Where do I get one of these? PVC Cutter? YouTube video...

[TheSnowman]

I have been looking for one of these, but have no idea what they're called, or who sells them. No info on this YouTube page. Can anyone point me towards one?

[video=youtube;G4mOJlEZ_-I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4mOJlEZ_-I[/video]

 

[Gino]

That's nothing more than a glorified mat cutter on a roller connected to a straight edge with measured increments glued to the edge.

Keen, Fletcher, utility knife...... just about any sign distributor sells these things. I bought mine from a Merchant Member here..... Graphics Resources Systems in NJ.


Contact Chris or Dave, discuss what size fits your needs and pay them to have it delivered to you. Any sign shop today should have some sort of these tools.

 

[TheSnowman]

So if I call someone to order one, what's it called, just a Mat Cutter?

 

[Fred Weiss]

The black cutter itself looks just like the cutter on my Javelin from Keen.

 

[rjssigns]

Try this: http://www.uscutter.com/Mondo-Trimmer

Looks ok and beats spending a thousand bucks for a name brand.

 

[Gino]

A cutter to cut PVC, Cor-X, paper, vinyl, acrylic, banners, gatorboard, laminate, cardboard, shocard and probably other things. The Keen or Fletcher would be my recommendation. They start around 24" or 30" up to about 12' long. Our one is 126" and the other is 65" with a laser eye for accuracy.

What size do you do the most of ?? That will at least get you in on the ground floor. Think ahead, cause you don't wanna buy cheap and in 2 or 3 months have to get another one a little bigger. Plan ahead.

We do a lot of printing on 5' x 10' PVC, so 124" made sense to us. It works fantastic and can cut hours off of jobs depending on what you're workload is like. We can do in a day what used to take us maybe 2 or 3 days.... with far greater accuracy. I mean, the cuts are dead balls on.

 

[TheSnowman]

That US Cutter job is pretty slick. I'm probably going to just get a 96"+ one, and then a smaller one. They've all got uses. Don't know how I went 10 years owning a shop without one.

 

[phototec]

A cutter to cut PVC, Cor-X, paper, vinyl, acrylic, banners, gatorboard, laminate, cardboard, shocard and probably other things. The Keen or Fletcher would be my recommendation. They start around 24" or 30" up to about 12' long. Our one is 126" and the other is 65" with a laser eye for accuracy.

What size do you do the most of ?? That will at least get you in on the ground floor. Think ahead, cause you don't wanna buy cheap and in 2 or 3 months have to get another one a little bigger. Plan ahead.

We do a lot of printing on 5' x 10' PVC, so 124" made sense to us. It works fantastic and can cut hours off of jobs depending on what you're workload is like. We can do in a day what used to take us maybe 2 or 3 days.... with far greater accuracy. I mean, the cuts are dead balls on.

Gino - Does your PVC cutter (what brand, Keen or Fletcher) use a rotary blade or the typical utility blade you find in a box cutter?

Thanks

 

[chrisphilipps]

The Keencut Evolution 2 has both a standard matte knife blade and a rotary blade for fabrics. It also has an optional heat knife blade that will cut through polyester and heat seal the edges at the same time. It allows you to have two different blades loaded at the same time.

They also have the Sabre that uses the same blades as the Evolution 2 but only has one installed at a time for less money.

PM me your contact information and what you are looking to do and I will get you a quote on the one that best fits your needs.

 

[rcook99]

Since I purchased the Sabre 2 years ago I haven't touched my 30 inch guillotine GBC paper cutter. Absolutely love the Sabre. Chris or Dave at Graphic Resource Systems in NJ will take care of you.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Forum Runner

 

[jfiscus]

Resource Imaging and/or Trigon Imaging (both in Cincinnati) both sell these cutters, so I'd assume most suppliers do.
I bought one from Resource Imaging a few years ago at an old shop, it worked just like you'd expect it to for cutting PVC, etc and also made perfect cuts of rows of small decals.
That cutter is still working today.

I recommend the ones that take trapezoidal razor blades.
Also, they make ones that come with a table of their own and ones that just clamp to your existing table.

 

[Gino]

Gino - Does your PVC cutter (what brand, Keen or Fletcher) use a rotary blade or the typical utility blade you find in a box cutter?

Thanks

Our 126" Keen Evolution uses the trapezoid type blade and cuts everything, but metal.

Our Fletcher FSC unit has 5 different blade configurations to cut anything up to .080 aluminum, or 6mm PVC, 1/2"foam, Gator, Cor-X and so on. It also cuts glass, mirrors and acrylic when changing out the appropriate knife set up. We've taken it beyond what it's speced out to cut, so you can't hold me to it, but we've done it. Both tools combines are wonderful in a shop during any kind of production.

​

 

[CanuckSigns]

we have one of those, it's collecting dust right now, we bought a selection of purple safety rulers and havn't used our table top cutter in quite a while. i found it too slow, you have to move the substrate to the correct location rather than the ruler, i can cut 3-4x faster with a sharp knife and ruler.

Also the cutting strip in those gets worn very quickly, especially when cutting PVC, you will wear a groove in the cutting strip that the knife will follow for every cut you make, you better hope the groove is straight!

 

[gabagoo]

we have one of those, it's collecting dust right now, we bought a selection of purple safety rulers and havn't used our table top cutter in quite a while. i found it too slow, you have to move the substrate to the correct location rather than the ruler, i can cut 3-4x faster with a sharp knife and ruler.

Also the cutting strip in those gets worn very quickly, especially when cutting PVC, you will wear a groove in the cutting strip that the knife will follow for every cut you make, you better hope the groove is straight!

I agree Scott. I bought a Sabre and if I were just using it to cut down sheets of vinyl it would be great, but for larger substrates, I found that, mine anyways, had an issue with lining up just exactly where it was going to cut. I also found that if the substrate is rather large like a 4 x 6 or 8 you have to keep walking around it as I could never reach across and pull it without the material shifting. (maybe 2 people work better on it)

I find a good stainless steel straight edge is great for anything 48" and under and a little faster.

 

[SolitaryT]

we have one of those, it's collecting dust right now, we bought a selection of purple safety rulers and havn't used our table top cutter in quite a while. i found it too slow, you have to move the substrate to the correct location rather than the ruler, i can cut 3-4x faster with a sharp knife and ruler.

Also the cutting strip in those gets worn very quickly, especially when cutting PVC, you will wear a groove in the cutting strip that the knife will follow for every cut you make, you better hope the groove is straight!

I'll second this.