sigma tile cutters?

[stedlocks]

Hi, i'm looking at getting a new cutter for a big job I have starting on the 6th of August.......

currently I use a rubi ts50 plus for the dry cuts (superb bit of kit!) and a plasplugs contractor plus wet cut wheel (again, superb for the money...cuts everything!!)

There have been a couple of jobs that I have done lately which required a bigger cutter than the one I have so I thought I'd bite the bullet and get a bigger one

I was thinking of a rubi tx-700 but I keep finding mention of sigmas and montolit and another one (raymondo??) and these all look very similar.

my question is, do you 'push' to scribe the cut or 'pull'?

I can't make it out 100% from the pictures I have seen.

I know there wil be people who swear by them, but I don't want to shell out a load of dough for a cack cutter...........i'd rather pay the £300 for the tx and know it will work spot on (and its a 'push' scribe cutter) with the moveable breaker system on it

cheers,Pat

 

[enduro]

Ive got a tx900, lovely cutter, bought it on ebay £185 check it out might be one on there.

 

[stedlocks]

thanks mate.............i keep thinking better the devil you know!!

I think I want to get a rubi anyway

 

[DHTiling]

Stick with rubi and you cant go wrong.......the sigma cutters look good but i'm like you i tend to use what has always worked for me......if you want to look at the sigma's then here's a link for you.....with a video of how they work.......


European Tile Masters - Tile Cutters, Trowels, Grouting Systems, Wetsaws, Tile Tools

 

[stedlocks]

thats what i was thinking mate..........thanks for the link.

I like the look of those trowels though!!

I have found a shop on ebay flogging the tx700 brand new for £280 including delivery..........i'll have that monday

 

[Jeffrey4670]

Hi, I have a Rubi TX 700-N Cutter and it's just supurb at cutting floor tiles. I could never belive how easy it could be cutting porcelain tiles. I use it for cutting 330 x 330 floor tiles diamond patt. I like the moving breaker, only wish the TS had the same. May at somew time consider TR 600 for floor tiles. Jeff

 

[stedlocks]

well i used a mates tr600 the other week for some 60x60 porcs and it wasn't man enough to cut them clean and the breaker was marking the tiles so we had to put a bit of rag in between .......i didn't like it to be fair although i knew it would be fine on something else........i just think it was a bit small as the tiles just squeezed in...

does anyone know a cheaper place than £280 delivered for the tx 700??

 

[postie]

I have to say i was very impressed with the Sigma looks a quality cutter.

 

[Dan]

Stick with rubi and you cant go wrong.......the sigma cutters look good but i'm like you i tend to use what has always worked for me......if you want to look at the sigma's then here's a link for you.....with a video of how they work.......


European Tile Masters - Tile Cutters, Trowels, Grouting Systems, Wetsaws, Tile Tools

Stop that video at 1 minute and checkout the dodgy edge on the beige triangle nearest to you.

And checkout how hard the guy forces the scribe down what looks like a ceramic tile (normlly relly easy with a rubi?). He does it just before the pan out to the cut tiles on the floor, cutting a black tile in half.
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239 Ex vat with free postage at buybrandtools.com Really good customer service imo. I Buy from them regularly, heres a link Rubi TX/TX-S Professional Tile Cutters hope that helps

That's £280.83. So about £28 cheaper than ************** and a few pence off the ebay price. Assuming there's no returns etc on ebay I'd be sending my order in to buybrandtools.com myself.

 

[stedlocks]

all done, I got on to buy brand tools and negotiated a deal on the tx 700 and a fein multimaster..........got them both for a lot less than list price...........

using the tx on monday on some 600x600 porcs and the fein is a dream!!!

 

[DHTiling]

i just bought the rubi tx 700n good cutter............[DLMURL="http://www.**************/acatalog/rubi_manual_tile_cutter.html"]TradeTiler.Ltd RUBI Manual Tile Cutters[/DLMURL]

 

[Jeffinoz]

all done, I got on to buy brand tools and negotiated a deal on the tx 700 and a fein multimaster..........got them both for a lot less than list price...........

using the tx on monday on some 600x600 porcs and the fein is a dream!!!

Hi

What jobs would you do with the fein multimaster with when you are tiling?

Jeff

 

[penno]

Hi

What jobs would you do with the fein multimaster with when you are tiling?

Jeff

Great for removing the bottoms of skirtings so you can slide the tile in, looks a very nice finish.

 

[Wylie]

i priced a 50m today,what cutter would you recomend for 1000mm

 

[tile55]

Great for removing the bottoms of skirtings so you can slide the tile in, looks a very nice finish.

Also for trimming pelmets, kickplates/plinths, removing grout and tile adhesive removal.
A good investment allround.
TX900 for me, will do most sizes of tile. Porcelain no problem, even the most hardest of pocelain tiles are able to be cut with this cutter.:8: