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got a new blade from Alan @ATSDiamondTools this week to cut some 20mm porcelain .
put it in a Rubi TC 180 and cut about 80 ln mts and was very impressed. Very clean, chip free cut in one pass.
 
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Flintstone

Is this new range of blades inspired by the ones that were brought to light on here a couple of months ago ? They look like they are the same style. I know Alan was testing some out.
 
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Concrete guy

Is this new range of blades inspired by the ones that were brought to light on here a couple of months ago ? They look like they are the same style. I know Alan was testing some out.

Yes it is. We found the factory that made them and got them produced to a spec we wanted for the very hard problem stuff that many of our landscaper customers struggle with. Mainly 20mm porcelain.
 
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Flintstone

Great! Is there any reduction in lifespan with this blade compared to the Turbo blade for example or turbo x
 
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Concrete guy

Great! Is there any reduction in lifespan with this blade compared to the Turbo blade for example or turbo x

Honestly we're not entirely sure. We were so happy to find a product that solved a problem (20mm porcelain), the lifespan (whilst reasonably important) in this case is secondary to it's cutting performance.

If you're using it on regular 8mm or 10mm thick porcelain I'd expect a similar lifespan to our Turbo Flange blade.
 
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Flintstone

I only ask as I had to discard one pretty quickly. Granted it wasn't one of your blades, but the other one as posted on here
 
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Concrete guy

I only ask as I had to discard one pretty quickly. Granted it wasn't one of your blades, but the other one as posted on here

It wouldn't surprise me to find the lifespan is shorter than some of our other blades, that's often the compromise to improve cutting performance.

It's much of the reason we're marketing this blade at the 20mm Porcelain market. Our customers in that market find they traditionally consume multiple blades per job.

In fact I'm pretty happy with Julian's 80 linear metres on a 180mm blade with life left. In 20mm Porcelain that's pretty good going.

These blades are thin though. We recommend that they are taken off machines when you've finished using them and stored somewhere where they won't get knocked. It doesn't take much lateral force at all to damage blades this thin.
 
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J Sid

good question,
you push it away from yourself, so the blade is cutting down. That blade did give an excellent clear edge on the porcelain.
 
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Concrete guy

good question,
you push it away from yourself, so the blade is cutting down. That blade did give an excellent clear edge on the porcelain.

Julian are you using the Rubi the same way the guy does in this video?

It looks like it cuts on the upstroke.

 

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