Hello all,

I haven't been on much for the last few months due to nearly losing interest in the tiling game but hura hura I have landed a nice job for a friend of a friend and all is well in my little tiling world

So I have 19m2 of 8mm glassed porcelain to fit for the walls and 5m2 for the floor. Not done porcelain before but I have attendend the NETT natural stone course up in Newcastle last winter. The floor tiles are 50cm x 50cm and I need a wet cutter to fly through these. Got my eye on a Plasplugs Master Wet Cutter on shebay and was wondering if these are any good. The little compact I have used on some jobs in the past has been half decent so was thinking this might be fine also ?

Cheers one and all

Used to use that cutter myself. You'll need a mercrist blade though, then you'll cut though no problems at all mate.

agree with fred get a marcrist blade on it.60 quid ish

Got my eye on a Plasplugs Master Wet Cutter on shebay and was wondering if these are any good.

Canny little machine Vinny, but the Vitrex 750 is better

Thanks all, so the marcrist is worth the 60 quid, if so i'll take a look at them.

I've seen the Vitrex 750 but was thinking it looked cheap compared to the master tiler, but i've only seen these on web sites not, if you say it's a decent piece of kit and go have a look at them. cheers guys. oh and merlecollins, your avator is still freaking me out !

Thanks all, so the marcrist is worth the 60 quid, if so i'll take a look at them.

I've seen the Vitrex 750 but was thinking it looked cheap compared to the master tiler, but i've only seen these on web sites, if you say it's a decent piece of kit i'll go and have a look at them. cheers guys. oh and merlecollins, your avator is still freaking me out !

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Originally Posted by merlecollins

Canny little machine Vinny, but the Vitrex 750 is better

did you get one in the end merle ?

did you get one in the end merle ?

Yip, not used it yet though

Got a decent price from my local Topps

I used the Master tiler for a few years, now use the Vitrex for certain things the DeWALT can't do

Still got my Master, can't seem to part with it - it has sentimental value

I used the master-t for a 30m2 600x300 trav bathroom once , did a good job too and it still runs perfect..

Open a trade account with topps and get the 750 from them and save a few quid.

180mm Marcrist blade for the Vitrex 750 is £51.80 from Toolstation

Thanks for all your great advice. Will go in and look at one over the weekend I think 50 60 quid is a hell of a lot for a blade but if it needed then fair enough.

Originally Posted by Phil Hobson

I used the Master tiler for a few years, now use the Vitrex for certain things the DeWALT can't do

Did I read that right, something the DeWalt can't do!!!! surely you must be using it wrong!!!

Hang on have I just set myself up here this thing the DeWalt can't do, that wouldn't be splash water all over you on a hot summers day would it?

I've got a Vitrex 750 and I've put a Faithfull sintered blade on it, it has a 16mm bore conversion for the Vitrex 750. It cost me about £20 for the blade, it's sintered and cuts EVERYTHING neatly as the blade is quite thin, but it hasn't shown any signs of wearing, since it was fitted last october, and it's done lots of porcelain and stone , the cutter is also very robust desoite how it looks You can get the blade via ebay on the following link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Faithfull-FAID...b6f376febff7e7

I'm really buying into this Vitrex 750 cutter now and ain't even seen one in the flesh yet ! I've been reading about a cutter called a Briccolina ( not the wine ), look it up as it sits in a bath like tray so when the water needs changing you just lift it out and chuck the water. Which cutter to buy, my head is imploding !