Wet Cutters on Site

[Gazzer]

A 600mm cut on a wet cutter will take you around 2 to 3 minutes a pass, then there's the setting up etc for each different sized cut.

10% is a standard waste allowance. I've come in at anything from 0% to about 15%, depending on the geomitry of the job and the quality of the tiles.

If he is causing you grief about this, work out what waste you would get with the job anyway because of normal layout and present him with this.

You sure :dizzy2:

 

[cowgomoo]

I have to tell you that there is no symmetry on this job, basins, pan and shower heads all seemingly at random. The regular wastage isn't of concern -purely the amount of tiles wasted trying to complete cuts length wise and the fiddly cuts around toilet inlet ond out pipes etc. 2-3 minutes is quite quick enough, can you take a 5mm slice or less off ok with these machines and is there a splintering issue and can you keep the cut dead straight easily enough and do you get soaking wet ??? So many questions - I am indebted to you all. David.

 

[Gazzer]

With the CPC wheel on my Rubi DW250 i was mitring the edge of a tile and the offcut was coming off clean. I was impressed and so were the rest of the site. As for getting wet, yeah i get wet but i find the more water the better. If i was that fussed i would wear a waterproof jacket or something.

 

[top tiler]

we had the same problem last year on a block of flats italian full bodid porcelain water cutter was taking to long and that was with a very good cutter. we ended up using grinders to cut through the top and cut right through both ends and breaking them on the corner of a wall this only works on big cuts ,if small cuts grind right through our wastage ended up being 20%

 

[doug boardley]

With the CPC wheel on my Rubi DW250 i was mitring the edge of a tile and the offcut was coming off clean. I was impressed and so were the rest of the site. As for getting wet, yeah i get wet but i find the more water the better. If i was that fussed i would wear a waterproof jacket or something.

is that with cpc2 blade Neale, if so are they a lot better than old cpc blade?

 

[Gazzer]

is that with cpc2 blade Neale, if so are they a lot better than old cpc blade?

Its the CPC2 wheel i have, never tried another CPC only standard Rubi and Macrist.

 

[cornish_crofter]

The Belle minitile 230 is fine for taking 5mm or less off. I can see why you would have had a problem with the snap cutter if that's all you wanted to take off.

I can only speak for the Belle Minitile because that is the one I have used for the porcelain tiles I laid.

 

[cornish_crofter]

You sure :dizzy2:

Neale, that was my experience with the 600x300 B&Q Porcelain tiles that I used on the Belle Mini tile 230. Mind you it was a while so I had try to remember the time, didn't time it.

 

[cowgomoo]

my rubi ts 50 plus can cut porcelains no problem if you give it a quick score and snap obviously like dave says which type of porcelain is it if not try and use a wet saw

Hi, a couple of guys have this cutter and have problems with the lenghthwise cut -one of the machines snapped itself last week ! 1 month old from Screwfix - they replaced it foc !!

 

[cowgomoo]

:hurray:the plasplug you mentioned is a cracking cutter for 600's i've recently invested in one and its first job was 500mm porcelan squares,no problems!!

Hi David, how long did it take to do a cut of 500 ,on this baby. David