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King cutters
So as many of you may know im new to all this and im looking to buy my first vinyl cutting machine.
Now that i cant seem to pick up a good second hand roland plotter within my budget can anyone tell me what a King vinyl cutters are like????
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What’s your budget – perhaps we will be able to point you in the right direction 🙂
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quote Steven Taylor:can anyone tell me what a King vinyl cutters are like????im guessing cheap chinese?
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Cheap chinese was my first thought! but have searched the internet and can’t really find much at all.
My budget is no more than £300 as i then want to spend some money on some good software too. Ok so 300 is probably not a great deal to the experts but im reluctant to splash out incase it ends up in the back of the shed! -
One of the members on here has a King, and, apart from the excruciating noise it makes compared to some more ‘pricey’ plotters, he has little trouble from it.
One thing though, he has had a lot of experience with various plotters so may have a greater understanding of the finer points of what to do (than a beginner might) if/when things go a little astray with it…
also you must have seen this thread….
http://www.uksignboards.co.uk/viewtopic … 477#296477
looks very similar to my mate’s King….
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Kingcut are just rebadged PCut machines ( either that or one company is directly copying the design of the other ) from the ones I have seen.
Possibly OK for light hobby work or occasional use, but given the choice I would look for a used Roland or better quality machine if you intend on using it to make money and getting serious use from it.
The cheap cutters are OK, but I dont think they would stand up to heavy use, and the last thing you want is your cutter packing up when you have a load of work you need to get done in a hurry.
My first cutter was a used Roland PNC1000 – not the most sophisticated machine, but built like a tank and still going strong years later after loads of use and never once had a problem with it, and it led on to buying the SP300V and a GX24.
It really is worth buying the best you can afford to start with, as I’ve always found with cheap things you end up replacing them sooner or later.
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Actually it wasn’t an advert, it was an example of what could be available for his £300. An advert would have contact details which my post didn’t.
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quote Steven Taylor:My budget is no more than £300 as i then want to spend some money on some good software too. Ok so 300 is probably not a great deal to the experts but im reluctant to splash out incase it ends up in the back of the shed!I understand budget restrictions Steven, but be aware that a cheap new machine that you struggle to get to work, is more likely to end up in the shed out of sheer frustration, than Peter’s used Roland.
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