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Default Re: looking for vinyl cutter with optical eye less expensive than Roland GX24

If the Graphtec CraftRobos are anywhere near the quality of our CE5000-60, you won't go wrong. Get the biggest one, tho (15" ?), otherwise you'll need to buy specially cut rolls, which are available, but you're paying the same price as a 15" roll and not getting as much material (I think).

As people have said, you're better off getting a 24" cutter from the start, but if you're not planning on making a business of this right away, you should be fine with the CraftRobo.

The other thing with the smaller machines, tho, is that you may not be able to use your scrap vinyl to cut designs from. I think I read that you can only go DOWN to a certain size, whereas with a larger machine, you can use 2.5" wide scraps to cut small designs from.

Any way you go, good luck!