I bought a new 1200 sigma today from Diatech and sold my old tx 1200 to another tiler

Good man

Traitor..

Gary you are a disgrace, I shall be deleting you as a TF friend

Who did you sell it to Gary, as I quite like him for his good taste in cutter's... unlike some (;0)

a competitor lol, my Tx couldnt cut a straight line and the bars were so bendy it struggled cut 5mm porcelain so on advice from Ed I went for the new sigma max

well done gary,best thing you ever did,i never got on with the rubi cutters and i now have 6 sigma cutters of various sizes
tip top

glad youve seen the light mate.....

Well this is going to be the mother of the Rubi/Sigma banter threads Bit of fun on a Tuesday evening

Turncoat!!! seems the dark side has claimed another poor victim and Ed what are you doing????????????

never used a sigma

Good man, stay with the good side of the force

Well done Gary, ya lucky sod.
That's some cutter.
Any pics?
Diatech are stocking great stuff, I got my new mixer from them last week.
Very fast delivery.
Hope you got the diatech boiled sweets too... Yum.

Originally Posted by hillhead

Well done Gary, ya lucky sod.
That's some cutter.
Any pics?
Diatech are stocking great stuff, I got my new mixer from them last week.
Very fast delivery.
Hope you got the diatech boiled sweets too... Yum.

They have a really good customer
There, I was on the phone with them today, I felt guilty as I only ordered s new sigma cutting wheel and tile wedges, I hope I get some boiled sweets with them though
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Real Rubi men are taught never to take sweets from strangers, Joke.......... Keep it coming

sweets sold with cutters... suppose they have to have a good selling point..

They probably don't send the sweets with a sigma as the cutters are sweet enough.
Lol.

Nice sweets.
Fair play Diatech.


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Tell the truth now guy's..... You really ordered a tub of sweets and got a free sigma thrown in.......


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Do those sweets help you see around corners or through solid metal bars?

I'm sucking one of them sweets right now and it tastes lovely..

All joking aside, I used to have problems with my tx1200 and it was Gary who gave me a couple of hints and tips on how to get the best out it, tightening the allen bolts at the ends of the rails and using meths on the cutting wheel regularly, since putting these tips into practice I've had a much better relationship with it. I did think it was an overpriced under engineered tool when I first got it, then I learnt how to use it properly!

I am doing so much 1200 x 600 stuff at the moment I need something I am happy with and the old mark 1 tx 1200n rubi just wasnt good enough, the new tx which is a good machine was more expensive than the sigma 3 em which i have bought i wouldnt tile a ceramic bathroom with a sigma but I was never happy with my tx so it had to go

I tile everything with with my sigmas but that's what i'm used to.
Big tiles there Gary, i'm glad to be near finished my 2.3m x1.3m marble slab floor.
No cutter suits them big monsters.lol

Originally Posted by garythetiler

I bought a new 1200 sigma today from Diatech and sold my old tx 1200 to another tiler

I spoke with David just after you had placed your order Gary

He said you'd been on for your Sigma - It's what you feel most comfortable with that counts mate, the fact that you have dropped down a considerable level of quality from Rubi shouldn't bother you mate, each to their own

well the sigma 3 em arrived today and I was impressed with the build quality and ease of setting up ,the guage ruler clamps along the length of the machine for ease of storage during transportation and it clamps on the base of the cutter for cuttting purposes, it can be set at 15 degree intervals from 45 to 90 degrees and on test cut absolutely perfectly square when cutting a 1200 long tile at 80mm width no bowing or bending of the line either which was my biggest bone of contention with my old tx
The cutting handle was light and easy to use and the nylon feet are a good idea to stop marking of the tiles the support arms work well but with 4.8mm porcelain it tends to bend a lot so the tile needed extra support if I was cutting a 50mm cut of the short side of the tile but on 10mm I dont think it would be a problem
point to point cutting is the only slight downside of any single rail cutter but as i use a single rail 900 and 750 i know that once you have used a single rail cutter for a while you get to know the points to aim at this problem becomes less of an issue
marks out of 10 would be a strong 9 out of 10 and it it much better value for money than my old tx 1200 n

Is it the pull cutter Gary or the klick klock..

Originally Posted by garythetiler

I bought a new 1200 sigma today from Diatech and sold my old tx 1200 to another tiler

My sympathies are with you and a black armband will be worn during a minutes silence for such a heroic and selfless act to give someone else a truly rewarding future with your Rubi.
I just hope that the guy who has your Rubi truly appreciates the wonderful life he will have till the day he finally hangs up his prized possesion. His good old tx1200.
I salute you, sir.

Originally Posted by Dave

sweets sold with cutters... suppose they have to have a good selling point..

I'll bet they were "sours"

i didn't get any sweets with my order, was only a cutting wheel though