Question on marking and cutting

[Bathfix Bob]

60x60 poreclain then, its a Rubi tx 700 minimum in my opinion. I have used a rubi ts 60plus on 60x60 tiles and it more often than not it leaves a small tail on your tile (at the opposite end of the breaker)

This worrys me, I thought Rubi were a top quality make, could this have been your perticular cutter tfs?

Can anyone else clarify this? I'll be starting tiling on my current bathroom a week tomorrow and I really need a good manual cutter.
I don't want one that leaves a rough bit that needs trimming off, maybe I should just bite the bullet and get one of these Sigmas? If it saves me time then its worth the £200+.

Desicions desisions.....

Edit: Make that £200 - £300 + !!!!!

 

[Stewart]

This worrys me, I thought Rubi were a top quality make, could this have been your perticular cutter tfs?
Can anyone else clarify this? I'll be starting tiling on my current bathroom a week tomorrow and I really need a good manual cutter.
I don't want one that leaves a rough bit that needs trimming off, maybe I should just bite the bullet and get one of these Sigmas? If it saves me time then its worth the £200+.
Desicions desisions.....
Edit: Make that £200 - £300 + !!!!!

The TS-plus is great cutter for ceramic, but can struggle with the harder porcelain tiles. If you want a recommendation, I would go for the Tx700. I've fixed 1000's of metres using the TX 700 & 1200 and I cant fault it. The Sigma's are good too, but aren't my cup of tea.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Thanks for the fantastic advice, I've just had a look at the TX series and I think at £340 its a little steep (unless anyone on here has a decent 2nd hand one?)

I think I'll go for the TS-plus and use my old Plasplugs wet cutter for harder porcelain.

I've spend a small fortune on hand and power tools already this year, so much so that I better write down somewhere exactly what I have so I can replace them incase a nice gentleman decides to take them off me.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

The TS-plus is great cutter for ceramic, but can struggle with the harder porcelain tiles. If you want a recommendation, I would go for the Tx700. I've fixed 1000's of metres using the TX 700 & 1200 and I cant fault it. The Sigma's are good too, but aren't my cup of tea.

I would second that. TX 700 for me, but as stated above, each to their own

 

[The D]

Thanks guys, I do have a cheap diy manual cutter but stopped using it, seemed a bit sloppy. It didn't break the tilies cleanly, I wouls score a few timesand the pull the lever down to break and it would just break the tile where I didn't want it.
I've been looking at proper manual cutters on Trade Tiler, Whats sort of money do I need to spend?
Any recommendations baring in mind I'm only a plumber/bathroom fitter eg/not everyday use. Having said that I do a lot of bathrooms and tiling and boy do I need to save time on the tiling.

if you want to save time get a tiler to do the tiling and you can spend more time fixing the leaks:lol:

 

[Stewart]

if you want to save time get a tiler to do the tiling and you can spend more time fixing the leaks:lol:

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[Dan]

Thanks guys, I do have a cheap diy manual cutter but stopped using it, seemed a bit sloppy. It didn't break the tilies cleanly, I wouls score a few timesand the pull the lever down to break and it would just break the tile where I didn't want it.

I've been looking at proper manual cutters on Trade Tiler, Whats sort of money do I need to spend?

Any recommendations baring in mind I'm only a plumber/bathroom fitter eg/not everyday use. Having said that I do a lot of bathrooms and tiling and boy do I need to save time on the tiling.

You should only score once, not too much pressure, not too little though. And one clean snap.

The more you score the more lines there are for the snap to follow therefore it'll jump from one to another (not always visible to the eye) and will always leave you with a messy edge.

Very few tiles need scoring more than once, generally tougher tile like porcelain will need more pressure.

Though with ceramics you're only trying to score the glaze, the biscuit will always follow the score in the glaze.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

:lol::lol::lol:

I know what you're saying but I did use a tiler for a couple of bathrooms at the begining and he didn't do that good a job to be honest so its put me off a bit, lippage, poorly cut trim, messy grout etc. He was a nice lad but didn't really have his heart in it.

Add that to all the problems I've had with various sparkys with them been unreliable, expensive and shoddy (this comes from my customers not me). I've found a decent sparky now who's very good but still somewhat unreliable.
So I decided to do it all myself as I seem to have bad luck when it comes to getting other trades involved, I would consider myself a good diy tiler but obviously not a pro as I've never worked with slate, trav, marble etc.

I'm not really interested in taking big jobs off the pro's, just want to do that basic stuff in mid range bathrooms.

 

[Stewart]

I wasn't having a go at you Bob..... I just thought Deano's quote was quite funny. And having read your post's and looked at the pic's of your work, you talk more sense and do a better job than some of the so called "pro-tiler's" do.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

You're okay Stewart! It was Deano's thread I meant to hightlight!