porcelin tiles

[Alison]

Just done a floor using porcelin tiles, which I found very difficult to cut. I was using A RUBI TS 40 PLUS but that was breaking the tiles half way down and my wet cutter plusplug mastertiler was having a hard day getting through them. Is this normal with porcelin :mad2:

 

[brummie tiler]

Did you use a porcelain cutting wheel in your rubi? porcelain is notoriosly tough to cut. I use rubi tx700n which cuts porcelain beautifully

 

[Alison]

A porcelain cutting wheel, a pocerlain cutting wheel !! no I did not know that there were different wheels, I have just been using the 10g wheel that came with the cutter. I can not thank you enough as I have another job using porcelain tiles. Right off now to get a cutter. Thanks again
Alison

 

[guy1976]

for porcelain it it better to have a movable breaker on your cutter and after you score snap it with the breaker about a 1/4 of the way down the tile

 

[scottish tiler]

maybe your not scribing the tile hard anough if it keeps breaking half way down

 

[Fred]

If you live near Croydon, pop into Boydens, they are selling the Genesis 600mm flat bed breaker at the moment for £70.00. I used it today on 12mm thick 350x350 porcelain, cut like butter, my Rubi TS50 plus couldn't handle them, and kept leaving a splinter where the breaker cuts. The Genesis has the block breaker on it. And I recon, for spending that money, rather than £200 plus on a Rubi TX range, it was worth £70.00.

 

[GazTech]

My TS 60 struggled with porcelain until I replaced the separator (the bit that comes from underneath) then PING...good as any cutter made....Gaz

 

[elliesdad224]

sorry folks just cannot agree with you on this, i have got at least 4 rubi cutters gathering a lot of dust in my garage, they dont come close to sigma, the italians are famous for their tiling works, why dont you buy the rolls royce of italian tile cutters, the rubi is a slow piece of kit, push, pull and then break? i would have cut two on a sigma by then

 

[grumpygrouter]

sorry folks just cannot agree with you on this, i have got at least 4 rubi cutters gathering a lot of dust in my garage, they dont come close to sigma, the italians are famous for their tiling works, why dont you buy the rolls royce of italian tile cutters, the rubi is a slow piece of kit, push, pull and then break? i would have cut two on a sigma by then

Ditto Montolit.

Grumpy

 

[elliesdad224]

whats montolit???

 

[scottish tiler]

i was going to say buy a sigma as there the best but it sounds like he/she isnt scribing the tile hard anough or summit, i hate the rubis i realy dont rate them

 

[Fekin]

Hmmm..

Im looking at a new better cutter, and was leaning on the Rubi to buy, but now Im not 100% sure now.

 

[grumpygrouter]

whats montolit???

Italian tile cutting equipment, similar in action to Sigma.

This is the UK importers site. Kwik Split

Have a look, I am sure you will see similarities.

Grumpy

 

[elliesdad224]

fekin do yourself a favour pal, get a sigma, get on to trimline 02087789000 and ask for a catalogue, my largest sigma cutter will take a 900mm tile with ease

 

[Perry]

Alison we have 4 ts 60 all cut porcelain well ts 60 plus tends to smash them also Gaz has a good point :lol: can grt blunt after a while Pete