Starting-up shopping list... Opinions please

[BrhTiling]

Morning people!

I am just about to do a bit of shopping for my starting up tools... I have attached my list and I am wondering if I can get your opinions.. is anything missing?

I have been told to go for the TS40 for smaller jobs and the TS60 for bigger tiles... Sound good to you?

List:
RUBI TS40 & TS60
Rubi 160mm bucket trowel
Rubi 180mm gauging trowel
Stabila 600 & 1200mm sprit levels
Rubi wall tile drill set
Marshalltown 6mm and 10mm trowels
Shaw circle cutter
Plasplugs master tiler DWW180
Grout rake
sealant gun
Rubi ajustable stands???? - sounds like a good idea ?
Washboy

 

[tony TLC]

wow what a list to start with thats quallity
i find the ts 60 isnt big enough for quite a lot of tiles
love the 40
you can cut down a lot on the costs by not bying brand name tools
ive heard that the wet saw is good
but if it was me i would like to earn some money b4 spashing out on brand names
its a great list tho
grout float
and a cheep workmate as a stand
but happy shopping

 

[Varley]

Check this thread out,

http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-tools/186-tiling-tools-starter-kit.html

 

[DHTiling]

Goog Kit. I Find Rubi Tools The Best Av Been Using Them For Yrs

 

[wivers]

Dont forget :

Gimp suit, Leather mask, Nipple clamps, sexy knickers, penis rings and butt plugs.

Well thats what TJ and Varley carry with them in their tool boxes!!

 

[Varley]

Only at weekends :wink_smile:

 

[DHTiling]

summit u not telling us all varley

 

[Simon.]

Well I've spent about £500 so far and still don't have a wet saw. I've a new Rubi TS 30 (nice and portable but too small for a lot of tiles) and a nice brand new shiny TS 60 Plus (£140 on ebay). I'm impressed with the Marshalltown tools. I'm still to book a course later in the year so I'm all show and no go as in racing parlance but I've got some free jobs lined up before then. Stick with the essentials (I've gone a bit overboard) and what with next day delivery you can buy tools on the internet (advertised on this site) as and when a particular job dictates.

 

[Simon.]

Cat-O-Nine-Tails. You've been a very naughty boy.

 

[GazTech]

nothing wrong with your list Si,but ditch the grout rake you don't want to be using that!! lol

 

[kapitan]

take it easy tiger to start with, buy tools as you need them , dont buy the ts60 go for the ts70, and buy the £40 plasplugs wetsaw from b+q , forget the wall drill set, get a cheap set of diamond hole saws from the bloke advertising in the forum,also forget the circle cutter, stands,bucket trowel,and the washboy , get some quality sponges and rubi snips, but the main thing you must get is a ruddy great big RADIO !!!! remember a tilers life is a lonelylife :wink_smile: oh and buy all that wivers said but he forgot the nurses outfit 2 sizes too small!!

 

[wivers]

Lmao!!!

 

[Simon.]

O.K. but I've taken an unhealthy interest in the Rubi tile nippers with the red fetish handles.

 

[wivers]

lol simon . you can get nice bright yellow ones on e-bay to match your underpants.

 

[DevonR]

get yourself some gorilla tubs too - for mixing your gear or else you may not be too sucessfull :wink_smile:
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To be honest I got my start up package a lot cheaper only cost me £400 with a wet and large format dry cutter, tubs, long screws (for sockets), tile gauge, tile scribe, 3 x bucket trowels (various applications), grout wisk, grout rake, sealant rake, trim cutters, spare wheels for cutters, grout boy and spare sponges, small trowels, grout float and a few other things too.
Got mine from my training centre so the gear is good quality too.
Looks like I got a bargain.
Speak to Darren @ NETT if you need anything, I believe he does delivery.
Hope that helps.

 

[Simon.]

lol simon . you can get nice bright yellow ones on e-bay to match your underpants.

Underpants? Knickers.

 

[GazTech]

I think a pervs chat room is on the cards

I'm in!!!

 

[DHTiling]

as long as theres a fridge for gaz lol lol

 

[Varley]

get yourself some gorilla tubs too - for mixing your gear or else you may not be too sucessfull :wink_smile:
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To be honest I got my start up package a lot cheaper only cost me £400 with a wet and large format dry cutter, tubs, long screws (for sockets), tile gauge, tile scribe, 3 x bucket trowels (various applications), grout wisk, grout rake, sealant rake, trim cutters, spare wheels for cutters, grout boy and spare sponges, small trowels, grout float and a few other things too.
Got mine from my training centre so the gear is good quality too.
Looks like I got a bargain.
Speak to Darren @ NETT if you need anything, I believe he does delivery.
Hope that helps.

Same here Dev, and it is good quality gear! :icon6:

 

[BrhTiling]

Well, I have spent £400 so far...

I went with a RUBI TS50 and a D-CUT table top wet saw... @169.99.... ouch... Bloody topps tiles sales staff sold me that one... I was going to go with a plasplugs for £100 but they showed me the D-cut thing working and I was impressed.

I'm sure it is going to be far too big for me needs... sigh

I have some trowels now...

I still need tapes / rulers / spirit levels / cordless drill and fittings? / washboy... etc etc etc.

Oh, and I am half way through my 4-week course now... so I decided to start stripping the splash-backs in my bathroom because I want to tile floor to ceiling in there as a practice job...... half of the wall plaster has come away in two areas... 3x3ft patches I'm guessing, right back to the bloody brick work!

The centre I'm training at offers a 1-week intensive plastering course for £350, although I may get a discount because I have already used them for the tiling course... Might be a good investment??

 

[Varley]

Being able to plaster is a good skill to have in this game. You don't have to be great, just good enough to flatten a wall out :wink_smile:

 

[GazLC81]

Dustpan and brush, dustsheets, workbench......

Don't realy think you NEED two dry cutters tbh, a TS60 will cut small tiles just as well as a ts30, i know it's bigger and more clumsy but you can always get one once you start earning.

Gaz

 

[lendini]

hi heres my list

tr600s rubi dry cutter
plasplugs master tiler with extra blades
marcrist diamond blades x 2 for wet cutter
4-12mm trowels all rubi
bolster chisel,hammer,white rubber mallet for non marking
mixing paddle,mixing drill (silver line)
3 levels 600 ,800, 1200
2 x flexi tubs
bosch corless 24 v drill
washboy+ sponges
tile trim cutters
mitre box ,hacksaw
sealant gun
oh and a fein multimaster kit
youngman work platform
marcrist pg850 diamond hole cutter kit
rubi nippers
rubi mosaic nippers
rubi parrot cutters
rubi hard material cutters
set of margin trowels
marshaltown float
prise bar
variour size rubi spacers and wedges
all i need now is a van

 

[charlie1]

Knee pads too. you wont get any floor tiling done without them.

 

[GazTech]

pencil