which wet cutter???????????

[sranners]

Hi all, Im looking to buy my first big wet cutter for the business as i now have the size job to warant it, i dont want to spend any more that £600, iv been looking at the rubi cutters but their are so many different ones and types with bells and wistles but dont know which one? So can any one recomend one, but also why?

Cheers for any help.

 

[bigandy]

i personally use a kinzo cutter,only because it was the only one i could afford at the time.it has served me incredibly well and has cut thousands of meters of tile, granted most being trav.but i am still on the first blade!!and replacement blades are hard to get, but found a really helpfull shop where they only charged me a couple of quid.
also have a couple of spare cutters only cheap ones as the kinzo only cost about 150

 

[grumpygrouter]

Hi all, Im looking to buy my first big wet cutter for the business as i now have the size job to warant it, i dont want to spend any more that £600, iv been looking at the rubi cutters but their are so many different ones and types with bells and wistles but dont know which one? So can any one recomend one, but also why?

Cheers for any help.

Do a search sranners mate, this topic is always coming up and there has been loads of advice and opinions.

You don't say what size the job or the tiles are!

 

[charlie1]

I have the DU200L and its the mutts nutts, however I have only ever owned 1 bridge saw so I couldnt really compare. I think the DW250 is a bit better.

 

[burncross]

are the husqavarna bridge saw's any good ?? there more expensive than the rubi's

 

[TilingLogistics]

The Montolit is in the price range

Kev

 

[DHTiling]

The dw200n or dw250n are good wet cutters......i have the dw250n...great for the larger format tiles.....

you can get one at a good price here..

 

[poynton phil]

i'v got a dw200n, put a marcrist blade on it, superb tool, brill with porcelain, pluge cutting, and mitreing, plus its got fold away legs and wheels. Also been told you can cut a 900 tile with it. :8:

 

[sranners]

Thanks for the advice guys, i think im going to go for the rubi dw250n, how do you cut a 900 tile on a 200 cutter then? sounds interesting.
First job with it will be slate.

 

[poynton phil]

Well, i was told you can fit a 900 tile on the bed, then you plunge cut into the middle of the tile then cut as normal to the edge. Turn tile round carefully, and repeat. Not tried it yet, sounds ok :whatchutalkingabout

 

[andy-h]

Thanks for the advice guys, i think im going to go for the rubi dw250n, how do you cut a 900 tile on a 200 cutter then? sounds interesting.
First job with it will be slate.

the 200does'nt mean the tile size it can cut it's the model number.

 

[charlie1]

the 200does'nt mean the tile size it can cut it's the model number.

No the 200 is nothing to do with the size of tile. I have the DU200 and it cutts up to 700mm

 

[grumpygrouter]

The "200" is the size of the cutting wheel. Rubi use this designation in all their wet cutters I believe. My DW 250n has a 250mm cutting wheel. The DW200 has a 200mm wheel etc. etc.

It is the bed length that dictates how big a tile you can cut and the movement of the cutter head on the rail. My cutter is supposed to accommodate a 710mm tile but I think the restriciton is the start point of the cutting head.

Just measured the bed length of my cutter - 930mm so I could in theory cut a 930 mm tile if I plunge cut first and then turn the tile around to finish off.

 

[sranners]

Thanks for clearing that up grummpy. I did know about the cutting wheel size but one thing i was hoping to get advice on was which size? Does a smaller wheel stop as much trenching when doing plung cuts? (what i mean buy this is where the blade goes through the tile if you are not pluging to half the wheel then the cut does not go through all the way to the end of the cut) understand!!!!!! lol,
While iv been looking around for a cutter i have seen descriptions saying that you can cut a 910 tile buy plunging and cutting and then turning the tile round.

THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHAT SIZE WHEEL IS BEST AND WHY, 200 OR 250????????

Cheers for all the help boys.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Thanks for clearing that up grummpy. I did know about the cutting wheel size but one thing i was hoping to get advice on was which size? Does a smaller wheel stop as much trenching when doing plung cuts? (what i mean buy this is where the blade goes through the tile if you are not pluging to half the wheel then the cut does not go through all the way to the end of the cut) understand!!!!!! lol,
While iv been looking around for a cutter i have seen descriptions saying that you can cut a 910 tile buy plunging and cutting and then turning the tile round.

THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHAT SIZE WHEEL IS BEST AND WHY, 200 OR 250????????

Cheers for all the help boys.

When I bought my machine, I looked at prices and potential uses for the machine. The bigger wheel gives more options re cutting depth etc so I bought that in case I need to cut through bricks and the like in the future.

If I though I was only going to cut up to say 20mm thick I would have bought the smaller wheel machine. As yet I have had no need for the extra capacity and it is possible I may never do but having it there means I have potential to have more use from my cutter.

Even if you buy the 200, you will not be buying a bad machine. Anyway, replacement blades would be cheaper!

 

[poynton phil]

when i got my dw200n it was down to price, in the end i got it for less than £500, but they are nearly £600 now, put a marcrist blade in it and you've got a good bit of kit. Got mine off topps website.

 

[andy-p]

i was going to get the rubi bridge cutter but the bloke at diatech said it had poor build quality, paint coming off , plastic nuts shearing etc ,so i opted for a rodia 207.. dont know if he was hitting me with the sales pitch but it put me off anyway..