Ok i am a rubi man through and through, I now need a 900mm dry cutter to cut some 600x600 porcelain tiles diagonally, after reading a lot of threads on here, I have decided to go for a sigma, ( as the ts40,50 and 70 plus range i have struggle with porcelain), having made that decision the next one arrives which model to go for 3dk, 3dm max or the 3d (which seems to be the dearest).

Help required from the sigma experts.

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oh and welcome to the dark side

Before going to the darkside... Have you thought about the Rubi TX range? Far superior to the TS range and excellent at cutting porcelain.

oh dear may the force be with you

Originally Posted by Stewart

Before going to the darkside... Have you thought about the Rubi TX range? Far superior to the TS range and excellent at cutting porcelain.

but not as good at cutting porcelain as the sigma.......young luke skywalker.

go for the sigma im a convert and sigma cut everthing i throw at it i have the 75cm brilliant cutter this guy sells them on e bay trusted seller he has what you are looking at the right price bwktools2010

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a 75cm one will cut 600's diagonally , try diatech (scotland) really good prices and excellent service.

Originally Posted by Mike

a 75cm one will cut 600's diagonally , try diatech (scotland) really good prices and excellent service.

will it

A 750 will not cut a 600 diagonally !
You will need a 900 cutter for this. Fact.
I have the 3D and it is damn good for the 600's.
If you prefer a push cutter buy the push version.
I use pull cutters but may switch for a trial sometime.

3 DEK ? Or 3D ?

Originally Posted by hillhead

A 750 will not cut a 600 diagonally !
You will need a 900 cutter for this. Fact.
I have the 3D and it is damn good for the 600's.
If you prefer a push cutter buy the push version.
I use pull cutters but may switch for a trial sometime.

i was referring to it mathematically, but i worked it out wrong sorry!! i'll crawl under a stone

Hi, check this out Sigma 3DM MAX SERIES Tile Cutter - 90cm Cut Length from Tool Venture , im going to get onr this week

yes i did think about the tx range, but thought i would risk a trip across to the darkside.

Have you considerd the Tomecanic supercoup, or Montolit masterpiuma if you want to keep pushing?

Can't stand the pull cutting action, all push for me.

using sigmas at college just now,all pull, absolute hate them, maybe cause the wheels are blunt etc. all the tools are gubbed

Gubbed ??

Originally Posted by whitebeam

Gubbed ??

in need of renewal/replacements lol

Got yer

Originally Posted by whitebeam

Got yer

glaswegian/jock word forget its a language on its own

Originally Posted by whitebeam

Can't stand the pull cutting action, all push for me.

O.M.G you rubi guys are really pushy

let him try a sigma.....and he will never look back.

Originally Posted by andy allen

O.M.G you rubi guys are really pushy

let him try a sigma.....and he will never look back.

I do have a sigma but it's a klick klock handle, Rubis as well.

still thinking , its a big move!!

hi steve
i like rubi too and if you have used them all the time, then i can pretty much gurantee that you wont like the pulling action, especially on a 900mm cutter.

i had a montolit 93p and it was a brilliant cutter. 600 x 600 porcelain on the diagonal were easy as. lovely neat square cuts, tip to tip. wish id kept hold of it so i would recommend that all day long..very light too, so if you lugging it around from the job to your van, then it aint gonna give you arms like a baboon.

as for the sigma max range, they do look like they have addressed everything you need. push cutters are more natural imo over that distance and i like the fact that you break the tile at the your end, rather than learning over. they have also integrated that 'flick' down breaker that montolit use and it DOES make a difference, trust me on that!!

i use a ts40 plus for ceramics, but i like the tx700 because i use it the most and you can break with more variation imo. i like the clearer view of the line too but my next cutter is going to be a sigma max 1250mm... or even the 1500mm one. i will be buying it for all the reasons above.
i will by pass the 900mm version because i might as well be efficient with the money in this climate and buy one cutter that covers all scenarios back down to the tx700...

i know we have some banter on here but like in all trades, you have to be open minded and use what works for you.
this year, i will buy a sigma max and i will keep my ears and eyes open for a montolit mini piuma or master piuma upto 43cm for mosaics and for quarries etc. we are no different to joiners in the fact that we need quite a few cutters and some cutters tick the box more for certain aspects of tiling than others, so go with what your head tells you because normally that the right decision...

best of luck and go with what you ffels right because you'll be using it ;0)
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