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Review : Sigma 3bk tile cutter.
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Ian
I like the look of the klick klock handle, I might have to have a look at one of those, me and the sigma aren't getting along very well at the moment :lol: Glad you are liking yours.
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Ian
I need to do a few more jobs with mine before I can review it, problem is with it being a 90cm cutter, it won't get used that often. I'll perhaps give it a blast on some 60x60s.
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Ian
Just some cuts tailing off and a couple of cuts that have chunks come off under the breaker, only used it on an 800x800 so far so not really enough to work out if it's the tile or my method, really need to do a bit more of a variety of tiles and also try a few different techniques. 90% of the time it's fine but, I'm struggling a bit with it at the mo. I will persevere!
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Ian
Yeah tried a few things, bar height, score harder/lighter break further down the tile. I'll get there I'm sure, if not someone can have nearly new one :lol:
100mm skirting strips, so not thin really.
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Peter
Good review Dave :hurray:
The 90cm is quite a beast for your first Sigma Bri, especially if you were learning on an 800 tile. Best trying with 300s and 600s first to develop your technique as one thing about the Sigma is that it's only effective if you're using it the right way. A lot of tiles react different so you learn what sort of pressure/height/break it needs. Dunno how the TX compares in that regard.
Interesting that you seem to cut with the "big cut" to the right Dave. It's in the Sigma Unwritten Rule Book to keep the big bit to the left. No idea why, think it's from the previous style diagonal machines where you had a full bed on the left and a smaller bed on the right.
The 90cm is quite a beast for your first Sigma Bri, especially if you were learning on an 800 tile. Best trying with 300s and 600s first to develop your technique as one thing about the Sigma is that it's only effective if you're using it the right way. A lot of tiles react different so you learn what sort of pressure/height/break it needs. Dunno how the TX compares in that regard.
Interesting that you seem to cut with the "big cut" to the right Dave. It's in the Sigma Unwritten Rule Book to keep the big bit to the left. No idea why, think it's from the previous style diagonal machines where you had a full bed on the left and a smaller bed on the right.
noticed that you score the tile away from you then bring back and snap,is that just becuse those are the klonk klik range! ive been using sigma cutters for 7 years now and they are the older 5 a and 5B MODELS were you score the tile towards you and snap. maybe try this method with my older range and see if theirs any variations with the performance!
great thread by the way!!!
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