ats Diamond Tools 20mm porcelain blade

[J Sid]

got a new blade from Alan @ATSDiamondTools this week to cut some 20mm porcelain .
put it in a Rubi TC 180 and cut about 80 ln mts and was very impressed. Very clean, chip free cut in one pass.

 

[Spare Tool]

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got a new blade from Alan @ATSDiamondTools this week to cut some 20mm porcelain .
put it in a Rubi TC 180 and cut about 80 ln mts and was very impressed. Very clean, chip free cut in one pass.

Good to know Julian, so you got the Rubi then? ....wet or dry cut?

 

[Flintstone]

Is this new range of blades inspired by the ones that were brought to light on here a couple of months ago ? They look like they are the same style. I know Alan was testing some out.

 

[J Sid]

Good to know Julian, so you got the Rubi then? ....wet or dry cut?

got a second hand one from a prominent member on here. Used it wet on a new 1200mm track from @Pro Tiler Tools and it worked extremely well

 

[J Sid]

Is this new range of blades inspired by the ones that were brought to light on here a couple of months ago ? They look like they are the same style. I know Alan was testing some out.

I believe it's the new blade @ATSDiamondTools has been testing. their on his site now.

 

[Concrete guy]

Is this new range of blades inspired by the ones that were brought to light on here a couple of months ago ? They look like they are the same style. I know Alan was testing some out.

Yes it is. We found the factory that made them and got them produced to a spec we wanted for the very hard problem stuff that many of our landscaper customers struggle with. Mainly 20mm porcelain.

 

[Flintstone]

Great! Is there any reduction in lifespan with this blade compared to the Turbo blade for example or turbo x

 

[Concrete guy]

Great! Is there any reduction in lifespan with this blade compared to the Turbo blade for example or turbo x

Honestly we're not entirely sure. We were so happy to find a product that solved a problem (20mm porcelain), the lifespan (whilst reasonably important) in this case is secondary to it's cutting performance.

If you're using it on regular 8mm or 10mm thick porcelain I'd expect a similar lifespan to our Turbo Flange blade.

 

[Flintstone]

I only ask as I had to discard one pretty quickly. Granted it wasn't one of your blades, but the other one as posted on here

 

[Concrete guy]

I only ask as I had to discard one pretty quickly. Granted it wasn't one of your blades, but the other one as posted on here

It wouldn't surprise me to find the lifespan is shorter than some of our other blades, that's often the compromise to improve cutting performance.

It's much of the reason we're marketing this blade at the 20mm Porcelain market. Our customers in that market find they traditionally consume multiple blades per job.

In fact I'm pretty happy with Julian's 80 linear metres on a 180mm blade with life left. In 20mm Porcelain that's pretty good going.

These blades are thin though. We recommend that they are taken off machines when you've finished using them and stored somewhere where they won't get knocked. It doesn't take much lateral force at all to damage blades this thin.

 

[Perry]

Julian do the blades cut upwards then on the rubi?

 

[J Sid]

good question,
you push it away from yourself, so the blade is cutting down. That blade did give an excellent clear edge on the porcelain.

 

[Concrete guy]

good question,
you push it away from yourself, so the blade is cutting down. That blade did give an excellent clear edge on the porcelain.

Julian are you using the Rubi the same way the guy does in this video?

It looks like it cuts on the upstroke.

 

[Spare Tool]

I thought they cut down as well, but just been out to shed to check and they do infact cut on the up..

 

[J Sid]

I stand corrected, must be up then. Will look tomorrow