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**Sir Ramic** · 21-06-2008

Sigma are the best

**devonmark** · 21-06-2008

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Originally Posted by grumpygrouter

The way I do it for rake cuts - I mark the tile where the cut needs to be, I then line up the front mark on the tile with the centre datum mark at the front of the cutter. I then move my head fractionally to one side until the cutter bar top edge is in line with the now just visible front mark at the datum. Keeping my head in the same place, line up the rear tile mark with the cutter bar top edge, when you are sure it is in line, make your score and cut.

Sounds long winded when you write it but it isn't, it is actually very quick and very accurate.

Same for me...it's very easy..Mark.

**grumpygrouter** · 21-06-2008

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Originally Posted by devonmark

Same for me...it's very easy..Mark.

andy-p · 22-06-2008

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Originally Posted by tiler burden

this is aimed at andy-p..

the best way to describe my change of opinion is like this....

liverpool had a number 7 called kevin keegan. i thought he was irreplacable and the best!!!! and then we signed kenny dalglish!!! are you getting my drift lol

seriously, the ti-66s is a good cutter and i still would rather have one than a ts60 plus. it has a some good selling points. the price, the weight, the moveable breaker, the breaking power, the measuring gauge but now that i have had the benefit of using the montolit my opinion has changed..

rubi will sell lots, montolit and sigma wont lose any customers and the world will keep turning......anyway, when you put your hand in your pocket and buy both then you are entitled to change your mind

For gods sake, dont anybody tell me that sigma are the best. ive spent enough

good answer tb!!! the reason i had wee dig was i was looking to replace my ts70+ as its hopeless, now monty as far as i know dont do a 75 cutter so i was gonna get the sigma , i already have a smaller sigma so i know how good they are, dont like the rubi tx range too heavy and fiddly to use, anyway saw the rubi ts 75 push and thought that looked the job, so done a bit of research and came across your review and that kinda clinched it, so i ordered one up, so when i read you had jumped ship i thinks wtf!!!

im still waiting on it being delivered but i have no regrets mate i know its gonna do the job, just thought id have a wee pop at you tho good buddy ...

22-06-2008

hi andy

dont know how to break this to you mate put montolit do a masterpiuma 75 cutter and a 93!

but your rubi will be fine.if you dont like it afterall, stick it on ebay. you will get 160 back all day long.

trust me, if plasplugs bring out a cutter next week and i like it more than the monti, then expect another jump!! i look at it this way, i am oiling the coggs of the economic wheel. while everyone is clinging onto there money, i'm blowing mine

anyway, its only my opinion. when dave, sWe, gaz, dan, wetdec, sir ram, mz30, garythetiler, pete, or any other pro in the know voice there opinion, thats when its time to sit up and take notice..

ps, i'll take it off your hands if you dont like it, cant say fairer than that ;0)

ed

andy-p · 22-06-2008

ah well sh*t appens.. but im gonna replace my ts30 with the mini monty or wait maybe the siggy .. certainly i will never get another cutter with 2 rails or without a moveable breaker..

andy-p · 25-06-2008

i managed to cancel the rubi ti-75 push before it was delivered, so what cutter do i go for , sigma or monty ?? cmon guys help me out here !! i should add i already own a smaller siggy but ive never seen a monty in the flesh...

**grumpygrouter** · 25-06-2008

I'm a monty man myself. Never used a Sigma though! if I needed a new cutter, it would be hard for me to move to anything else cos mine does all I ask it to!

**grumpygrouter** · 25-06-2008

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Originally Posted by Sir Ramic

Sigma are the best

I have heard people say this before Neale, why exactly?

25-06-2008

i cant really see that much of a difference between sigma and montolit.

i honestly believe push scribing cutters on larger machines are easier on the wrist long term. although sigma do push scribing. but i think the 2nd flick down breaker on the montolit for mosaics gives it the edge imo.. really nothing in it in between these 2 brands..ferrari and lamborghini, rubi seat lol only kidding

wheres sWe when you need him!! hes used all the sigma range and he decided to go for monti, so hes the the real 'pro in the know' were this thread is concerned....oh sWe, come out to playyyy

**sWe** · 25-06-2008

Well... Sigmas are generally sightly less fiddly than Monties, but the quality of the cut of the MasterPiuma is a bit better than anything I've tried from Sigma, especially on REALLY hard tiles. I haven't tried the Sigma klick-klock breaker though, so I don't have an opinion there.

Sigma has made a few design choices which are better than Montolit's, and the opposite is equally true. Both brands have quirks you need to work around a bit, but that's true for all brands.

It's mostly a question of finding the solution you like the best, and I've chosen Montolit, because of the quality of the cut, and the general feel. Monty cutters are also slightly lighter than Sigma cutters of equal size, and paradoxically, they sit better, in my experience.

A side note: I had a chat with a guy from Montolit, and suggested a few improvements, and he said most of my suggestions had already been thought of, and were being implemented in their next generation cutters, which they are going to launch in like a year or so.

**grumpygrouter** · 25-06-2008

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Originally Posted by sWe

Well... Sigmas are generally sightly less fiddly than Monties, but the quality of the cut of the MasterPiuma is a bit better than anything I've tried from Sigma, especially on REALLY hard tiles. I haven't tried the Sigma klick-klock breaker though, so I don't have an opinion there.

Sigma has made a few design choices which are better than Montolit's, and the opposite is equally true. Both brands have quirks you need to work around a bit, but that's true for all brands.

It's mostly a question of finding the solution you like the best, and I've chosen Montolit, because of the quality of the cut, and the general feel. Monty cutters are also slightly lighter than Sigma cutters of equal size, and paradoxically, they sit better, in my experience.

A side note: I had a chat with a guy from Montolit, and suggested a few improvements, and he said most of my suggestions had already been thought of, and were being implemented in their next generation cutters, which they are going to launch in like a year or so.

Ooooh! come on sWe, spill the beans........