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Advice needed on a vinyl cutter please?
hi guys/girls
im a window tinter of both flat glass and vehicles and do quite a bit of vehicle wrapping.
its come to a point now where im looking to add a very basic cutter for vehicle livery all single coloured some.maybe layered but no printing as yet anyway.
from what ive gathered so far a 610mm will be plenty wide enough.
as an extreme newbie with limited funds would the pcut series be any good ? the price is with my range for the 630 model.
is there any hidden things i should know.
thanks in advance
sy
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You certainly get what you pay for with cutters.
If you’re in it for the long term get a popular brand like Roland/Graphtec/Summacut etc.You’ll need to check which software will run a pcut and it might not be so easy to get up and running as a more common brand used by the trade.
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I agree with Peter. Personally I would look on the ‘buy&sell’ section of this forum. Generally speaking you won’t get a lemon from here as the people on the forums don’t want to get a bad reputation from selling rubbish. You may pay a little more than you would on eBay for example but it’s worth it.
Good luck
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When I first set up on my own I did look at the Pcut – there is a reason their low priced, while they will do the job, there not a proffesional cutter (Do a quick Google search, you’ll see a few issues)
But they fill a gap in the market, and like I said the do a job.I paided a little more and went for a Graphtec – and was very very pleased I did, great machine.
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the reason we have a pcut forum on this website is really to act as a deterant to folk wanting to go this route. yes theres PCUT users helping each other and problem solving but the majority of them making a post is because they feel they have been stung and have come to a forum as a last resort.
i would say there are 2/10 pcut users happy with their purchase.
i would buy a more expensive "used" Roland, Graphtec or summa model before even looking at PCUT or similar.
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thanks guys for some sensible and honest answers it looks like ill be putting more of my money into a graphtec or roland…
i did look through the pcut sub forum and was pretty put off
sorry rob for the title thanks for changing 😉 😳
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If you are already in the tinting & vehicle wrapping business then it makes sense to spend a bit more & buy a machine that will serve you for years to come.
If you already have a customer base to work from I would expect the business to grow very quickly. -
cheers martin….i agree with you and the others ill be putting some.more.money into it…
the tint and wrap business is doing really well so fingers crossed this will only build it further and keeping within similar business sector
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