hey guys, was wondering if anyone has had a problem cutting porcelin with the rubi ts 60 plus??
I'm working on a 80sqm shop with expensive 450mm, 10mm thick polished chrome tiles and the cutter is hit abd miss(mainly miss!) it's not leaving clean cuts and most of the time just ruins the tile.
the rubi comes with a 6mm and 10mm scoring wheel, used both buit no luck?

got a day off tomo so if anyone knows what i should be using let me know cause i was sure this would have been appropiate?

On the harder stuff a TX range cutter would be better...........try scoring with 10mm wheel and then crack the tile over the handle..usually works that way....or have you tried pulling the snapper really quickly whilst applying pressure to either side of score line with other hand..

is it smashing the tiles ? :Pete

Had a problem last week, was cutting 660x330 using my TS70 PLUS, the tile was a 10mm textured porcelain tile was cutting 20mm off the 330 side and every cut snapped inward at the last 20mm at the bottom and ruined every tile, I then phoned RUBI technical help, I thought I was doing somoething wrong, they were in my area the next day promoting the new range of cutters, so I brought a tile with my and myn TS70 and ask the tech guy to cut the 20mm of the 330 side, he diid so and hey presto did the same he blamed it on the tile and then wipped out the new cutter and had no problem,the TS cutters are not upto the job !!

What a waste of £230 !!

wouldnt say the tiles smash pjc but everyone is damaged in some way or other.
i've tried various techniques but no joy. i'm going to get my money back tommorrow and get something more up to the job!

any ideas before i make another expensive mistake???

Montolit Masterpiuma 63.

Just had a look at the RUBI TX-700N on line and it looks quality. i think might get myself one of them.

Sigma 3B,63cm,cut everthing i throw at it with ease!

well you dont have to suffer the ts range anymore do you.

get the new ti-66s...they will faze out the ts range and probably , the tx700n imo due their equal breaking power and massive weight advantage. the new range can cut 66cm and 75cm and theres more planned.

i was taught by darren at nett to score fimly and use a sharp snapping action on porcelain and this cutter relies on this technique heavily. if you push down slowly for pressure, then it doesnt have the same impact as a short sharp execution... the new ti66s can smash ceramics if you press down too firmly so you only tap the handle lightly and they snap clean as a whistle, takes about an hour to get used to but thats it.

fair play to montolit and sigma, they are brilliant and rubi obviously think so in order to emulate them. i wouldn have a ti-66s, monti 63 and sigma before i touch a ts60

Just a thought,is the scoring wheel turning ok or are you dragging it across the tile?sometimes they stick.

the wheels are fine. i tried both the 6mm and the 10mm and they had the same result......rubbish. i'm using a wet cutter on the job at the moment and its a nightmare. big, messy, noisy..... wanna make the right buy so if i get a big job like this again i dont have any more probs.

same problem here. Looking at value of new breaker and tool holder against a new cutter. Ti66, monolit or Ishii. Don't know which to go for but feeling a bit skint so thinking hard about it. No carry case for the Ti which is an issue with me.

Just watched the Monolit demo on TT website, makes my TS60 Plus look like a hammer and chisel.

rubi cutters have gone downhill imo evan had the ti66s,ditched them all and got myself a proper tile cutter sigma best thing ive bought in a long time and ive got the pull version works a treat cuts anything..

Andy Carroll Tiling? Blimey, as if getting a lump of £35million when we sond him and £100k per week wasnt enough he has a tiling business. Flippin greedy gets these footballers.

Sorry it's Sunday and I'm tired.

I like the Monolit, Ischii IPC620 is reputed to be awesome and Sigma seems good too. Which to choose though?

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For sale one used Rubi TS60 Plus, well run in, one careful hardworking owner, all original parts. Offers? Buyer collects.

I bought the Monolit, it was the bit in the film where the geezer was snapping the inch mosaics that clinched it. Sexy.

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For sale one used Rubi TS60 Plus, well run in, one careful hardworking owner, all original parts. Offers? Buyer collects.
I bought the Monolit, it was the bit in the film where the geezer was snapping the inch mosaics that clinched it. Sexy.

i went for the sigma, awesome tool. i put my ts60 on ebay last week and got £140 for it

Sigma and Montolit cutters are good, but I just cannot get on with them. I learnt on a rubi TS and find the double rail system works better for me, so have now bought a TX700 for those porcelain tiles. Love it.

Rubi are still excellent tools, but the TS system only really works well on ceramics and it struggles to provide consistent clean cuts on porcelain. Dont write it off yet - we are still in a tough economic climate - porcelain and natural stone is expensive - ceramic is not.

Finally, I was taught to use a soft and clean cutting stroke on tiles using the TS - but porcelain will not cut cleanly with a soft stroke. As someone else noted, a firm even pressuire on the cut, followed by 1 or 2 sharp taps on the breaker handle works best. For rough porcelain an 18 or 22 mm wheel scored twice along tile is contrary to everything I was taught on cutting, but it works.

Best advice a Rubi rep gave me, "on unpredictable or difficult tiles, try a couple of practice cuts on a spare tile first - helps decide which technique works best on tile cutting."

i found the sigma awkward to use at first but after a day or 2 i worked out the easiest way to use it. each to there own i suppose but i wouldnt go 'back' to a rubi now

My ts60 is struggling as well.Just think breaking power is inadequate and a new breaker is around £70.cant justify reconditioning it,sigmas sound good though.Making do with a big clinker for now,not bad but no carry case

The Monolit MasterPiuma 63-PC will arrive tomorrow, interested to see how it performs. Too many beneficial options to pass up the purchase. I get lots of 60x40 porcelain and the time it has taken me to do stuff recently has been a nonsense.

Probably just e-bay the TS60. It needs a new breaker and tool holder so about £100 for something which has been great but in reality is just too long in the tooth and not that good compared to more recent ones'.