Hello all, looking at spending out on my first wet saw and want to buy once as they cost a fortune!! The dewalt seems to get high opinions from most on here, but is the pushing of the tile on the dewalt preferable to the pull of the saw on the rubi? And out of the 2 rubis i mention above, am i best to plug for the extra long version to accomodate longer tiles to save buying another saw down the line? And are these rubis a good buy too?

Having owned both a Rubi and now the DW24000 i would say that the Dewalt wins almost everytime from quality to ease of use.
The only time the DW24000 would lose out is cutting half way through a long tile as the arm holding the motor and wheel is about 34cm away from the wheel itself which gives limitations.
Overall the DeWalt is in a class of its own for the price.
Main issues with my Rubi were its inaccuracies when cutting. The quality was very poor too with the rubber bed matting coming off within days of using it and paint flaking off the metal tray which was prone to rust.

Hi Richie, we field tested one of the original DeWalts, starting almost 5 years ago. I have owned a lot of tile saws and by far the DeWalt is the best tile saw I have ever had. The only type of work that I don't think the DeWalt is suitable for is large-scale, large production work. But for remodeling work, intricate work, etc I think it is great.

Richie, here is a lot to read about the Dewalt. We started this thread in Jan 2005 about the saw.


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Originally Posted by Sir Ramic

Having owned both a Rubi and now the DW24000 i would say that the Dewalt wins almost everytime from quality to ease of use.
The only time the DW24000 would lose out is cutting half way through a long tile as the arm holding the motor and wheel is about 34cm away from the wheel itself which gives limitations.
Overall the DeWalt is in a class of its own for the price.
Main issues with my Rubi were its inaccuracies when cutting. The quality was very poor too with the rubber bed matting coming off within days of using it and paint flaking off the metal tray which was prone to rust.

Thanks for the info, was the rubi saw you had one of the ones i mention above? Would you say that i wouldn't get the use out of the larger rubi for larger tiles? I just don't want to settle for a saw and find myself having to get another one to cut larger format tiles that about 1000mm. What do you do for tiles of that size?

It will all depend on "what size" tiles you cut. Its no good saying you only cut/ use 33cm tiles so buy a machine that has a max cutting size of 40cm only to find that your next job is with 60cm tiles.

You may buy a Rubi that will cut 100cm tiles and low and behold someone comes up with bigger tiles

For my type of market i find a machine that has a capacity of 60cm is fine....but that for me.

And Yes the Rubi i had was a DW250N.

Originally Posted by Sir Ramic

It will all depend on "what size" tiles you cut. Its no good saying you only cut/ use 33cm tiles so buy a machine that has a max cutting size of 40cm only to find that your next job is with 60cm tiles.

You may buy a Rubi that will cut 100cm tiles and low and behold someone comes up with bigger tiles

For my type of market i find a machine that has a capacity of 60cm is fine....but that for me.

And Yes the Rubi i had was a DW250N.

Thanks, seems you recommend the dewalt quite highly, i have read a lot about it and does seem to be a good saw, i thought it might be better to get a saw where the tile kept still and the saw moved, maybe not then. Thanks for your help SirRamic

Dewalt every time; beautiful bit of kit. But i have to admit I'm not that keen on the supplied porcelain blade, loses it's edge quickly and very temperature sensitive.

Originally Posted by frankenfurter

Dewalt every time; beautiful bit of kit. But i have to admit I'm not that keen on the supplied porcelain blade, loses it's edge quickly and very temperature sensitive.

Installed a Rubi CPC wheel

thats what i thought Neale (arm holding the motor and wheel is about 34cm away)
thats why it didn't appeal to me

All the MK ii Dewalts (the ones we have) now come with a much better quality blade.

Annoyingly we are out of stock until early next week but Dewalt should get them here by then. They have changed our deal and will be supplying with 2 x blades for the same price (sadly the FOC angle grinder offer will end at the same time though)

Originally Posted by David - Tradetiler

All the MK ii Dewalts (the ones we have) now come with a much better quality blade.

Annoyingly we are out of stock until early next week but Dewalt should get them here by then. They have changed our deal and will be supplying with 2 x blades for the same price (sadly the FOC angle grinder offer will end at the same time though)

Bah !! (for me)

Your blade was the better one - CPC is a good upgrade though

don't worry we will look after you in the future

You mean i will get biscuits with my coffee?

I use the little Rubi ND 200 with a marcrist blade. She has done alot of work and cut alot of porcelain. Absloutely fine for most tiles but she starts to struggle with large formats over 600. Ive cut tiles as large as 1.2m but its awkward. Your spending alot of cash for your first cutter but if you have the work and its large tiles then your right to get a good saw first time.
Wish I could justify the dewalt! But then id need a bigger van...where does it stop!

Originally Posted by davy_G

I use the little Rubi ND 200 with a marcrist blade. She has done alot of work and cut alot of porcelain. Absloutely fine for most tiles but she starts to struggle with large formats over 600. Ive cut tiles as large as 1.2m but its awkward. Your spending alot of cash for your first cutter but if you have the work and its large tiles then your right to get a good saw first time.
Wish I could justify the dewalt! But then id need a bigger van...where does it stop!

Since you are spending much cash you need to get the right cutter for the job and one that suits you and you like. I'd go and try them out at a store somewhere because you don't know what you like until you've tried it. All people on here will have an opinion because it suits them. Find something that you can work with and feels good and you'll be going down the right cutter.