Electric Tile Cutter For Slate

[stevesmith89]

Hello fellow Tilers, I am in need of assistance as I am doing a 26m slate floor job, the electric cutter I hired is not up to task, what are the advantages/disadvantages between table top electric cutters to rail mounted tile saw benches? The one I hired is a 110v table top, but I am now looking to buy one ideally for £400 or less and have been pondering over various cutters all day! The 3 that have caught my eye are the table top rubi ND 200, the rubi DU 200 BL (reservations as this is stated as a basic line tool) and the vitrex pro power 900. If anyone has used any of these then please comment, or is it a case of buying a cheapish cutter and spending money on say a Marcrist diamond blade? Any help is appreciated

 

[One Day]

What size is the slate?

 

[stevesmith89]

Sorry forgot to mention they are 600x400mm and thickness varies but thickest so far has been about 25mm

 

[Andy Allen]

Nd 200 will cut them. ...great cutter imo

 

[stevesmith89]

Would they not require some kind of support as they are quite large and also should I go for 110v or 240v as it's a private job so there is mains power

 

[One Day]

600x400 would be ok on a Dewalt too.

 

[stevesmith89]

I like the dewalt but the ones I've seen are really out of my price range

 

[Andy Allen]

I've cut 600 on mine no problem. ..really strong motors in them.....If your going for a bridge saw or rail cutter then the cheaper ones tend to struggle and wonder of line....240 or 110 would depend if you do much site work.

 

[One Day]

Raimondi Pikus 85 ADV Wet Saw

This would be perfect. Gary is offering it on here too.

 

[stevesmith89]

I would say 80% of my work is on site however they have never required a wet cutter as it's never been anything more than porcelain out on site which my manual cutters handle no problem and I was told earlier that a 110v has less power than a 240v (unsure if this is true or not)

 

[White Room]

It's really more about the blade you have in the cutter, I have an ND200 and wanged some stuff through that.

 

[stevesmith89]

Hi whitebeam that's what I suspected, so would a cheapish cutter with a decent blade do it or should I just bite the bullet and get the ND 200 and a decent blade? (Great believer in buy cheap you buy twice)

 

[White Room]

I also use a Vitrex 560 cutter also which manages porcelain with a porcs blade for the purpose.

Theres also one of these made by a good company Norton Clipper 180mm Water Cooled Diamond Table Wet/Dry Tile Cutter/Saw, TT180BM

 

[stevesmith89]

Thanks I was going to ask about the Norton cutters as I believe they're the ones that CTD sell?

 

[White Room]

When my Rubi ND retires that's probably one I'll be going for myself...

 

[stevesmith89]

Ok thank you everyone for your input, I think I've narrowed it down to a table top one and will pop in some local shops etc but I can get the rubi nd 200 for £350 online. I'll keep this thread open and update with which one I go for and my experience after the jobs finished

 

[Just Rizzle]

have you thought of a rubi 180 its a tilers circular saw can use wet or dry I use it dry and fit it has a fitting to attach a vacuum for the dust a lot less cumber son than any table wet cutter especially if space is an issue

 

[stevesmith89]

Yeah I was looking at that one earlier but Rubis product video made it look extremely complicated to set up etc

 

[Just Rizzle]

its easier than any wet cutter and less space in your van needed

 

[J Sid]

have you thought of a rubi 180 its a tilers circular saw can use wet or dry I use it dry and fit it has a fitting to attach a vacuum for the dust a lot less cumber son than any table wet cutter especially if space is an issue

You cut slate dry? And get a good edge? That I've got to see 😉

 

[Just Rizzle]

You cut slate dry? And get a good edge? That I've got to see 😉

cut it from the back of the tile

 

[J Sid]

cut it from the back of the tile

Will try it next time

 

[p4ulo]

I thought Slate was one of the stones which had a quite high Silica content, so not ideal to be cutting dry?
I did my slate tiles with a vitrex 750 Pro with a new vitrex blade, easy peasy.....
What cutter were you using first off that wasn't suitable?