Review: Rubi ND180 BL electric tile cutter..

[andy63]

Hi everyone

I have the 180 BL cutter and although reasonably satisfied with it think the following could be improved, certainly for porcelain tiles.
1. water reservoir awkward to remove as you have to lift the machine up to bring it out at an angle thus pouring any remaining water over the floor.
2. guide difficult to line up with blade. guide screws soft and once you have taken it off a few times they get ragged and difficult to re-tighten.
3. fence not extendable so not so easy to cut the 600x300 tiles that i have.

I would be interested to know how to cut out socket holes, looks tricky to me!

cheers andy

 

[DHTiling]

I would be interested to know how to cut out socket holes, looks tricky to me!

Just un-screw the guard from the blade and plunge cut the tile over the top of the blade..

 

[Lawrence147]

Hi Andy

I have a ND myself and in answer to your points:

1. Water resevoir IS awkward to remove - do you have a Lakeland Plastics near you. I found a plastic tray (60cm X 42cm) originally used for cleaning oven shelves, to sit the cutter in - job done.

2. Go to Ikea for replacement screws (the ones that screw wardrobes together - they fit perfectly) for the guard, but you should only need to loosen them to get the guard out

3. Nothing you can do about that am afraid - Only a basic line model.

As Dave says, unscrew the guard for socket holes.

I can post pics if needed.

Hope this helps.

Lawrence

 

[andy63]

Thanks for the tips chaps, it is a reasonable cutter all in all maybe the porc is at the top end of its limits?
I have ordered a new blade just in case.

Is it easy to hold the tile steady while doing plung cuts? Guess I will find out!

cheers

Andy

 

[beanz]

3. fence not extendable so not so easy to cut the 600x300 tiles that i have.

What is the fence!?! I'm just curious, as i'm thinking about getting one of these cutters, as my spindle is no longer straight on my Master Tiler, but i don't like the idea of being hampered when it comes to larger tile sizes..

 

[Gazzer]

The fence is the marker guide.

 

[beanz]

Ah! Can it be removed if it's in the way?

 

[DHTiling]

Ah! Can it be removed if it's in the way?

If you look at the review in OP of the thread , you will see i removed the guard to plunge cut...

 

[beanz]

I don't think we're talking about the guard Dave, that wouldn't interfere with tile size!?! 😉

 

[DHTiling]

you can cut what ever length you can push through the machine beanz..it is an open flat bed cutter...they cut 600mm tiles all day long..🙂

 

[beanz]

Cheers Dave. 😉 I thought it was a bit odd!?!

Think i'll be ordering one pretty soon from TT 😀

 

[merlecollins]

Anybody using one of these at the moment?

I'm looking to ditch my Master and get another small cutter to go with the D24000 (Did I tell anyone I've just got a D24000?:lol🙂

Looking at this one, the Rubi ND125 or the Siri Briccy.......

Think the 125 might be a bit lightweight.

 

[richard Kent]

Good morning everyone I can highly recommend Trade Tiler.
I have now placed two orders with Dave and all has gone well unlike a few other internet orders I have placed.
I would normaly go with the cheapest price and to my dismay this has proven to be not the best idea.
Once again if you want quality service go with Trade Tiler

 

[kilty55]

hi merle i use a lbl 180,its fine for most jobs to be honest you will of course need to buy a good blade for it as the one it comes with is basic

 

[merlecollins]

Cheers Jamie,

Whats it like for noise and water spray?

Cheers,

Kev.:builder2:

 

[kilty55]

hiya kev, to be honest it is a basic line model as it says on the tin but with a decent blade installed it has coped with most average sized jobs ive done,

one thing i would do if i was you kev when you get it the screws holding the waste tray in place are not stainless steel and rust i had an issue with this and replaced with betteer quality screws after the old ones had to be drilled out, apart from that the water spray is fine its not bad and noise its just the same as any average cutter mate,the flatbed isnt as large obviouslt as the other wet cutters from rubi

 

[merlecollins]

hiya kev, to be honest it is a basic line model as it says on the tin but with a decent blade installed it has coped with most average sized jobs ive done,

one thing i would do if i was you kev when you get it the screws holding the waste tray in place are not stainless steel and rust i had an issue with this and replaced with betteer quality screws after the old ones had to be drilled out, apart from that the water spray is fine its not bad and noise its just the same as any average cutter mate,the flatbed isnt as large obviouslt as the other wet cutters from rubi

Cheers mate

It's just for small jobs and splashies really, so sounds like it's good enough for that

 

[kilty55]

aye with a new blade it will be fine for that kev

 

[merlecollins]

What blade you got on yours Jamie?

