Cutters - wet and dry -£200 budget?

[billy123]

get the plasplugs and fit the marcrist 850 blade a hot knife through butter

 

[Leatherface]

Ho ho ho, it's that old leatherface again !!
My view ( sorry for repeating myself), is that you should spend as much as you can afford ( even get a loan ) for your core tools, ie wet cutter and rail cutter. It's simple mathematics. I have learned to my own expense after burning out 3 cheap £40 wet cutters. You have the wasted cost of replacing them & also the lost time.
If you buy a crap wet cutter it will take you twice as long to cut through your tiles ( especially if you are cutting hard porcelain, thick slate or marble) You can easily save at least an hour a day with a powerfull wet cutter ( perhaps more ) It doesn't take a mathematical genius to work out that in 12 months you could have paid for a decent wet cutter twice over. The same applies to mixers, I wasted about £100 burning out cheap B&Q drills for my mixing before I spent £100 on a decent one, hasn't let me down since.
Time is money !!!!
Good quality, efficient tools save time & therefore save money & also do not need replacing as often.
Do the maths ££££££££££££££££

 

[grumpygrouter]

Ho ho ho, it's that old leatherface again !!
My view ( sorry for repeating myself), is that you should spend as much as you can afford ( even get a loan ) for your core tools, ie wet cutter and rail cutter. It's simple mathematics. I have learned to my own expense after burning out 3 cheap £40 wet cutters. You have the wasted cost of replacing them & also the lost time.
If you buy a crap wet cutter it will take you twice as long to cut through your tiles ( especially if you are cutting hard porcelain, thick slate or marble) You can easily save at least an hour a day with a powerfull wet cutter ( perhaps more ) It doesn't take a mathematical genius to work out that in 12 months you could have paid for a decent wet cutter twice over. The same applies to mixers, I wasted about £100 burning out cheap B&Q drills for my mixing before I spent £100 on a decent one, hasn't let me down since.
Time is money !!!!
Good quality, efficient tools save time & therefore save money & also do not need replacing as often.
Do the maths ££££££££££££££££

Got to agree with Leatherface here. Last 2 jobs cost me dear not having a suitable wet cutter available at the start. Took sooooooooo much longer to do the work than it should have done.

Grumpy

 

[thegwads]

well, out to buy today, edging towards rubi wet cutter as above (880w) and big clinker i think - depends what deal i can get at my local stockist
i agree you need to get the tools and pay for it, but i was just wondering if a lot of tools out there are priced too highly just due to the good brand name and some of the lesser known brands are actually just as good?

 

[thegwads]

just picked up the master tiler wet cutter, £79 at b&Q, off now for the clinker i think.
anyone any experience of the rubi ts50?

 

[thegwads]

oh - i meant rubi pocket 50?

 

[etc.tiling]

I've got the Montolit 63, which is the dogs proverbials!!!!!!! Nothing wrong with the Rubi - the thing I've found is it depends on the user - you need to try them and see which one suits your style of cutting best.

I've ordered the super dogs danglies cutter from Gaz at Topps today so will give a full run down after I've used it on a job on Wednesday.

Cheers for your help Gaz!!!

 

[thegwads]

cheers, would happily get one if i could find one in my area, and seriously need it for wednesday now, job back one day thankfully.
anyone knows how to get hold of a montolit around around *********, cambs, beds?
if not i have decided on the big clinker from screwfix
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just picked up a big clinker - looks an absolute beast!, so that and a plasplugs master tiler electric will be tried for the first time tomorrow.
will let you know

 

[grumpygrouter]

Not relevant now but you could have ordered a Montolit online and got it delivered next day.

Grumpy

 

[etc.tiling]

See you're a fellow PTS @ Warrington student - how're you getting on since going solo?

 

[grumpygrouter]

See you're a fellow PTS @ Warrington student - how're you getting on since going solo?

I am assuming you are talking to me etc.tiling? I am getting on OK, building slowly at the moment and trying to run 2 businesses at the same time. Finished a job last week with another one for the same customer pending. Farmhouse restoration of s "B" listed building. Also potentially got a referral to quote for 70sq mt of flooring in a new build so going OK, I guess. Thanks

How did you find the course?

Grumpy

 

[etc.tiling]

Cheers Grumpy ... was talking to you. The course was interesting, very intensive and has been enough to set me off in the right direction. I like their quality over speed attitude!!

 

[plumbersmate]

get a rubi ts 50 plus, perfect for porcelain.

Then pay no more than 40 quid for a wet cutter.

i'd go for a big clinker, only time it's let me down is when i was hunting for a spare cutting wheel (found them at Topps in the end!).

 

[plumbersmate]

well, out to buy today, edging towards rubi wet cutter as above (880w) and big clinker i think - depends what deal i can get at my local stockist
i agree you need to get the tools and pay for it, but i was just wondering if a lot of tools out there are priced too highly just due to the good brand name and some of the lesser known brands are actually just as good?

hmmm, it's a bit like tiles - you get what you pay for. just tiled a floor with cheap **** tiles, the packs varied in size, shape - and colour! took me twice as long, but the customer was warned. only problem is, if the job doesn't turn out well, guess who gets the blame!

 

[Leatherface]

oh - i meant rubi pocket 50?

Again - spend you money wisely and invest in a rail cutter that will cut at least a 600mm tile - will save you having to buy one later.
600mm tiles and above are becomong far more popular.