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scottish tiler

tiler101,

out of all the tilers that i know or have seen 99% use a sigma cutting machine
Sigma Pull Handsaws

thats the only link i could find with all the sigmas on it and i own these two, but if needed my unkle has 2 of the bigger sized ones and my company own several of them aswell
5-Standard 20"(14x14 diagonal)
and the
6 - Standard 14" (8x8 diagonal)

 
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scottish tiler

I just wondered which machines you have compared them with to make that statement. You seem to have just Sigma's


im pretty sure that statement is true m8, im not knocking your cuttin machine either as they look great btw and they probaly cut good aswell , iv never tryd one or heard of it so i obv wouldnt know or been able to compare it to a sigma
 
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tiler-101

but guys have still found some tiles hard to cut cleanly whatever cutter ?

Rather than answer this directly I will lay it out for you.

Porcelain is a refined product which can be harder than granite

The PEI scale rates porcelain by its hardness 0pei to 5pei effectively 5 differing forms of porcelain.

Most porcelain has a grid on the back which makes every cut you make different (this is personal opinion)

You can see that there are very few constants involved yet the class cutters manage to overcome these. Its ipossible to attain a 100% record when cutting tiles as there are things going on in the tiles as well its a question of the best horses for the right course

They are not my cutters raimondi are a class act making very high quality tools for our trade, you buy raimondi and you buy once, I know this.

tiler
 
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tiler-101

im pretty sure that statement is true m8, im not knocking your cuttin machine either as they look great btw and they probaly cut good aswell , iv never tryd one or heard of it so i obv wouldnt know or been able to compare it to a sigma


I'm pretty sure there is life on mars but I wouldnt say its fact as that would surgest i could back it up :)
 
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len

this still doesn't help me with my problem with the amount of pressure needed to snap these porcelain tiles with my montolit. Also...These are damn expensive tiles so 100% success rate on clean cuts would be appreciated. This really is not about who produces the best cutter,they are all good cutters,the pro. ones that is. The question should be would you reccommend your particular brand because it easily splits Porcelain. I CANNOT reccommend my Montolit. The fault lies i think with the snapper arrangement. The Sigma and Raimondo look virtually identical to the Montolit,but until I can get to test them out i would suspect that they would be no better. What we need is someone to test the lot on the same sample of tile. Is there anyone out there who has access to all four makes?

Incidentally,I had a conversation with a bunch of tilers today re. Porcelain.

One wont touch the stuff.
One splits them with a Sigma and has to thump the splitter.Any machine cutting is done with a dry 100mm angle grinder. He has no wet cutter at the moment.
Third one uses a small up cutting machine ( bed cutter?)
Two of them dont want to know about drilling holes in the material....I should have asked how they cope with pipes!
 
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Perry

i havent had a tile other than other than textured that i couldn,t cut some way on a rubi i have used a sigma no problems dont think its as good on fine work like mitering 1/2 mm makes a lot of difference both have there good points
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just to add its a feel you have some of my guys have been tiling over 20 years they still bring some cuts to me when they having problems may take 2 or 3 tiles to work out how to cut them
 
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len

thanks pjc. I agree that you have to get the 'feel ' of the tile that your working with.Your an expert by the time you lay the last tile and sods law says that you wont see that particular tile again for months! Just remind me.. which Rubi do you use. A mate of mine has just bought the 1200 which has a BIG splitting jaw , ( no rear splitting pin)he reckons its great on BIG porcelain
 

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