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Had a go with Genesis version. Cuts well and anything, but because of the cutter & clinker system,( being so big and wide) you just can't see your pencil marks.
 
I have just started out and bought this cutter as it was as good a cutter as I could afford. I thought it would be an acceptable stop gap cutter. I have got to say though it is great. Having never used a Rubi so I dont know what i missing this cutter has done me proud, on my first tiling job I could be found with a daft grin on my mush whilst marvelling at how good the clinker grande is.
 
Got the big fellow a couple of months ago and have had no problems with any tile cut. Laying 17m2 of porc in hall and kitchen floor at mo and cutting like a dream, alot betyter than my Erburer wet cutter. Just got a Macrist diamond wheel from Tradetiler today so that problem should be sorted. Anyhows big up for the Big Clinker sound investment that will last for years.

Cheers

Mick

M.A. TILING

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I've had two of these babies and my cutting wheels last for ages, because they are on roller bearings, tried Rubi's, they're good but the two part cutting action I find frustrating, and the later ones are just too expensive, so I'll stick with my clinker. A good value for money cutter.:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
I've had a look at this in the Screwfix catalogue and think it might be just the job for cutting 600x300x10mm porcelain tiles in my mates bathroom. (they wrecked a brand new diamond wheel the first day). But I've also read that they can chip bits off the tile, when making the break. As there is little margin for breakages, have any of you experienced such problems and is there a knack to cutting these fairly hefty tiles?

Thanks for any help you can give.
 
I've had a look at this in the Screwfix catalogue and think it might be just the job for cutting 600x300x10mm porcelain tiles in my mates bathroom. (they wrecked a brand new diamond wheel the first day). But I've also read that they can chip bits off the tile, when making the break. As there is little margin for breakages, have any of you experienced such problems and is there a knack to cutting these fairly hefty tiles?

Thanks for any help you can give.

They can chip bits if you don't score a tile properly and try to press too hard, but the way I get round this on a very tough procelain tile is to put the cutting wheel 40mm approx onto the tile from the bottom end and score backwards, then score from the bottom to the top of the tile as normal and break it at the top, sometimes you will hear the tile crack, but the bottom may be still joined, just bring the wheel down and press gently on the bottom and it should break fine, It's rare that you have to do this though.:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Thanks Ken. It looks like this may do the job then, and the price is about right for a budget cutter. The reviews so far seem fairly positive.
 

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