Rubi cutter problem???

[cityone]

Evening lads, I,ve just bought a rubi ts-60-plus manual cutter, today I used it for the first time on a 600x600 10mm thick polished porcelain tile, when I cut the tile a chunk of it chipped off the corner next to the breaker arm this also happend on the next cut but finally on the third effort it was a clean cut, what am I not doing right??? thanks in advance for any help!!

 

[smurf21]

your not doing anything wrong its just the braking mech on that type of rubi isnt allways suited to a tough porc tile it beaks better with the under handle breaker ie the ti..s..66 rubi or similar. just got to persevere

 

[stevee]

hiya mate ,believe it or not, ive got a ts60 plus and cut my first 600sq black polished porcelain from b&q, the first cut snapped the corner off the offcut luckily

the second cut was ok ,im sure i snapped it quicker /firmer the second time ,if u know what i mean,may be a knack to it

oh!:welcome:,steve

 

[doug boardley]

I got rid of mine cos I couldn't get to grips with it. A tx 700 is far superior imo

 

[kilty55]

agree with doug i use the tx700 for large porc tiles much better

 

[cityone]

Thanks for your replies lads!!!

 

[theanalyst]

Ive got a TS 60 plus and have cut 15mm polished porcelain tiles with it with no issues.

There IS a technique to it, and this comes with time and practice...!

When I first got it I broke a couple of tiles but after that I havent broken one even on thin cuts of thick, rock hard porcelain!

The trick is to scribe very firmly, make sure the tile doesnt move 1mm when you have finished the scribe (if the cut is not straight so the tile end is not butted up to the end plate)
Then, use a firm , positive breaking motion to break the tile.

Jobs a good un.

 

[doug boardley]

Ive got a TS 60 plus and have cut 15mm polished porcelain tiles with it with no issues.

There IS a technique to it, and this comes with time and practice...!

When I first got it I broke a couple of tiles but after that I havent broken one even on thin cuts of thick, rock hard porcelain!

The trick is to scribe very firmly, make sure the tile doesnt move 1mm when you have finished the scribe (if the cut is not straight so the tile end is not butted up to the end plate)
Then, use a firm , positive breaking motion to break the tile.

Jobs a good un.

tried all that, and then realised that the ts 60 was probably ok on large format ceramic not porc

 

[theanalyst]

tried all that, and then realised that the ts 60 was probably ok on large format ceramic not porc

This is the Ts 60 PLus, not sure if thats the same as the one you are on about.
but I have never had any problems with it myself...with ,as I said 600mm x 30mm x 15mm polished porcelain down to cheapo ceramic.


its all in the wrist action as they say

 

[Swanseajack]

Had a similiar promblem when I bought my TS 60 Plus, also the cuts were not straight, slight curve. Took it back and bought a TX instead, for some reason I had the TX cheaper than the TS.:hurray: