rayward
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| posted on 22/5/06 at 04:23 PM |
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Vinyl Cutter??
A friend of mine is looking to buy a vinyl cutter for decals/signwriting etc, he wants to cut up to 1m wide.
any ones to go for?, or ones to avoid?.
cheers
Ray
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RazMan
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| posted on 22/5/06 at 08:48 PM |
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There are quite a few to choose from but the choice gets more expensive when you go for 1220mm wide compared to 610mm.
I ran a business on my Mimaki 610mm and rarely needed to do anything wider than this ( even with lorry graphics)
The second hand market is quite lively at the moment as a lot of sign shops have sprung up (and died again) in recent years.
The Roland range is bullet proof but getting a bit long in the tooth now. Summagraphics is another good make. The new generation of sign making are
using the combined printers & cutters but they are quite an investment.
Hope that helps 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 22/5/06 at 10:22 PM |
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We have a couple of small Roland vinyl cutters as well as an old plotter of theirs, simple and bomb proof -used daily by kids.
Suregrave also do a range that looks decent but we are still watching our lottery tickets.
Don't know anything of other manufacturers other than hear say
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14016102@N00/ (cut and paste this dodgey link)
Our most recent pics are here:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/trextr7monkey/
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