fipple's got a sigma

[fipple]

Just got my sigma 3a with case!:hurray:what a beautiful cutter!...the case is massive though...if i get another sigma i,ll not bother wiv case...would need 2 vans to carry em:smilewinkgrin:

 

[nybor62]

nice one you wont regret it

 

[jay]

welcome to the club:8:

 

[david campbell]

good cutters m8

where did you get it from?

 

[DHTiling]

Pics... we want pics..:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Rich]

What cutter did you use before you got it?
Im a Rubi lover but would like to give a Sigma a go.

Let us know how you get on with it and how it compares to your last cutter

 

[peckers]

What cutter did you use before you got it?
Im a Rubi lover but would like to give a Sigma a go.

Let us know how you get on with it and how it compares to your last cutter

once you tried sigma you will defo WANT ONE

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I will stick to my Rubi TX 700, tried a sigma once didn't like it. Each to their own

 

[fipple]

Sorry ive been out shopping for castello porcelian tiles for me dinning room!...gd excuse to try out the new sigma:hurray:...ive tried it on 10mm/15mm ceramic thus far...and its working a treat,very gentle pressure is needed and its an amazingly clean cut....feels very well made...plus ive never used a "pull cutter before ...its already feeling more natural to use ..i can apply pressure more accurately...Before i owned a ts-50...personally ive never really like it much,...seperate breaker etc..i honestly didnt think there was much else except a rubi...then i peaked over the fence and saw sigmas..lol...sir ramic put me onto mark stanley from daltech scotland,....ordered it thursday,was here friday am...i live in bedfordshire...oh! and i got a mars bar with it as well...lol. not sure y,nice gimmick..lol...mark stanley is a topbloke..would recommend

 

[tommyzooom]

Pics please, I've never seen a sigma case!

 

[hillhead]

Good man fipple,you took my advice and i knew you'd be happy
you had your mind well sorted

 

[doug boardley]

fipple's got a sigma, and he's not afraid to use it

 

[White Room]

Got the catalogue and keep browsing

 

[fipple]

cheers hillhead!...yep i took much advise and knowledge from this site actually!...very valuable to look through present and past posts and get a gage of whats good and isnt...takes alot of trawling as im sure you,ll know...because eventually one has to make there final decision,which i did and im happy as larry wiv its build quality etec etc...i didnt know buying a tile cutter could evoke so many emotions in a person..lmao:lol:...i think tiling is an amazing art form..maybe thats where all the emotion comes from and purchasing a cutter is fundamental man!..lol..thanks for your support and input....i shall be wielding the sigma and slaying many a wall and floor...heres to victory//and beyond:hurray:

 

[fipple]

ps. tommyzoom...i will get a picture a.s.a.p off the case!...i tell u m8 its massive!!...2 be honest i dont think i really need it..if id known i wouldnt have ordered it...its about the size of a pasting table folded in half...but still!...it keeps it clean and safe.:smilewinkgrin:

 

[doug boardley]

ps. tommyzoom...i will get a picture a.s.a.p off the case!...i tell u m8 its massive!!...2 be honest i dont think i really need it..if id known i wouldnt have ordered it...its about the size of a pasting table folded in half...but still!...it keeps it clean and safe.:smilewinkgrin:

imagine the case my TX1200N comes in :lol:

 

[nybor62]

Pics please, I've never seen a sigma case!

here you go.

 

[fipple]

yep!,,,but that pic looks slightly metalic..lol...its a gorgeous blue though...v nice case...Also...ive noticed that when i cut tiles...when im getting down to 10mm/15mm...i get a better result snapping at the other end...ive noticed that the breaking ridge at the bottom seems to be a few mm,s higher than the spring bed,,,but is level at the other end!? is that normal for a sigma

 

[fipple]

p.s surely u couldnt put that monster in a case huh doug!?..lol thats unbelievably massive!:yikes:

 

[nybor62]

yep!,,,but that pic looks slightly metalic..lol...its a gorgeous blue though...v nice case...Also...ive noticed that when i cut tiles...when im getting down to 10mm/15mm...i get a better result snapping at the other end...ive noticed that the breaking ridge at the bottom seems to be a few mm,s higher than the spring bed,,,but is level at the other end!? is that normal for a sigma[/QUOTE
cant say i ever noticed ,i have no probs breaking at any end

 

[andy-p]

I will stick to my Rubi TX 700, tried a sigma once didn't like it. Each to their own

Thing is phil you have to give them a good workout if your used to a rubi, i remember on an other forum a tiler who bought a sigma and couldnt get on with it and stuck it in his garage , well he ended up phoning me and i gave him some advise how to use it and to stick with it, turned out he now absolutely loves it and wouldnt go back to rubi, same story with my brother in law who is a tiler , rubi man all his career and now its sigma, theres nowt wrong with rubis ive got 2 myself, just sayin give the siggy a chance...

 

[fipple]

its kool!...i wasnt snapping 10mm plus back!...its cutting slithers!!:hurray:... amazing cutter!....ive got some raimondi trowels/slanted notched trowels coming from kwiksplit ...and a few other italian tools....Those italians know there stuff!...ive been to rome ,and if u think about ,,,look at all the tiling thats done in that country!...its in there blood....P.S..id like to mention that rubi have served there purpose for me and a few other friends!..it was them that first said..."yes m8 get a rubi...top cutters!" which to some may hold true...but thats the effect of there marketing....they saturate the market giving u not much thought for much else...but like ive stated...i searched "seek and yee shall find"..lol...and i did!...this sigma 3b..is in a class of its own...so for me...it totally blows rubi out...they say never say never,but sigma for me and maybe a rubi another time...who knows...horses for courses!

 

[hillhead]

Another thing about the sigmas is that the wheels seem to last forever ! lol.
i don't know anyone who has broke a sigma either and i know some that get dogs abuse !
i even seen a 15 year old 10M(looked like one anyway) and it was still cutting strong although a new motor had been fitted 5 years ago.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Thing is phil you have to give them a good workout if your used to a rubi, i remember on an other forum a tiler who bought a sigma and couldnt get on with it and stuck it in his garage , well he ended up phoning me and i gave him some advise how to use it and to stick with it, turned out he now absolutely loves it and wouldnt go back to rubi, same story with my brother in law who is a tiler , rubi man all his career and now its sigma, theres nowt wrong with rubis ive got 2 myself, just sayin give the siggy a chance...

Cheers Andy, I know what you are saying. My mate swears by Sigma, btw is there other tilers forums?:lol:

 

[doug boardley]

p.s surely u couldnt put that monster in a case huh doug!?..lol thats unbelievably massive!:yikes:

it fits in a big red coffin fipple

 

[fipple]

JUST A FEW PICS OF MR SIGGY!!...

 

[fipple]

ERMMMM!! howd u upload pics?

 

[DHTiling]

Clich This in a thread and then scroll down and use the attachment feature.

Or create an Album in your profile and load pics into that and then copy and paste the BBcode from the the pics. pics no bigger than 2400x1200

Or use something like photobucket.

 

[Peter]

Another thing about the sigmas is that the wheels seem to last forever ! lol.
i don't know anyone who has broke a sigma either and i know some that get dogs abuse !

£1.50 for a wheel that can last for well over a year. :drool5:

Heard of a Sigma having a bit of an altercation with a Loadall, just needed a new measuring bar though. :lol:

 

[Scott]

Fipple, if your are over Hemel or Leighton Buzzard way me and Whitebeam would be interested in seeing it and maybe trying it out.