porcelin tiles

[Perry]

must agree :grouphug:

 

[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!

 

[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

 

[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

 

[DHTiling]

hi len mate..i bought the tx700n ( 1000kg breaking power) a few months back now and it snaps porcelain for breakfast...havnt come across a tile it wont break yet....

 

[len]

Now thats what I want to hear. Why didnt you tell me earlier and save me all this posting .

 

[Grace'sDad]

Forget your Rubis, I just finished a big porcelain job today - 600x300s and my BIG CLINKER cut every one of them cleanly, even slivers as thin as 1".

They aren't the most delicate cutter around but they aint half good for porcelain!

 

[len]

Sorry Graces dad but i cant see how 10mm thick porcelain can possibly be cut to 25mm strips on a manual cutter. Theres no way that any splitting attachment can sit that close to the edge of the tileand split 600mm tiles! I need convincing please. Any chance of some digi pics of the business end of this super machine ?

 

[Grace'sDad]

Wait and see Len, wait and see.....:lol:

 

[Perry]

this has become a good one got to go to ameeting will be back laters