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What DRY tile cutter do you use?

What DRY tile cutter do you use? At present I've got three, but use only two.

Rubi TS50 Plus (Doesn't get used, I find the fixed breaker too limiting)

Sigma Technica 36cm - Absolutely great little machine, nicely designed, light and cuts ceramics and porcelain easily.

Tomecanic Supercoup 75cm - A beast of a machine, massive amount of breaking power, twin breakers.

Wouldn't mind a Sigma Diagonale to try, Sigma are you listening??

So what do you guys use and what do you think of them?

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Permalink Reply by CentralTiling on May 22, 2008 at 7:56am: I have a rubi tx-700n although i seldom use this, for most i use a genisis 600 with rubi blade. The genisis cuts 640mm max and is a good machine for the price, it gets banged about alot and looks manky but it cuts everything with a good cut so the rubi is kept for special occasions!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on May 22, 2008 at 8:08am: Not seen the Genesis, where do you get those from?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by CentralTiling on May 22, 2008 at 10:09pm: Uktilingtools sell them, they do the 400 aswell. I got mine off the back of a lorry nearly 2 years ago. The genesis blades arent very good imo but great with rubi blades.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on May 24, 2008 at 10:08am: You can't beat things that just drop lorries can you? Looks a nice little cutter, how does it cope with porcelain?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jeff Nicholls on May 22, 2008 at 1:24pm: I use Sigma cutters as you know Dave. I've used many different brands and ranges over the years but I still go back to my Sigma.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on May 24, 2008 at 10:06am: I do like the sigmas and I'm really tempted to get a bigger one maybe a 95cm, do you prefer the technica or diagonale models jeff?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brian on May 25, 2008 at 4:24pm: I have been using a Toemechanic, I guess its a supercoupe, not really sure, but it will cut about an 18" tile straight. I have two, because we used to run multiple crews, but one just sits in storage now. They both needed reapairs after a couple of years of hard labor, but perform excellent.
I suppose I would be interested in trying a Rubi on account of the small cutting wheel. The Toemechanic has such a large wheel that with the highly textured porcelains we only get fair results. Does the small Rubi wheels work that much better ? Would it be a good second choice ?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on May 25, 2008 at 10:15pm: That's the supercoupe Brian, I've also found the large wheel a little troublesome with textured tiles and poor quality ceramic tiles, nice breaking power though.

I've never been that much of a Rubi fan, looking to try their new TI range. The wheel on the sigma (much smaller than Tomecanic's) is a nice wheel, good for all tile types.

I also get slightly cleaner breaks with my Sigma than the Tomecanic, but again that's dependant of tile quality and type.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by C.M.D Ceramics on May 26, 2008 at 8:08pm: i use a ts 40 and ts 60. great tools that last forever.

Wall / Floor Tilers ] Kitchens / Bathrooms www.cmdceramics.com; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by andrew petale on May 27, 2008 at 8:07pm: i have a rubi ts30 and a sigma 55 and a rubin ts70+ .. the first 2 are great machines, but the rubi 70 is a pile of poo, im fitting mostly large format tiles at the mo, usually 600x300 ceramics and porc, and the rubi really struggles, large formats need a moveable breaker, so i have been using various borrowed machines and heres my view. the rubi tx series 900 and 1200 ,far to heavy and unweildy and a bit fiddly to use ,bloody hate em!!
sigma 93 , a great machine which cuts every thing but the measuring bar is huge and because its at the bottom of the macnine makes it really akward in small rooms, so im considering buying the new rubi t1-s push tile cutter which is similar to the sigma but the bar is at the top ,anyone tried or seen one yet???; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on May 27, 2008 at 8:57pm: I know exactly what you mean with rubi's and large format / porcelain tiles - moveable breaker every time for me.

I had a look a guys TI-66 the other day, very similar to the sigmas but I wouldn't say as well built to be honest. Had some nice features, but I'd need to have a proper play with it.

Do you have the drag version of the sigmas?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on July 16, 2008 at 1:46pm: I don't charge any more for porcelain, with the cutters I just it's just a glorified ceramic tile. I'd go for a pull-action sigma or a tomecanic supercoup, the coup can take a little while to get the knack of but it's pretty mean.; ▶ Reply to This