• Cutter/Plotter Wanted

    Posted by Qai on March 21, 2004 at 9:15 pm

    Hi
    I am after a second hand cutter, 24″ or bigger. Must be reasonably priced as I am skint LOL !! but would consider 18″
    I want to start to do vinyl letters and signs

    Hope you can help

    Regards

    Rob

    Alan Cooper replied 20 years ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Bill Dewison

    Member
    March 22, 2004 at 8:24 am

    Rob,

    I had a similar dilemma a couple of months back when I was looking for a plotter. They’re hard to find, and for 24″+ you’re looking at a minimum of 1k 😕 I wasn’t short of cash for the plotter, but I was trying to make the money I had stretch. I wish now I hadn’t have hesitated, and I’d just bought the plotter I have sooner (Graphtec CE3000-60 btw).

    Humble opinion here, but for about 1.5k you can buy brand new. I know it seems alot at the moment, but once you get going in the sign trade, it’ll be money well spent 😀 I also have a shop which I’ve run solely as a sign & print shop for the last 4 weeks, and I can honestly say, if I was to do it all again, I would have spent on exactly the same equipment, but I’d have spent the money without hesitation and alot faster!! 😮 😀

    Cheers, Dewi

  • Qai

    Member
    April 28, 2004 at 8:50 am

    Thanks for your advise Dewi
    I will get that cutter/plotter

    regards

    Rob

  • Alan Cooper

    Member
    April 28, 2004 at 9:16 am

    Rob,
    I have a Graphtec FC 2100-50 plotter that we no longer use. It’s probably about 10 years old now and I think it cost somewhere around £3k at the time. (just goes to show how things have progressed) I’m open to offers
    around £350

  • Qai

    Member
    April 28, 2004 at 12:59 pm

    yes am interested
    can you send me details of it eg. size and is it a plotter
    pm me your phone number so i can talk about details

    regards
    rob

  • Alan Cooper

    Member
    April 28, 2004 at 1:47 pm

    Rob,
    It’s a 500mm wide (20″) cutter with pinch rollers, so it takes either sprocketed or unsprocketed vinyl.
    My number is 01444 254040

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