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Post by Parduz on May 11, 2010 3:24:44 GMT -9
After two week with my spare time spent cutting Mech Attack figures, and some pain in my wrist, i'm thinking about buying a cutting machine. They cost a lot (for my pocket, anyway) but i'm really tempted. But i can't find some answer, so i ask here. 1- Do that cutters handle 10x15cm photo paper? It is my cheapest way to print, but i have not found any "minimum size" fo the cutters 2- What's the heaviest paper they can cut? 3- How much large is the "cut track" they do? 4- what's the size of the smaller bit they can cut? (as example: can i cut circles with 1mm of diameter? Squares with 0.8mm lenght side?) Thanks
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Post by pblade on May 14, 2010 15:13:58 GMT -9
I'm a bit surprised you haven't seen more responses, but the simplest way to check on most of this is to download the ROBO Master program itself. It's a free download, and doesn't require you to have the cutter to use. And, since at least 2 of the 3 most popular are the same machine, so compatibility should be fine.
To the specific questions:
1 - I'm not sure if it will handle stock that small - I'll have to check the paperwork.
2 - I use 110# cardstock, at the "90#" setting, without any problems. There are a lot of preset paper stocks, in addition to being able to manually tweak settings.
3. - The maximum cut area for a single piece of US letter size is 7.5" horizontally by 9.61" vertically. For ISO A4, they're 7.26" x 10.30".
4. - The smallest you can set a dashed line cut is at 0.1 mm, or 0.01". That would mean cuts & spaces at those sizes.
Hope this helps.
-Pb
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Post by lordmanimal on Jun 25, 2010 18:10:37 GMT -9
Alrighty, sorry I haven't been on the forums to answer your questions! Let me first post a link to this video I made just this evening of exactly what a robo-cutter will do for you:
1. No, and Yes. Here's the deal. You can align the cutter blade anywhere you want on a standard sheet of paper (A4 or our geniused 8.5 x11 system here in the states) BUT almost no GSD files are designed to start there. The designable area is roughly 1 half inch down from the top of a sheet of 8.5 x11 inch paper, 1 half inch in from both sides and one inch up from the bottom.
2. 80lb Cougar Opaque COVERstock is about as heavy as you can get; and sometimes it needs two passes to get the job done. It's a little thicker even than 110lb cardstock; I have no idea why. And it's definitely stronger. Do yourself a favor and use this paper; cardstock is really a waste of time, I've figured out. *waits for people to throw things at him*
3. The cut track is described in answer one; I rambled. lol
4. They'll cut things down to 1mm, but generally it'll take two passes; the smaller the cut diameter, the more likely that a "strand" or two of the paper pulp will not be cut. I generally suggest making nothing smaller than 2mm; as far as objects go. If it's just say a .5mm indent into an existing line, like say the outline of a paper person, where it cuts briefly in between it's fingers at 25mm scale, then yes, it'll do it. If it's a seperate cut in which the machine has to lift the cutting blade, drop it down, cut out a 1mm box and then pick the blade up again to repeat; it'll take a few passes, and you'll probably still be pushing out tiny squares. The video above illustrates how awesome this machine is, but super tiny stuff will still frequently need poking with your fingers to finish punching it out, or maybe even a hobby knife end.
In short, i can produce an entire army of Elves in a single night with my robocutter. And I'm being quite literal there. I printed out one full 20 man contingent of everything he had in one single evening, and was just waiting on the glue to dry overnight. next day, I popped em onto their bases and made the army trays, and I was done. Can't even do real miniatures that fast, and I'm a speed painter!
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