Cutting Porcelain tiles

[Ceramico tiling]

I had a vitrex once and it died after a year,also not sure about the manufacturers warantees etc with these cheeper brands,cant go wrong with dewalt,rubi

 

[Bolter]

If you want the Vitrex, Rubi or Monty try Trade tiler his prices are very reasonable,
also both the 750 and the 900 will throw water every where, as one of my customers once said. you have tiler's crotch, meaning very damp nether region:lol:

Dude, you dont need to fill it up with water! :lol:

I have the 750 and it works a treat! Cuts ceramic, porcelain, stone etc with no hassle. Im not sure how long the blade will last, and Im sure there are better cutters out there, but if you wanted to buy it, it works just fine.

 

[ap222]

LOL, as Andy said, you can probably get away with dark trousers!!:smilewinkgrin:

One question with the 750 vitrex, is'nt the cutting table a little small for tiles as long as 670mm?
I guess when you slide the tile through the blade, you would presumably support it with your hand as the cut part goes over the table.

 

[andy-p]

I've never used Vitrex cutters before but swear by my Rubi TX700N, unarguably the best dry cutter on the market in that size group

I have a tx1200 and swear at it all the time , i hate the bloody thing... 😛rrr:

 

[ap222]

where abouts are you..?

I'm in London Dave.

 

[ap222]

I did have a problem of chiping on the off cut of tile, but was informed by one the other members on here that it was proberbly the fence being out of square to the blade.

Richard, did you have this problem on the 750 or 900? I've heard one way of preventing chipping is to turn the tile on its back, slice a notch into it, flip it back upright and start the cut from the opposite side. This then allows the blade to exit via the notch preventing chipping.

Your tip on using the 750 & changing to a marcrist blade has now got me thinking again..... are u getting clean straight cuts with that set up?
Regards

 

[richard Kent]

Ap
The chipping problem was with the 900 and as I haven't really used the 900 for a few months now and I haven't tried to solve the problem, IE re-align the fence with the blade.
I have heard of the this problem with other 900 users so I think it might be a common problem and hopefully easy to solve by re-aligning the fence.
The biggest tile I have cut with the 750 is 450sq. I do tend to dry cut if I can and only wet cut when I need to.

 

[Scott]

I tuck an old tea towel in the front of my top for wet cutting and it hangs far enough to stop the embarrasing damp spot

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I tuck an old tea towel in the front of my top for wet cutting and it hangs far enough to stop the embarrasing damp spot

I keep looking for a masculine apron, but not found one yet. Although I do my share of washing up😳

 

[Scott]

I keep looking for a masculine apron, but not found one yet. Although I do my share of washing up😳

How about this one?

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