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Rubi cutter help
Hi everyone,
I'm not a regular tiler, just someone who is trying to fix up a few rooms around the house.
I recently bought a Rubi HIT850N as it was a large cutter and on offer. Unfortunately, I noticed during cutting that the scored line deviates approx. 2 mm over the length of a 60 cm tile. I checked all the cuts I made, and this was not a one off. In addition, looking at the top rubber section where the breaker bar is used the wheel is 1 mm to the left and at the bottom, where the rubber stopper is, it's about 2 mm out to the right. As the brackets are both cast (iron?) and not adjustable, this would suggest a production issue.
Tiling to the wall isn't really a problem, but tiling across a doorway is. When going into another room, it gives a perceivable zigzag effect and looks shabby.
Anyway, I'd be interested to know if others have seen this with the HIT or HT 850N and whether this is a general problem with Rubi cutters?
Rubi has a good reputation, so Im hoping this is just a one off. However, due to the fact all parts are cast, I'm wondering if there was perhaps an issue with one production run and therefore whether it might be safer to try a different model?
Any help and/or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks and ATB
Edit: Just reading on the forums and Sigma seem to be also very popular. As an alternative to Rubi, which model would you suggest for 60 x 60 polished porcelain tiles?
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Hi everyone,
I'm not a regular tiler, just someone who is trying to fix up a few rooms around the house.
I recently bought a Rubi HIT850N as it was a large cutter and on offer. Unfortunately, I noticed during cutting that the scored line deviates approx. 2 mm over the length of a 60 cm tile. I checked all the cuts I made, and this was not a one off. In addition, looking at the top rubber section where the breaker bar is used the wheel is 1 mm to the left and at the bottom, where the rubber stopper is, it's about 2 mm out to the right. As the brackets are both cast (iron?) and not adjustable, this would suggest a production issue.
Tiling to the wall isn't really a problem, but tiling across a doorway is. When going into another room, it gives a perceivable zigzag effect and looks shabby.
Anyway, I'd be interested to know if others have seen this with the HIT or HT 850N and whether this is a general problem with Rubi cutters?
Rubi has a good reputation, so Im hoping this is just a one off. However, due to the fact all parts are cast, I'm wondering if there was perhaps an issue with one production run and therefore whether it might be safer to try a different model?
Any help and/or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks and ATB
Edit: Just reading on the forums and Sigma seem to be also very popular. As an alternative to Rubi, which model would you suggest for 60 x 60 polished porcelain tiles?
Continue reading...