sigma 3em for hire

[Aston]

i was going to buy a sigma 3em next week with the idea of hiring it out to local north west tilers. (who are trusty worthy
obviously, its not a tile cutter thats going to get used week in week out so it might aswell earn its keep

couple of questions
1. do you think that this is a good idea?
2. whats is a fair rate for renting? i was thinking £20 for the 1st day and £10 thereafter or £50 for the week
3. any things you would recommend to cover yourself ie deposit etc

any input welcome

 

[DHTiling]

I think you need more than one,.... 🙂🙂🙂

 

[White Room]

A big deposit to hire as well.....

 

[Spud]

great Idea Ed. I think £20 per day is cheap I would also want a decent deposit in case somone "forgets" to return it

 

[Spud]

I popped in to tool venture on friday, friendly guys there ,they are just setting up a trade counter and showroom ,had a look at the 3cm and 3 bm, they also have some nice carhartt work wear there too

 

[White Room]

I popped in to tool venture on friday, friendly guys there ,they are just setting up a trade counter and showroom ,had a look at the 3cm and 3 bm, they also have some nice carhartt work wear there too

There only in Hatfield....might take a peek at some time.

 

[tobins tiling]

Hi ed
them prices seem pretty fair to me mate the biggest one have is the tx700n so if you buy one pm me and when needed I will hire it off you mate

 

[hillhead]

I would not hire one of mine out, I see your point Ed but you'll be a hire centre soon. Lol.
Aston Tool Hire Services eh?
An idea?

 

[White Room]

I'm surprised some of the hire companys hav'nt hooked onto this.....for big cutters

 

[John Benton]

I hired a 1250 for £20 a day or £70 for the week, £200 deposit, but it's from my local supplier, who know me well. It's a bit different hiring out maybe £6-700 worth of kit with a £200 deposit, to someone you don't know, cos it could be the last time you see it!

 

[John Benton]

I'm surprised some of the hire companys hav'nt hooked onto this.....for big cutters

A local tool hire co to me hire out tile cutters but only up to 600mm

 

[Peter]

Wouldn't mind hiring it out to people I knew but wouldn't give it to strangers without a big deposit. Any tilers worth their salt need to be buying these big machines now as some day the 1200x600 will be as common as 600x300.

 

[Dan]

Wouldn't mind hiring it out to people I knew but wouldn't give it to strangers without a big deposit. Any tilers worth their salt need to be buying these big machines now as some day the 1200x600 will be as common as 600x300.

I think we're nearly there already!

 

[redlee]

I wouldn't buy one just to hire out, but if you've got a job for it yourself first then i don't see why it wouldn't work. I wouldn't let it go without covering the cost of it wether that be cash or taking part cash/other cutters upto the value of yours. It's surprising how little in the way of tools and plant most builders own they all seem to hire stuff in nowadays.

 

[Sigma UK]

A lot of the hire companies wont look at new products unless there is a big demand for them. I would often get asked what we had in a way of rufurb machines as there only going to get used and bashed anyway?. Most just stick to what they got and don't spend money.

 

[Peter]

Did you tell him that Sigma's don't need refubred? :lol:

 

[Sigma UK]

Not asked any hire stores about the Sigma's yet. This was past knowledge before Sigma.

 

[Aston]

very close to buying this now..
has anybody used the 3em and the 3ek? the klick klock version

would be really interested to hear your views (Tonight if posible)

 

[Peter]

Never tried the 3em but the 3ek has bundles of power and easy to use.

 

[Spud]

I love my 3em Ed its a good machine cant comment on the klick clock but the max handle looks a bit quicker to use imo

 

[Peter]

Would say the max handle would be a good bit quicker to use, klick klock is a bit of a faff but performs well.

Here's my poor quality showcase of the 3ek:
[video=youtube;FMHleKAduRw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMHleKAduRw[/video]

 

[Sigma UK]

You mean pure quality! your the first to show the cutter cutting a strip off the side of a whole tile. Sometimes that's not an easy thing to do but fair play to you for putting it up.

 

[Aston]

hi lads
i have heard they both produce 1200kgs but i have also heard a few sigma users claiming that the klick klock version transfers the power infront of the cutter whereas the 3em handle is over the back edge of the cutter so it can lift a little when breaking hard large formats... not my words just a few peoples opinions so i thought id gauge your opinions/experiences..

 

[Aston]

update
bought the sigma 3em today and got a klick klock handle aswell so best of both worlds.
it should be here tomorrow so i'll look into the details of hiring it out.

 

[Peter]

Good work, you'll be praying for an extra large format job now to pay it off. :lol:

I find that you don't get one for a few months and then you get three at once.

 

[White Room]

update
bought the sigma 3em today and got a klick klock handle aswell so best of both worlds.
it should be here tomorrow so i'll look into the details of hiring it out.

I'd see about getting credit card payments as well.....

 

[Aston]

i spoke to a tiler this morning who is local to me. he hired out his cutter and it came back in a right mess.
like a few on here, he advised against it because it can be more trouble than its worth..

think i will scrap the plan to hire it out as deposits, returned condition and id etc can become problematic. thanks for the input, much appreciated..

 

[Peter]

No harm in loaning it to a few tilers you know for beer tokens. Problem with getting a big deposit is that chances are the person doesn't have it otherwise they'd just buy one themselves.

 

[Aston]

here she is...all 155cm's of her from head to tail, took 2 of us to land her ;0) actually, it feels lighter than a tx1200

you can see the click klock handle on the bed

i only managed a few cuts on some off cuts of 60x60 porcelain so havent had a chance to give it a good work out yet.
i did swap the handle over and i found that the click klock handle really puts the power in the right direction and it definately feels like it breaks a bit easier..on the flip side, the view is more restricted than the max handle..

anway, for £449 inc vat, delivery you cant ask for much more.

 

[White Room]

I noticed with my 3DM the measuring bar ai'nt going to allow me to use in restricted areas, that is one major cutter though

 

[Ian]

How does the KK handle differ from the max Ed? They don't look any different.