The CPC2 is recommended earlier in this thread....

 

[kilty55]

a marcrist ck850 i think i put on it last time kev

 

[Ceramico tiling]

mine started electrocuting me after a month.So with little respect for the machine I left it outside in its case for a wk..now it doesent work at all,,just an absolute waste of £150...maybe I had a faulty one and prop shouldnt have left it outside

 

[beanz]

mine started electrocuting me after a month.So with little respect for the machine I left it outside in its case for a wk..now it doesent work at all,,just an absolute waste of £150...maybe I had a faulty one and prop shouldnt have left it outside

Ive just bought one of these cutters, and mine gives me occasional shocks too!?!
After upgrading from my old plasplugs master tiler, i have to say i'm pretty dissapointed... The cutting is no better than the Master Tiler, and it's missing a lot of features. You can't remove the water reservoir without throwing the water everywhere. It doesn't recycle the water, so you have to top up every two cuts. I've just finished my 2nd job with this cutter, and the "stainless" steel bed is going rusty already!
Just seem to be paying for the name, as it was about twice the price of my old cheapo cutter, and half as good. It doesn't make me want to upgrade to an even more expensive Rubi flatbed cutter... :-/

 

[DHTiling]

Chinese rubbish.

 

[Peter]

Funny what a few years can do Dave. Least you're on the right track now. :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

Twas a few year back this one.. :lol:..

Then i saw the light 🙂 and the light was Blue!!...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Gazzer]

Twas a few year back this one.. :lol:..

Then i saw the light 🙂 and the light was Blue!!...:smilewinkgrin:

Told ya !:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Ceramico tiling]

Ive just bought one of these cutters, and mine gives me occasional shocks too!?!
After upgrading from my old plasplugs master tiler, i have to say i'm pretty dissapointed... The cutting is no better than the Master Tiler, and it's missing a lot of features. You can't remove the water reservoir without throwing the water everywhere. It doesn't recycle the water, so you have to top up every two cuts. I've just finished my 2nd job with this cutter, and the "stainless" steel bed is going rusty already!
Just seem to be paying for the name, as it was about twice the price of my old cheapo cutter, and half as good. It doesn't make me want to upgrade to an even more expensive Rubi flatbed cutter... :-/

Yeah that Rubi Cutter is in the skip now. And I still have my B and Q specials in the shed from many years ago that cost 1/4 the price.I do remember it being awful. Water everywhere and fearing for my life with every cut. Poor design,inferior product and with that £150 cutter the Rubi name cost me £100. Because a cheapo for £50 would still be working today..

 

[Andy Tiler]

Yeah that Rubi Cutter is in the skip now. And I still have my B and Q specials in the shed from many years ago that cost 1/4 the price.I do remember it being awful. Water everywhere and fearing for my life with every cut. Poor design,inferior product and with that £150 cutter the Rubi name cost me £100. Because a cheapo for £50 would still be working today..

I had one of those RUBI BL crap things rusting after a week! Got my money back quick smart.in the old catalogue
They advertised it as a stainless steel bed?.. Just bought a cheapo £35 from Topps just for kitchens does the same job... rubi are junk!! 🙁
Sigma is wat u need 🙂

 

[Gazzer]

I had one of those RUBI BL crap things rusting after a week! Got my money back quick smart.in the old catalogue
They advertised it as a stainless steel bed?.. Just bought a cheapo £35 from Topps just for kitchens does the same job... rubi are junk!! 🙁
Sigma is wat u need 🙂

Dont hold back there Andy ! :lol:

 

[beanz]

No Rubi reps on here, to have their say? Lol!
I might try to return mine after this job, as I'm really not impressed with it at all...

 

[afright]

Was looking at buying one the other day then heard that they were recalling some as they have a fault so didnt bother.