Discuss the various aspects of heat pressed vinyl transfers. Popular and new types of vinyl media, suppliers, vinyl cutters /plotters, press times, quality, how to instructions and more can be found in this heat press sub forum.
I went to a 60" because I bought a 64in printer.
I do mostly signs and auto graphics, I toy with shirts.. (no offense)
I bought the 24" machine when I was doing much less, and smaller work.
Graphtecs are not expensive they are an investment. There is nothing more expensive than buying somthing twice!!!! I don't mean to offend any one but the ebay cutters are junk if you plan to keep them for a long time.
$500 gets burned up quickly in time fighting to get something to work.
Last edited by fozzyber; August 28th, 2008 at 01:42 PM.
One point to note is that to "learn" the ropes with a cutter, you can certainly get your money's worth out of the cheap ebay cutters if you buy responsibly. I JUST discovered, (as a result of this thread) that US Cutter is like 10 miles from my house. WOOHOO, they carry a full range of products. When I win an auction from them I can go and pick it up. I have just enough money to dabble with an inexpensive cutter and feel if I can get my $350 or so back in jobs while learning, it will be so much better than say a $1300 cutter I never use. If I find this is a great add on to my business, I will easily "save" for that extra $ to get a Roland or Graphtec. I talked to US Cutter sales yesterday and they were very helpful. Not so knowledgeable on what I want to do with the cutter (Contour cutting). Heck I bought the 9 x 12 JP hobby press to start out and it made me a mint so I could afford my 16 x 20 press I have now.
I am further inspired by Charles experience with his Seiki Press that saved the day (sorry don't have the thread handy) so I am feeling like rolling the dice some more... Perhaps in a few weeks I will come back and post on how the cutter is giving me fits and how wrong I was to try a cheap one
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Tracy....just to let you know about the press...it is still going strong...no problems as of yet..I have done transfers, some rhinestones...and all is okay
Lequisha if your looking for a inexpensive cutter to contour cut your transfers, I would say the LaserPoint 24" is your best choice for the cheapest price.
cheap cutter in ebay... is not good... those $500 cutter in ebay are no accurate.. you could cut 100 sticker and 60 will be a little diferent and they break down fast too...and i hear a lot of people have problem with software compability.
Or maybe you just don't know how to use it? I love reading posts like this. Makes me LMAO
Lequisha if your looking for a inexpensive cutter to contour cut your transfers, I would say the LaserPoint 24" is your best choice for the cheapest price.
cheap cutter in ebay... is not good... those $500 cutter in ebay are no accurate.. you could cut 100 sticker and 60 will be a little diferent and they break down fast too...and i hear a lot of people have problem with software compability.
That's not true. I have a Seikitech package that i bought and made me a couple thousand already. The seiki cutter is pretty good for just cutting vinyl, i did an order 2 weeks ago for 300 decals an none of them came out different.
That's not true. I have a Seikitech package that i bought and made me a couple thousand already. The seiki cutter is pretty good for just cutting vinyl, i did an order 2 weeks ago for 300 decals an none of them came out different.
ssshhhh.......don't tell them that. We know how good they really are.
Grats Lequisha! I have been bidding on the one with a stand and haven't quite made it a win, ending time is not good for me, Im usually in meetings at work.../shhhh hard to bid when you are sposed to be paying attention..
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Grats Lequisha! I have been bidding on the one with a stand and haven't quite made it a win, ending time is not good for me, Im usually in meetings at work.../shhhh hard to bid when you are sposed to be paying attention..
Yea, I rushed home today because I knew it was going to end.. So I sat in front of the computer until I won... I was so excited. I believe I was bidding on one that comes with a stand, but I'm not sure. If it don't I can live without that right now... I just need the cutter ASAP.
Yea, I rushed home today because I knew it was going to end.. So I sat in front of the computer until I won... I was so excited. I believe I was bidding on one that comes with a stand, but I'm not sure. If it don't I can live without that right now... I just need the cutter ASAP.
Congrats on the equipment purchase and I know you will be happy with your choice. I have heard great things about the Uscutter brand. ... JB
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