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TS-70 plus - potentially stupid question

Discuss TS-70 plus - potentially stupid question in the Tiling Forum at Tilers Forum; Evening everyone. Got a question that might sound stupid, but do the Rubi TS manual tile cutters cut porcelain or are they purely for ceramics only? thx...
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    Default TS-70 plus - potentially stupid question

    Evening everyone.

    Got a question that might sound stupid, but do the Rubi TS manual tile cutters cut porcelain or are they purely for ceramics only?

    thx

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    they will cut pocelain, trick is to pull the snap handle quickly works every time for me... dave..

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    Yeah, gotta use a quick snap action and have 10mm cutting wheel in.

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    More than one single score line,tends to confuse porcelain,and it wont want to follow

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    Absolutely Gaz, only score once but score heavier than you would ceramics.

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    Cheers for that, i was going to assume they did seeing the amount of breaking pressure theyve got, but we all know what assumptions lead to!

    Been eyeing up the ts-70 plus due to more work with larger tiles. Reckon thats a decent buy - prettt keen on the Rubi as a whole you see...

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    defo plus series better breaking load.

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    Depending on your budget i'd go for the TX700N mainly for the moveable breaker, i want one for my mantel piece

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