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bespokevans
15-08-2013, 09:11 PM
Hi all,

Please help me decide on a cutter.

my options are:

Old Roland Camm1 cx24
One of the chinese cutters? any preferred ones ?
Silhouette cameo

My budget is is £200-£500

The work I am going to be doing is for personal use so speed or noise is not an issue for me. Neither is an optical eye essential.

Ideally a 600mm cutter but I could get away with cameo's 300mm maximum cut, although I have read it has issues with tracking over a longer length which could be a problem for me.

If anyone has any input it would be greatly appreciated

Many thanks

Stuart

Paul
15-08-2013, 10:11 PM
roland camm cx24

Justin
15-08-2013, 10:21 PM
Cx24 is a great machine, if you can find one. Silhouette is a very capable machine and never fails to surprise me, saved my bacon a few times recently when my Chinese machine went belly up.

bespokevans
15-08-2013, 10:30 PM
I was set on the Roland this week and had agreed a price on ebay....emailed me a few hours later to say the mainboard had blown ! This has put me off. How do you find the cameo at max width for long lengths ?

tlworkwear
15-08-2013, 10:46 PM
I've cut at full width on my cameo for designs over 2 metres long without any issues, you just need to make sure that the vinyl is straight and its fed properly! Just got a new cutter but thinking of hanging onto the Cameo in case of emergency like Justin haha!

Dave271069
15-08-2013, 10:52 PM
lets just say, ive just cut 200 full front big logos t-shirts with a silhouette cameo. i love the machine.

Justin
15-08-2013, 11:07 PM
That's the first CX24 I've (personally) ever heard of going wrong :-( I wonder if they got offered a better price? Quite possible.

I get on fine with the Cameo but have to use the carrier sheet when cutting my garment vinyl or it slips. Even the software you get with it is very good. It's a tiny machine so minimum footprint, bit noisy and slow but you can forgive that. Cut quality is superb.

bespokevans
15-08-2013, 11:21 PM
Very possible....Ive heard that without carrier vinyl is rather unstable...I need to do a 300mm x 3000mm cut

Justin
15-08-2013, 11:35 PM
I've never done much more than A3 in size, I tend to split the design where I can. I'm looking at getting longer carrier sheets for bigger jobs, I don't see any issues if you use those.

tlworkwear
15-08-2013, 11:38 PM
If you are going to be making 3m designs then I might not go with the cameo cause it is not really built for that purpose. I know in the spec it can cut up to 5m I think but that doesn't mean you should lol. It might be worth looking for a decent 2nd hand as a few pop up on ebay within the budget you stated.

Justin
15-08-2013, 11:39 PM
This is a good point, also bear in mind the Cameo loads from the front and pushes out the back unlike larger cutters :-)

tlworkwear
15-08-2013, 11:43 PM
True and thats another thing which is not good for a long design lol.

Bex
15-08-2013, 11:45 PM
I've cut a few 2 metre signs with no problems on my cameo. The only time the vinyl has slipped is when I've cut it down to 12" myself

bespokevans
15-08-2013, 11:52 PM
Cheets guys...back to the drawing board then

bespokevans
16-08-2013, 12:22 AM
What cutter did you go with TLworkwear?

mrs maggot
16-08-2013, 01:13 AM
tl, they are 30cm (300mm) not 3Mtr designs so i cannot see why he would have an issue with them ? on any cutter.

tlworkwear
16-08-2013, 08:43 AM
tl, they are 30cm (300mm) not 3Mtr designs so i cannot see why he would have an issue with them ? on any cutter.

the OP said that they wanted to cut a 300mm x 3000mm design unless I read it wrong.. I'm on mine ipad and can't be bothered to go back a page lol but will check later. I'm sure it was a 3m design though..

@bespokevans I got a promacut PC720 which took me a while (and a lot of help!) to get working but it can cut up to 630mm and seems pretty good. Having some issues finding spare blades for it though as the manufacturers won't reply to my email lol.

Paul
16-08-2013, 09:59 AM
I am as a person who doing metric for 33y now :) i can confirm 3000mm is 3meters :)

bespokevans
16-08-2013, 10:21 AM
Haha sorry for the confusion...I was taking about 3 metres or 300cm or 3000mm :)

mrs maggot
16-08-2013, 11:17 AM
my bad then, i must have read your original bit wrongly

tlworkwear
16-08-2013, 12:22 PM
The design was 300mm wide lol I reread the post and see where the confusion might have come from :)

mrs maggot
16-08-2013, 12:25 PM
yes, i must say the apprentice and the flag came to mind, where cm and mm were mixed up - its amazing where the lack of a well placed "0" can get you in this case from 3mtrs to a third of a metre

bespokevans
16-08-2013, 01:58 PM
Some have said that the cameo is your "backup" machine, what is your main machine?

tlworkwear
16-08-2013, 02:59 PM
I started with the Craft robo which was an A4 width cutter, did me well when I was just starting out, then bought the Cameo as I already had the software for it and it gave me 50% extra cutting width. Just upgraded again to the PC720 but will keep the Cameo for now 'just in case' but will be selling the Craft Robo now as it is surplus to requirements.

bespokevans
16-08-2013, 03:21 PM
Who sell the PC720 cant find much info on these

tlworkwear
16-08-2013, 10:57 PM
I bought it for a good as an end of line product from a supplier on here. Not a lot of info about it and its been a bit of a nightmare getting it to work and now looking for blades but when it cuts it does cut well, just need to tweak some settings and I reckon its got the makings of a good cutter.