out there?
Rubi CPC, Montolit DNA, ATS Diamond Blade and DeWalt Wheel​

Minimal chipping ?
Speed ?
Smoothness ?
Long lasting ?
Noise ?...yes some wheels produce more noie than others.
Would you accept less than perfect if the price was right ?

I will be cutting some Lounge Dark Grey Porcelain tomorrow and trying all these wheels to see for myself, hopefully if weather permits I can take a few photos too.

 

[Ian]

Minimal chipping/cleanness of cut is the most important to me, even if it takes a little longer to cut, that's the most important factor.

 

[macten]

Same as Bri but if the blade was shot after one job then they'd have to be mega cheap.

 

[Stef]

I think we could be in for a shock here Neale.
It will be surprising to see the real world results of these blades.
I have just swapped over to the DNA for my Dewalt & it gives a very good cut.

 

[Gazzer]

Well I am thinking that it will be as expected with the more expensive of the wheels performing best but how much the difference is ...who knows ?

 

[Concrete guy]

I'm really looking forward to this test.

We've sold a large number of these blades at 115mm, 125mm & 200mm (so many 200mm we've run out of stock). We have a 180mm in the pipeline, but we've never sold a single 250mm.

I'm wondering if the price is actually putting people off, along the lines of it can't be that good if it's a quarter of the cost of a premium blade.

What I'm really interested in is how it performs compared to blades that are three and four times the price. Should be a good test, that's a proper cross section of value you've got there. In hindsight I should also have sent you up a 250mm continuous rim porcelain blade as well as the turbo one.

 

[Qwerty]

I'm the same as others- minimal chipping and a nice clean cut paramount. Interesting to see how they perform on a 45' too as I heard some blades stray and found this on my old Rubi wet saw. Never experienced it on my dewalt though. Looking forward to the results Neale

 

[White Room]

Same as everyone else, minimal chipping and smoothness of cut which I find I get with the DNA blade but for the price it should be. If I found a similar blade that done the same and cheaper then I'd give that a try.

 

[Rich Midge]

Sounding like a broken record in here, minimal chipping is a must. Rubi wheels give a lovely cut but seem to wear quite quick, Marcrist is probably my wheel of choice for porcelain but I keep some from Beava for almost everything else. Really good value budget wheel.

 

[Peter]

I'm really looking forward to this test.

We've sold a large number of these blades at 115mm, 125mm & 200mm (so many 200mm we've run out of stock). We have a 180mm in the pipeline, but we've never sold a single 250mm.

I'm wondering if the price is actually putting people off, along the lines of it can't be that good if it's a quarter of the cost of a premium blade.

What I'm really interested in is how it performs compared to blades that are three and four times the price. Should be a good test, that's a proper cross section of value you've got there. In hindsight I should also have sent you up a 250mm continuous rim porcelain blade as well as the turbo one.

Any plans to make a 'J' groove DNA/Sigma type blade? A 250mm for around £100 would be an instant hit.

 

[Concrete guy]

Any plans to make a 'J' groove DNA/Sigma type blade? A 250mm for around £100 would be an instant hit.

Is that the Montolit SCX range Peter?

 

[Gazzer]

Best Tile Cutter Blades - What's the best tile cutter blade out there? - Results coming in.

Rubi CPC, Montolit DNA, ATS Diamond Blade and DeWalt Wheel

Well I had forgot that I had thrown the standard Dewalt wheel away as it had reached the end of its life. So I had the Rubi CPC, The ATS diamond wheel and the Montolit DNA to try.
First of all I used the Rubi CPC and the cut was good enough for me with very minimal chipping, mostly you could not tell the cut edge from the factory finish.
I then swapped wheel for the ATS diamond wheel. Having used their wheels before I have experienced that its best to run through a few tiles before testing so as to bed the wheel in. This I did and the started cutting ....I was left with a very acceptable cut but with more chipping than the Rubi CPC. I tried about 20 cuts and then stoped to change wheel.
Up next was the Montolit DNA wheel, I had high hopes for this wheel but experienced the same chipping as with the ATS Diamond wheel. Although not drastic it wasnt what I had hoped for. I also noticed that the Montolit seemed louder..in fact it was very uncomfortable on my ears !

I fully expect the later 2 wheels to improve after a good bedding in period and I believe the secret with the Rubi CPC wheel was the continous rim which gave the best finish.
Time will tell how long these will last but if I had known or seen these wheels in action before I would have probaly gone for the ATS diamond wheel and saved a small fortune !
I know some of you may disagree with this but I can only speak as I find. I will upload a few photo latter and see if I can get them in the correct order.

 

[Gazzer]

Actually having just checked the price of the Rubi CPC, it would probably be my choice .

 

[Ian]

I put a DNA on my grinder at the start of the year and have to say wasn't overly impressed, I switched back to the pro-gres around July time and it is definitely the better of the 2. Strange how price doesn't always reflect the best quality.

 

[Gazzer]

I put a DNA on my grinder at the start of the year and have to say wasn't overly impressed, I switched back to the pro-gres around July time and it is definitely the better if the 2. Strange how price doesn't always reflect the best quality.

Which is the point I am trying to find, In this case, so far at least I dont think price is justified,