Hate Porcelain sigma 3c3m - TilersForums.com

[Fitwidge]

I have been using my sigma 3c3m for a while now and it cuts through tiles a breeze and leaves a nice finish.... except on porcelain

I’m currently cutting 600x300 porcelain but the amount of snapped tiles is beyond a joke, eugh

Has anybody else had difficulty with porcelain on the sigmas?

Getting the grinder out to finish of a cut is getting pretty annoying

Rant over

 

[Boggs]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Waluigi]

Go down to your local Topps and have a look outside. They throw a lot of tiles away. There’s a thread on here already about the sigma. The height of the bar needs to be adjusted based on the thickness of the tile.

 

[Fitwidge]

Go down to your local Topps and have a look outside. They throw a lot of tiles away. There’s a thread on here already about the sigma. The height of the bar needs to be adjusted based on the thickness of the tile.

I have spare tiles and have practiced moving the bar up as the tiles are about 13mm thick

Weirdly i can do small cuts fine, its when I’m cutting the full length (600mm) when I struggle, maybe my scoring....guess i gotta keep practicing

 

[Fitwidge]

Oh my, cannot believe myself!

I’ve just noticed my handles been the wrong way this whole time, what a difference it makes!!!

 

[Fitwidge]

Oh my, cannot believe myself!

I’ve just noticed my handles been the wrong way this whole time, what a difference it makes!!!

Hahahahaha

 

[Waluigi]

Handles ? Plural?

 

[Fitwidge]

Haha! Sorry my ‘handle’

Can’t believe it

 

[Waluigi]

You’ve got it so that you score away from the measuring bar? Handle is facing towards the user?

 

[Fitwidge]

So from the picture above, thats apparently wrong.

With the push handle, your supposed to score towards the measuring bar.

I’ll attach a picture of the correct way

 

[Bill]

So from the picture above, thats apparently wrong.

With the push handle, your supposed to score towards the measuring bar.

I’ll attach a picture of the correct way

View attachment 102668

I push away from the measuring bar......... that way, all the numbers are the right way up..........

 

[WetSaw]

Who told you that is correct?

 

[Fitwidge]

I push away from the measuring bar......... that way, all the numbers are the right way up..........

I totally get what you mean but doing it this way i have insane cuts, really impressive

 

[Fitwidge]

Who told you that is correct?

 

[Italy]

during the presentation of the handle is mounted correct, the cutting images
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