Hi

Dry Cutter advice needed.

I've only ever used a wet cutter really. Currently a Plasplugs Mastertiler with a Rubi CP2 blade. My only experience with dry cutting was years and years ago, with a very basic cutter - it was awful - hence why, when I discovered wet cutters I was sold on them. However, after learning loads from this forum, it would appear that I should consider a dry cutter as well. As I always seem to be laying large porcelain 600x300's, I need something to cut them cleanly. The wet cutter cuts great, but does leave a rather chipped edge. I've read here, that a dry cut would avoid that.

So which cutter? Well, as I need it to cut at least 600 - the Rubi TiS66 seems like a good bet. It will also cut 45x45 diagonally. Which is as big as I've had to do so far.

Its a lot of money - but I can see it as a good investment. However, my main question is do I really need it? Is it easy to use? Will it give nice clean cuts on porcelain without me breaking every other tile?

Any advice welcome.

Paul

WHY CANT YOU USE A GRINDER?I f not then the cutter you are talking about has had a lot of good reports.

Get yourself a cutter bought immediately, don't waste time because time is money and a dry cutter will pay for itself in a couple of weeks. trust me.

you are right faith healer,doesnt need to be the top end of cutters for now...try ctd they have some good deasls on RUBI cutters just now m8.

Get a good rubi dry cutter ive a tr600, lovely bit of kit. You will cut a box of tiles quicker with it than running them through a wet cutter. How many blades do you go through? I go through one a year and i do porcelain all the time!

Originally Posted by brian c

you are right faith healer,doesnt need to be the top end of cutters for now...try ctd they have some good deasls on RUBI cutters just now m8.

Doesn't need to be top end, you are correct. However, it needs to be a big cutter - due to the size of the tiles I most often use. An example of the august/september deal at CTD, is the Rubi TS60 @ £165 +VAT. And yet Tradetiler has the TiS66 @ £175 including VAT. So the TS60 is MORE expensive, even with the deal.

Hence why I think the TiS66 must be the most sensible buy at the moment. For the price, it seems to cover most things I would need it for.

Will it be easy to use - is my big question. Or will I end up breaking loads of tiles badly? If I buy it - I should buy it pretty damn quickly, as I will be tiling next week with 600x300's.

Paul

Never having used the New Rubi cutter, I understand that a small issue is the amount of presssure that can be applied to the tile during breaking. As this cutter does not have a "height setting screw" to control how far the breaker moves, it is very easy to crush the tile if you are to heavy on the handle. Montolits avoid this problem as you can set the breaker height to suit the thickness of the tile.

Originally Posted by pt44

Doesn't need to be top end, you are correct. However, it needs to be a big cutter - due to the size of the tiles I most often use. An example of the august/september deal at CTD, is the Rubi TS60 @ £165 +VAT. And yet Tradetiler has the TiS66 @ £175 including VAT. So the TS60 is MORE expensive, even with the deal.

Hence why I think the TiS66 must be the most sensible buy at the moment. For the price, it seems to cover most things I would need it for.

Will it be easy to use - is my big question. Or will I end up breaking loads of tiles badly? If I buy it - I should buy it pretty damn quickly, as I will be tiling next week with 600x300's.

Paul

Hi paul

I bought this cutter from tradetiler a few weeks back and used it on my last porcelain job...It was giving nice clean cuts but i found it was crushing a few...maybe i need to get use to it.

Great service from tradetiler though...