Manual cutter for large porcelain tiles.

[mattjk]

Hi everyone.

I am renovating a games room in the garden, so far have stripped wallpaper from plasterboard (fun) plastered/painted. All looking really good so far, floor was full of undulations so decided to tile it.

Im going to have a lot of tiles to cut, although i do have an angle grinder and wet cutter the old man tells me a manual cutter gets a better cut and is generally nicer to use. The tiles in question are 8/9mm grade 4 porcelain. I was looking at a £50 "faithfull" jobby from the bay that says suitable upto 16mm thickness and most types of tile. seems good for the cash?

Or alternatively is it better to use the wet cutter/angle grinder the edges will be covered under skirting so not to worried about the finish chipping or whatnot.

Pic so far i am a slow tiler :) but i'm quite enjoying it. Ps i know the room isn't square lol.

[Crooksey]

Link to ebay page?

[mattjk]

Sorry wasn't sure if that was allowed here


http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 0799017574

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[wine~o]

Porky tiles, I always wet cut....even a cheapy (£40) wet cutter will do the job of the top end dry cutters....

[mattjk]

Thanks for that. I was just concerned that wet cutting would take an age. Ill try and see how I get on!

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[transitboy]

I use the rubi ts 40 with a 8mm wheel ,cuts no problem and that's grade 5 porkys http://www.tradetiler.com/rubi-ts-40-ma ... utter.html

[royaloakcarpentry]

I use the rubi ts 40 with a 8mm wheel ,cuts no problem and that's grade 5 porkys http://www.tradetiler.com/rubi-ts-40-ma ... utter.html

You mean normally lol.

Had to lend one of our tilers my Sigma because his TS60 Plus wouldn't cut a porcy we had for a job.

[wine~o]

I use the rubi ts 40 with a 8mm wheel ,cuts no problem and that's grade 5 porkys http://www.tradetiler.com/rubi-ts-40-ma ... utter.html

You mean normally lol.

Had to lend one of our tilers my Sigma because his TS60 Plus wouldn't cut a porcy we had for a job.

What price the Sigma RO??

[darrenba]

I think RO's Sigma was over £300, mine cost £250 but only handles up to 600mm cut

Mine was munching through 10mm Porcy's today, not sure a £50 cutter will cope as well.

[wine~o]

I think RO's Sigma was over £300, mine cost £250 but only handles up to 600mm cut

Mine was munching through Porcy's today, not sure a £50 cutter will cope as well.

Never had a problem wet cutting porcys with a wet cut and a diamond wheel ???

[darrenba]

Apart from being so slooooooow and messy

[mattjk]

Cheers for the opinions guys

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[wine~o]

Apart from being so slooooooow and messy

Round about 20 seconds to cut 600mm straight... with zero chance of breaking even a fingernail...

[darrenba]

So about 10 times slower than a dry cutter then.

Don't get me wrong a wet cutter is useful too but just too slow to use all the time

[transitboy]

I use the rubi ts 40 with a 8mm wheel ,cuts no problem and that's grade 5 porkys http://www.tradetiler.com/rubi-ts-40-ma ... utter.html

You mean normally lol.

Had to lend one of our tilers my Sigma because his TS60 Plus wouldn't cut a porcy we had for a job.

got to admit mate I got the ts 40 and ts 60 and never had a problem