What to buy?

   I am looking to buy a cutter and was wondering what all I should look for? I mostly plan to use if for cutting tackle twill material, but it will gets used for vinyl as well. What size would be good? Any other tips? I looked on eBay and they have some 36 inch ones that seem like a pretty good deal.

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phuck.stic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Joined: 10/Nov/2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1488	Post Options Post Reply Quote phuck.stic Report Post Quote Reply Topic: What to buy? Posted: 16/Dec/2009 at 11:33pm
	I am looking to buy a cutter and was wondering what all I should look for? I mostly plan to use if for cutting tackle twill material, but it will gets used for vinyl as well. What size would be good? Any other tips? I looked on eBay and they have some 36 inch ones that seem like a pretty good deal.
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trenshaw Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List VP Senior Member Joined: 03/Aug/2006 Location: Wyandotte, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 708	Post Options Post Reply Quote trenshaw Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17/Dec/2009 at 8:49am
	Look for a 36" Mimaki. The nice thing about it is you can do everything from Illustrator and it is very very easy. Had mine for 3 years and I have only changed the blade once. I only cut vinyl and paper though. But being able to do everything from one program is the best. Tom
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SportsMark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27/Feb/2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote SportsMark Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25/Dec/2009 at 1:28am
	Since you are mainly looking at cutting twill and sign vinyl I would suggest either a 24'' Graphtec CE5000 - 60 or a Roland GX 24. I have one of each and they are both superb machines. The Graphtec comes with a stand but Roland charges an extra $300 for one. Mimaki and Summa both make great plotters also. I would advise staying away from most machines on eBay. You can get a brand new, warranted machine that will last for years for just a few hundred dollars more. It's worth it in the long run.