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[White Room]

They are like a rough ish face and are 8mm. Is it normal to have to run the scoring wheel over a few times?

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They look porcelain and depends the grade of the tile, you have the adjustment with the bar higher and lower.

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[David Rowell]

Where do you put the snapping arm normally whitebeam? About 50mm in from the fence?

 

[White Room]

Where do you put the snapping arm normally whitebeam? About 50mm in from the fence?

I do about 25-50mm, I changed my handle round to cut towards the measuring bar...just works better for me.

 

[JMC tiling]

I have a Sigma also that cuts upto 900mm and find it an excellent bit of kit, that being said it has not been without a few issues. Here's what I have found: sometimes it is possible to actually overscore the tile and maybe creating/finding a weak spot in the tile and so causing it to break at an un-wanted point, try and use a lighter score on certain tiles.
Adjusting the bar helps if struggling to cut certain tiles or if they are breaking at the incorrect point, have a play about with it using a few offcuts and see what works.
Practice practice practice!!! after years of using a Rubi it felt very strange then using the sigma and i'd say it took me a good few jobs to get used to it and learn its limitations, strengths weaknesses.
Tiles with a rough/textured surface can be awkward to cut using this type of cutter as the score is not going to be consistant along the tile so assess if the tile can actually be cut this way.
Finally, there has been 2 occasions when the porcelain tiles I was supplied wth just would not cut correctly on the sigma, most likely because they were cheap foreign rubbish that has been overbaked and too brittle. If this happens, get the trusty dewalt 2400 out and impress everyone!

stick with it mate, I have never regretted switching to my Sigma!

 

[JMC tiling]

I really should have checked my spelling before posting that!!

 

[White Room]

I really should have checked my spelling before posting that!!

I won't tell anyone

 

[David Rowell]

I do about 25-50mm, I changed my handle round to cut towards the measuring bar...just works better for me.

Why didnt i think of that, god sake firat jon in the morning then !

 

[JMC tiling]

I won't tell anyone

 

[White Room]

Why didnt i think of that, god sake firat jon in the morning then !

When I do snap just pull the tile a fraction back from measuring bar as some times (depending on the tile) the edge may chip a fraction.

 

[David Rowell]

When I do snap just pull the tile a fraction back from measuring bar as some times (depending on the tile) the edge may chip a fraction.

Sound advice