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Posted by Rachel on 10 February 2005 at 10:03

Good Morning!

Could anyone point me in the right direction to a good supplier of board cutters? We’re ideally looking for one that will cut any type of board including di-bond and perhaps one that is vertical that we can put on the wall. Cost is obviously an issue but we are looking for one that will last!

Thanks

Rachel

J_J_O replied 20 years, 1 month ago 11 Members · 19 Replies
19 Replies

John Childs

Member
10 February 2005 at 10:25

Rachel….

http://www.keencut.co.uk

We have an excalibur and can thoroughly recommend it.
Ian Higgins

Member
10 February 2005 at 11:18

Hi,
We have the 5000 model wall mounted very handy tool. about £1200 if I remember rightly
RobGF

Member
11 February 2005 at 16:54

We have a Fletcher wall cutter which will do what you ask but we’re not super keen on it but perhaps that is because of the work which we do. As we are a digital shop that does lamination and mount with a laminator, we’ve found that wall cutters, for us, are only appropriate to get basic rough cuts done. For our work we can’t use a wall cutter for finished cuts as the chances of the substrate and mounted artwork being completely aligned with each other are next to nil no matter how hard we try. With that being said, we do basic cuts on our wall cutter and we do finishing cuts on a Keencut Javilin which is a table top cutter which uses a craft blade. Anyway, the point of this dul, never-ending ramble is that a wall cutter seems to be able to cut more substrates than a table top unit but in my experience a bench mounted cutter can be just as useful depending on the type of work you do. Of course, I could be full of shit.
Aitor Asencor

Member
4 March 2005 at 08:37

We are also checking the Excalibur 5000.

Can it cut dibond with perfect result?

and pvc?

thank you.
L J.

Member
4 March 2005 at 19:09

try this link for more info
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … highlight=

L J
Adrian Hewson

Member
4 March 2005 at 21:21

Sorry guys we have one of these keencut machines ok for straight lines of soft material but no use for dibond or thicker materials and no use for wood, no good for perfect right angles either.

Spend the dough

http://www.sawtrax.com

Can do intro for you with money off voucher

Regards Adrian
Aitor Asencor

Member
12 March 2005 at 11:59

Any other opinion about the Excalibur 5000 and the option to cut dibond??

We’ll check the sawtrax in a near future when we’ll get an industrial nave.

thank you.

Aitor
mark walker

Member
12 March 2005 at 14:35

Hi Adrian, that sawtracks looks very good. Did you have one shipped from the states or is there a uk distributor ?
Adrian Hewson

Member
12 March 2005 at 17:08

Had it shipped to us direct from the States, seem to remember is was about $600 plus import duty and VAT. I could check if you were really interested. Couple of bits were dented in the shipping one wasnt critical but the other was but they replaced it free of charge. Wouldnt buy their blades though as we didnt find the very suitable for dibond acrylic and foamex but have since worked out the best balde to buy which we buy from screwfix. Dont recommend the extra powerful vacuum facility either as neither the standard of super version work worth tuppence, we just sweep up after use.

They actually offered us distribution rights in UK but at the time we werent on signboards and didnt see any interest

Regards ADrian
Shane Drew

Member
12 March 2005 at 22:55

quote Aitor:

Any other opinion about the Excalibur 5000 and the option to cut dibond??

We’ll check the sawtrax in a near future when we’ll get an industrial nave.

thank you.

Aitor

I have just ordered an excalibor too. Had a demo last week, cuts mdf, diabond, aluminium, foamex and colorbond with very good results. You can also add a glass cutting option, although I am not going down that path.

They are $A4000 here in OZ but with that and my 2500mm kleencut javelain, I should be covered for all my requirements.

Cheers
Dave Bruce

Member
13 March 2005 at 09:15

I emailed Sawtrax about buying their saw, and got a quick response to say they will work out a price shipped to my door, then heard nothing. That was end of last year. 🙁

Dave
J_J_O

Member
27 October 2005 at 23:20

Just looked at the Saw Trax website, it looks almost to good to be true!

Adrian: what type do you have, are there any things you don’t like about the machine, do you use the knife kit?

Dave: Did you get any response? Did you buy something else?

Anyone else using Saw Trax?

Thanks
JJ
Adrian Hewson

Member
28 October 2005 at 06:13

Yes we got tje knife kit but have never really used i, dindt realy rate it (the whole machine isnt much use for 2mm and 3mm foamex and thin boards like that it is much better for dibond 5MM materials wood etc

The right angles are perfect every time

Regards Adrian
Dave Bruce

Member
28 October 2005 at 08:51

Never heard a dickybird 🙁 still using my stanley knife.

Dave
J_J_O

Member
31 October 2005 at 15:05

Thanks for the the info Adrian and Dave. Will think some more about it.

Rgeards, Jaap Jan
Ian Hatfield

Member
31 October 2005 at 19:19

I think this is a bit like the Saw Trax and is avaliable from http://www.axminster.co.uk its called Safety Speed Cut C4 Panel Saw.[/img]
J_J_O

Member
31 October 2005 at 23:30

Hey G4B, that’s funny, that is exactly built the same way, although I could not find a knifekit.
JJ
Adrian Hewson

Member
1 November 2005 at 08:33

Got to admit that comparing ours to the Axminster H5 I think someone has copied someone else, there ar small differences but really only cosmetic. I think the Axminster is a good price especially when you compare delivery costs

Regards Adrian
J_J_O

Member
1 November 2005 at 12:11

visit this link, they are selling three types, the two noted here and another of Lobo … looks like there all copying.

JJ