Rubi ts60 plus breaker problems

[casioman]

Hi, can anyone help here? I have Rubi ts60 that is breaking tiles around the breaker area on whole tile cuts only. This machine is new to me but second hand and seemed to work fine on test. I am new to tiling so I'm not sure if this is an equipment failure or user error? The tiles were 400 x 250 ceramic 9mm thick

 

[Alan.P]

Sounds like a scoring problem possibly, are you sure your scoring effectively from end to end ?

 

[casioman]

Ahh, I think you might have it . the breaks where focused around the breaker and at the very end of the tile...which would follow what you have said. I will pay more attention to my scoring and see how I get on. Thanks

 

[Alan.P]

You don't have to score too heavy with your tiles, just a nice consistent score end to end, see how it goes and let us know if your still having problems.

 

[casioman]

Thanks I will bear this in mind . One other thing that you could advise me on . when wall tiling , what is the best way to fit the last tile at floor level when you have floor boards? I the main issues being unevenness and movement ?

 

[DHTiling]

Should have bought a Sigma cutter... :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Alan.P]

Curing the movement IE screwing down the floorboards 'should' beat both problems, then just mark each cut on each tile, if it's going to be a huge difference then depending on floor finish you could cut them all to the same size, looks neater but as I said, floor finish, what are you having ?

 

[casioman]

hi the floor is going to be stained as the rest of the house has old oak floor boards so it would look out of character to tile. Thanks for the tips.

 

[casioman]

Better tools don't make up for lack of skill...I've got a long way to go before I'm good enough to own a sigma :hurray:

 

[Alan.P]

hi the floor is going to be stained as the rest of the house has old oak floor boards so it would look out of character to tile. Thanks for the tips.

It's going to look nasty if you can't get the bottom row of tiles somewhere near the same cut, see what happens once you've screwed down the floorboards.

 

[Spud]

i made the misatake of bringing a ts 60 to a glazed porcelain job on saturday it wouldnt cut the tiles and they chipped when I scribed them and just shattered when i tried to snap them after scoring ,i ended up having to wet cut everything lucky I had a wet cutter with me. ts 60 only good for ceramics in my honest opinion

 

[stephenoneill]

you need a monty 2nd week using my new 63 and life is peachy

 

[prceramics]

use the 8mm wheel on porcelain

 

[Alan.P]

The tiles were 400 x 250 ceramic 9mm thick

ts 60 only good for ceramics in my honest opinion

That's good, he's cutting 400x250 ceramics mate lol, and each to their own, I've used the TS60 on loads of 600x600 porc with no problems ?

use the 8mm wheel on porcelain

Pleased it's not just me that skim reads 😀

 

[Datom]

TS60 will cut a lot of porcelain like someone said dependent on wheel type although TS is generally for ceramics the TX version was brought out to tackle porcelain.

 

[Perry]

i made the misatake of bringing a ts 60 to a glazed porcelain job on saturday it wouldnt cut the tiles and they chipped when I scribed them and just shattered when i tried to snap them after scoring ,i ended up having to wet cut everything lucky I had a wet cutter with me. ts 60 only good for ceramics in my honest opinion

Gary never had a porcelain that I couldn't cut with a tx60 tx60plus is another thing never had one I could cut with it you will have to take me with you next time

 

[Alan.P]

TS Pete, TS lol hi ya mate 🙂

 

[Perry]

TS Pete, TS lol hi ya mate 🙂

Alan it could be tickers problem big fingers mate missed the s and hit the x lol

 

[Alan.P]

I know mate, fingers like cows udders 😀

 

[RubiUK]

Hi All, the TS60 Plus is suitable for cutting most porcelain tiles. It has more breaking power than our standard TS 60 model which is suited to cutting ceramics. as mentioned already the 8mm scoring wheel is recommended for cutting harder materials such as porcelain.

 

[Stef]

Hi All, the TS60 Plus is suitable for cutting most porcelain tiles. It has more breaking power than our standard TS 60 model which is suited to cutting ceramics. as mentioned already the 8mm scoring wheel is recommended for cutting harder materials such as porcelain.

We had a ts60 & a ts60+ in the van together for 3 years roughly & I would use the ts60 before I would use the 60+ as it cut porcelain better..
The 60+ always broke out at the breaker.
Got fed up struggling to cut porcs so bought a Tomechanic..

 

[Spud]

thanks for all the advice, I knew it must be me doing something wrong I must scribe the tiles differently to you guys or pull the breaker differently perhaps ,never mind the job got done any how thanks again Gary

 

[widler]

Tx are much better cutters,ts are great for cutting any ceramic,but I can cut owt with my tx no probs,superb cutter

 

[Perry]

We had a ts60 & a ts60+ in the van together for 3 years roughly & I would use the ts60 before I would use the 60+ as it cut porcelain better..
The 60+ always broke out at the breaker.
Got fed up struggling to cut porcs so bought a Tomechanic..

Exacly what I have found when I got my ts60 plus sent it straight back never tried one since

 

[Stef]

Exacly what I have found when I got my ts60 plus sent it straight back never tried one since

I'm jumping ship & going to change my cutters to sigmas.

 

[judge]

I'm jumping ship & going to change my cutters to sigmas.

what taken you so long robson ???lol:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Perry]

I'm jumping ship & going to change my cutters to sigmas.

I still think the ts is the nuts for ceramic the most accurate but things are changing by the looks of it brought my first one 30 years ago in Spain

 

[Stef]

what taken you so long robson ???lol:smilewinkgrin:

Wasn't until Dave jumped to the dark side that I thought, mmmmmm

Had a quick play with one a few weeks ago so going for my first Sigma in a couple o weeks time...

 

[DHTiling]

I'm jumping ship & going to change my cutters to sigmas.

Best move you will ever make... trust me 🙂

 

[Stef]

Best move you will ever make... trust me 🙂

I have been reading over your posts about Sigmas with a great deal of interest Dave & I have been lured over!!

 

[DHTiling]

I always tell it as it is .... and even more so when it comes to tools i use day in day out.. and in all my time as a tiler , sigma are the better make IMHO.. all day long.