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MrPotatohead
25th Jan 2012, 12:50 AM
Hi Guys,

Forgive me as this is another "which tile cutter would suit" post, but I havent found my answer yet.

I am renovating two houses at the moment and its time for me to do some tiling. The tiles I have are 300x300 ceramic for the floor and 190 x 490 porcelain for walls, however I dont forsee any long cuts on the wall tiles.

I have seen the $30 ones at bunnings, but from what Ive read, the tracks seem to have a lot of play in them making a straight cut virtually impossible. I have tried to do my reading on sigma tile cutters, but have no idea what the difference is between the various models.

In total, I have 2 bathrooms, 2 laundries, a kitchen splashback, foyer and front porch to tile, so I thought it would be prudent to get a decent quality cutter.

Can someone also tell me - The floor tiles that I bought are exteriror tiles, with the wavy surface... Does this affect the ability to scribe the surface in order to cut the tile?

Cheers.

heavytrevy
25th Jan 2012, 09:56 AM
A Sigma art 5 should serve you well

MrPotatohead
25th Jan 2012, 12:47 PM
Hi Trevy,
Is this just because of the capacity of the cutter? Do you know of the differences between the various models etc?
Also, I have heard here and there that some tile cutters struggle with porcelain. Do you know if sigma has this difficulty?
Cheers.

heavytrevy
25th Jan 2012, 07:26 PM
sigma will make light work of porcelian , its all in the setup.
I only suggested the art 5 because of your tile size , if your after an all rounder grab a sigma that can do 600mm

an3_bolt
25th Jan 2012, 07:34 PM
:whs:

Been using my monorail Ishii - love it - glad I got a 660 though. You just never know when the Mrs is going to pick some glossy big 600mm tiles ....:bowdown: