Rubi Porcelain Blade

[beanz]

I finally bought a new blade for my Plasplugs Mastertiler wet cutter. Decided to go with Rubi because of their reputation, and what a bitter dissapointment. Been using it for 2 days on Porcelain, and after the 1st couple of cuts, it started pitting the tiles. The crap blade that came with the cutter didn't do that, although these tiles may well be a higher grade porcelain (they certainly cost the earth). Regardless, i'm pretty dissapointed as this blade cost me £72. The cutter only cost me £85 in the 1st place lol! :mad2:

 

[DHTiling]

Which blade was it..?

 

[dagger]

IMO rubi make great dry cutters, that is thier core business,
i have seen thier wet cutters and they look plastic, cheap and not great...
they dont make blades so they are proberbly rebranded stuff...
try MARCHRIST....

 

[Gazzer]

The CPC wheel??? i found it great.

 

[White Room]

My marcrist chips the porcelain

 

[DHTiling]

IMO rubi make great dry cutters, that is thier core business,
i have seen thier wet cutters and they look plastic, cheap and not great...
they dont make blades so they are proberbly rebranded stuff...
try MARCHRIST....

I have a Rubi Diamante D200 and it will out perform any table saw i have seen and it ain't plastic..!!..it is fully stainless steel...1.5hp motor and loads of power..so your comment isn't true..:smilewinkgrin:

And the rubi Porcelain CPC2 is the dogs danglies on porcelain...

 

[DHTiling]

My marcrist chips the porcelain

So does mine and it went in the bin after a fortnight..

 

[tommyzooom]

I bought a pair of rubi nippers, also based on their reputation, and they were ****
The carbide tips chipped on day one,and the plastic covers on the handles disintegrated within a week, I emailed Rubi and never got a reply, NEVER AGAIN

 

[DHTiling]

I bought a pair of rubi nippers, also based on their reputation, and they were ****
The carbide tips chipped on day one,and the plastic covers on the handles disintegrated within a week, I emailed Rubi and never got a reply, NEVER AGAIN

what did you nibble with them on...?

 

[david campbell]

i actually meant to mention this a few weeks ago,we were looking for blades for cutting miles of cheap ceramic tiles and bought 2 packs of 2 blades from screwfix at about £9(yes for 2 blades:yikes got to say excellent value for money,180mm for rubi 180's(obviously),and i've used them on a few porcelain jobs and had no probs what so ever,obviously they don't last as long as marcist or the better known names but at that price they work out cheaper for larger jobs with thinner/cheaper quality tiles

 

[dagger]

Fair comments, each to thier own n all...

but my ramondi against a rubi.......noooooo contest....

 

[dagger]

Blades of all types i have been using recently come from a company called

TIGR,

they have everyting from vanity to 300 mm discs and all are great!!!

 

[beanz]

CPC2 180mm.
I haven't tried the Marcrist, but my mates Bridge cutter has a similar looking blade (with that almost serated look), and it chips porcelain to hell. That was my reason for going for the Rubi in the end.

 

[DHTiling]

The plasplugs are prone to have a wobble on the spindles...i would check this first before dissing the blade...

Start the machine up and then switch off and watch the blade as it slows down...do you notice any wobble on the blade..this could be the cause of chipping and worth checking first.

 

[dagger]

tilers should only buy "contiuous rim" blades,

if you have a serrated blade it will chip...

you need a blade similar to this:

and not a blade similar to this:

thats my opinion anyway, some peeps may have different opinions...