Thats A First..

[Spare Tool]

Finally come across a tile the sigma won't cut..tried one score, five scores, steady pressure, quick snap, just won't cut em
Bring on the Rubi brigade

 

[Dave]

Did you adjust the fence right up to allow min pressure. .

 

[Spare Tool]

No Dave wound it down to increase, should I have gone the other way?

 

[Dave]

No Dave wound it down to increase, should I have gone the other way?

Yes ... Right up till the foot just catches , then a whack down on the handle , this gives max break but with little pressure that crushes etc,

 

[bcd-87]

Yes ... Right up till the foot just catches , then a whack down on the handle , this gives max break but with little pressure that crushes etc,

you're my hero

 

[Spare Tool]

Yes ... Right up till the foot just catches , then a whack down on the handle , this gives max break but with little pressure that crushes etc,

Cheers Dave, been tearing my hair out today with it, nippers out, wetsaw out, I'll try that in the morning

 

[Dave]

you're my hero

 

[Dave]

Cheers Dave, been tearing my hair out today with it, nippers out, wetsaw out, I'll try that in the morning

Adjust the height at both ends..

 

[Spare Tool]

Adjust the height at both ends..

Cool, cheers...won't put the sigma on flea bay just yet then first job in the morning I'll wind it up and try again

 

[highlandtiler]

You learn something everyday ! I have a Rubi TS - is there anyway you can adjust these - apart from pressure or raising and lowering the wheel?

 

[Spud]

You learn something everyday ! I have a Rubi TS - is there anyway you can adjust these - apart from pressure or raising and lowering the wheel?

no you can buy a maxi breaker though , its my new favourite tool bought on ebay for 99p

 

[Dave]

You learn something everyday ! I have a Rubi TS - is there anyway you can adjust these - apart from pressure or raising and lowering the wheel?

Nope

 

[widler]

At 1st i thought you had turned up at work for 8
Then i read it

 

[Sean Kelly]

They look like the tiles I had a couple of weeks ago. I just angle ground them then wiped off the tile dust. The dust stuck to them and I had to used neat acid to clean them up prior to grouting. Are they anti slip? Are the customers wanting Ebony grout? I used the Bal pre-seal on them after I neutralised the acid. They came up a treat.

 

[Spare Tool]

They look like the tiles I had a couple of weeks ago. I just angle ground them then wiped off the tile dust. The dust stuck to them and I had to used neat acid to clean them up prior to grouting. Are they anti slip? Are the customers wanting Ebony grout? I used the Bal pre-seal on them after I neutralised the acid. They came up a treat.

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Could be same Shaun, yes they were anti-slip, my customer just wanted grey grout, they grouted and cleaned up ok without sealing.

@Dave tried winding the breaker up but that didn't help, ended up wetcutting them all, was only an ensuite floor so not too big a deal just surprised to find a tile the sigma wouldn't cut, its cut everything I've thrown at it up to now

 

[Ash-wolves]

TX would have 100% cut this...







..... Possibly


... Okay I'll go & get the table saw

 

[Spare Tool]

TX would have 100% cut this...







..... Possibly


... Okay I'll go & get the table saw

Don't reckon the rubi would manage this though

 

[Ash-wolves]

If you set out properly you wouldn't need silly cuts like that!

 

[Qwerty]

Hahahaha!! And so it begins!!

 

[widler]

Sigmas are junk

 

[Spare Tool]

Sigmas are junk

....rhymes with "I am drunk"

 

[Spare Tool]

If you set out properly you wouldn't need silly cuts like that!

Granted...But that was just a test to see how small it would go, so if I mark a room up to almost full tiles I know I can take 10mill of the long edge with no bother leaving me a 290mm tile...UNLESS there the tiles that started this thread, then yer buggered

 

[One Day]

Some tiles just can't be cut. I just finished half of a big floor job using some 75*75 fanal porcelain with a glass glaze. Also cushion edged to make it even harder. I've cut them before with the Sigma, gentle score and hard crack on the handle, but this batch seemed over-baked and just brittle. Had to grinder everything. No skirts thank goodness!

 

[Old Mod]

Some tiles just can't be cut. I just finished half of a big floor job using some 75*75 fanal porcelain with a glass glaze. Also cushion edged to make it even harder. I've cut them before with the Sigma, gentle score and hard crack on the handle, but this batch seemed over-baked and just brittle. Had to grinder everything. No skirts thank goodness!

Seems to be happening more and more now!