About 6 yrs ago I bought a small 9 inch craft robo cutter mostly for fun making stencils using them for airbrush and various projects, soon after I learned I could cut vinyl and make stickers with it too then I was hooked!
Mostly as a hobby I just enjoyed using the heck out of the thing trying to cut different media making everything from door and window vinyl using Oracal 651, to stencils using mylar but it's funny when word gets around how many people you know who start asking for things, so I sorta stumbled into doing graphics for walls car windows business glass doors etc. Eventually my little cutter was limiting - it could only take 8 1/2" width, issues with grinding and it just started acting up more and more when I realized it was time to replace it but this time I wanted something that had more flexibility.
I went with a 24" Graphtec CE6000-60 thinking THIS should no doubt do everything I ask and more give me more flexibility in everyway from medias to widths to adjustments.
I have watched the video 2x now installed the included software, I realized I am going to need to get Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator (no problem moreso the problem will be learning to USE it hehe), I guess with my old craft robo I could just import a bitmap hit get outline and it cut, this seems like I have a lot to learn to get to the cut part now.
I am anxious to read and learn about how to get my new cutter here doing the simple stuff like just outlining something and cutting it.
I promise to use search before just posting away, I guess my first thing is to decide corel or illustrator that will be my first search here and on google.
Bill
Mostly as a hobby I just enjoyed using the heck out of the thing trying to cut different media making everything from door and window vinyl using Oracal 651, to stencils using mylar but it's funny when word gets around how many people you know who start asking for things, so I sorta stumbled into doing graphics for walls car windows business glass doors etc. Eventually my little cutter was limiting - it could only take 8 1/2" width, issues with grinding and it just started acting up more and more when I realized it was time to replace it but this time I wanted something that had more flexibility.
I went with a 24" Graphtec CE6000-60 thinking THIS should no doubt do everything I ask and more give me more flexibility in everyway from medias to widths to adjustments.
I have watched the video 2x now installed the included software, I realized I am going to need to get Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator (no problem moreso the problem will be learning to USE it hehe), I guess with my old craft robo I could just import a bitmap hit get outline and it cut, this seems like I have a lot to learn to get to the cut part now.
I am anxious to read and learn about how to get my new cutter here doing the simple stuff like just outlining something and cutting it.
I promise to use search before just posting away, I guess my first thing is to decide corel or illustrator that will be my first search here and on google.
Bill
