 donoreoPremium
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North York, ON | [Misc] cutter/trimmer to use? Since I have recently got a Canon iP4700 printer I will be printing some things from home. This is the first time I have done so. I would like to get a decent quality cutter/trimmer.
I did get a Staples branded one and my wife said it was horrible. I am taking it back today.
Any recommendations? I would like to to not be too large. What style have you found best ("sliding" blade or arm cutter, etc).
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| the photo rotatrim ones work well, but use a special blade.
instead, perhaps you can stay lo-tech, and just use a regular hard-back razor blade. they last quite a while before dulling, and you can get them cheaply in 100-packs.
a clear ruler or plain straight-edge is useful for seeing through to see the margins and straightness etc., an aluminum ruler/edge is light, but for cutting against, a stainless steel ruler/straightedge resists gouging by far the best.
when you want to get fancier, the same blades fit into many of the inexpensive angle cutter handles that are used to cut mat boards with a bevelled rectangular opening. |
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North York, ON | Forgot to mention, not patient enough to deal with a sharp blade and a ruler  |
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The rotary blade units are what we use, they work great. |
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 WillyPremium
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How about a guillotine paper cutter.
»www.guillotinepapercutters.com/b···ers.html |
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donoreoPremium
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North York, ON | reply to donoreo
I think it was a rotary we had. At least it looked like it, but it may not have been.
My wife said just to get a guillotine style (I called it an "arm" type). Two 4 year olds in the house does not make it sound safe. |
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kudos:1 | I have it and I put it away high up on a shelf and my girls know well enough not to touch Daddys tools. |
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 bfreasPremium
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Franklin, KY | reply to donoreo
I agree on the Rotatrim. We've got an 18" dual rail model at work and it works great. But....they're not cheap.
»www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Nt···arch=yes
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I have an X-acto rotary trimmer and I have had it for years. It is the older version of this one:
»www.amazon.com/X-ACTO-Rotary-Tri···01DEIQ12
Guillotine trimmers always make the paper move whilst it is being cut whereas the roller cutters cut nice straight edges.
You really cannot chop off body parts with the roller either.
To be honest, I have not cut up thousands upon thousands of 8.5 x 11 sheets with my X-Acto, but I have cut probably 4 or 5 hundred sheets of 8.5 x 11 photo paper into 4 x 6 prints. |
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 jfgnet12 Step ProgramPremium,MVM
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Limbo | reply to donoreo
Rotary cutter
lower cost but good
»www.promaster.com/products/produ···=sm2_204 |
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 SandSharkSo it goesPremium,MVM
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Santa Fe, TX
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This one gets good reviews and it uses standard replaceable single edge razor blades:
»www.amazon.com/Falcon-Marshall-P···9&sr=1-8 |
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Have used the Xacto, works nicely enough. I have heard the Promaster is good as well jfgnet but never used it.
We ended up with the Purple Cow combo, lmao.
»www.meijer.com/s/purple-cows-inc···17708037
Not recommending the vendor, never used them, just that is the unit we got. Jen needed the guillotine and I needed the rotary cutter, lol. Not as good as the ones bfreas linked to, none of these are, but for the money it is hard to beat the Purple Cow, the Promaster, or the Xacto. The one nice thing with the Purple Cow and Xacto, the replacement blades can be had locally in almost any craft shop in a pinch!
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North York, ON | reply to donoreo
Good ideas, thanks. The Purple Cow looks great, you get both types. I take a closer look at them and see what to get. |
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North York, ON | reply to bgraham
said by bgraham:I have an X-acto rotary trimmer and I have had it for years. It is the older version of this one: » www.amazon.com/X-ACTO-Rotary-Tri···01DEIQ12Guillotine trimmers always make the paper move whilst it is being cut whereas the roller cutters cut nice straight edges. You really cannot chop off body parts with the roller either. To be honest, I have not cut up thousands upon thousands of 8.5 x 11 sheets with my X-Acto, but I have cut probably 4 or 5 hundred sheets of 8.5 x 11 photo paper into 4 x 6 prints. I picked up one of these to try it out. They had another more expensive model, but it used to the same cutting assembly and blade, so I went with this.
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Best but not cheap these days, is the good old arm paper cutter.
Unlike the sliding blade ones they will handle multiple sheets, and even multiple matte boards, also easier measurement and alignment. They can also be resharpened with a knife sharpener/grindstone and take a long time to get dull.
BTW thanks for posting this thread... something I have been meaning to get for a while after totally feed up with the mini razor bade BS ones good only for like a 8x10 or less.
Doing some quick research this is a heck of a deal
»cgi.ebay.com/PAPER-CUTTER-18-x-1···b33ef8aa
Ordered one I will post back as to what I think. Sort of a monster but can cut even a full newspaper page and large mattes . They do carry smaller and probably some you can bid on.
12x12 are around $20 shipped
For all metal construction these would seem hard to beat.
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said by bgraham:Guillotine trimmers always make the paper move whilst it is being cut whereas the roller cutters cut nice straight edges. I would disagree on that unless you are just cutting too much at once. They tend to have larger beds and guides too, so things tend to stay straight. You just lean on what you are cutting (if multiple) nothing should move. Single just keep your hand on it. Never had trouble unless it was a cheapo plastic one with a low quality blade.
I'll be glad to have a guillotine again, had one, but not having full time need I gave to a non profit, and figured I could go use it any time. First they lost the guide bar and then they lost the whole damn thing in like a year. 
Just fed up with the razor blade ones. Short blade life limited multiple copy capacity, and usually if one even provided original blade lasts just log enough to loose the spare.
And kind of like cheap ink jet, ink/blades aren't cheap compared to original cost.
Whereas a guillotine expensive at start, holds it edge a long time and can be easily resharpened. Basically lasts forever if well constructed.
And also many don't realize if doing multiple sheets or cardboard on a guillotine you don't just push down you also push slightly inwards to keep the blade against the cutting edge rather than relying on the one point hinge (a lot to expect it to withstand especially on larger ones and multi sheets). Study up on the physics of leverage and how exponential it becomes if not lightly at end of the bar counter balanced. Also why a Guillotine might fail if you DO just rely on the single hinge point always... it will get real loose/worn from the unnecessary extreme pressure for not just slight counterbalance.
OK end of Guillotine 101. Interesting though since has nothing to do with the name... it was a parallel anchored slide hatchet....as are the $600-6K parallel like book paper cutters.
Typical Guillotine paper cutter is more akin to the AXE executioner.... who again wanted the blade neck impact to be right at the under supporting edge.... otherwise a second whack needed off a few inches
Again should be no problem then if a quality blade and construction vs all plastic and only a metal blade. No hope for vs solidly built handled properly
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