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Finishing equipment question
Hi, I’ve been looking around at the multitude of finishing equipment and totally confused on what would be appropriate for my application.
By finishing equipment I mean cutting/trimming. I would want to be able to trim to a minimum of 1600mm (64") but I’ve had some queries about floor to ceiling prints so I’d probably want to be able to extend the trimmer (or just buy one) that could go to 2400mm-2500mm.Mainly the media I’m using is 240gsm paper, vinyl and more specialist 1mm thick PET plastic
I could foresee a need to trim at an angle for photo mounts, it’d be a nice feature but not 100% required.
I’ve seen the Keencut Evolution 2 but new seems quite pricey (but that may just be the miser in me), I’m not sure I could keep a straight edge straight over that distance which has lead me to thinking proper cutter/trimmer. I’ve already got an A0 (1300mm) trimmer.
Cheers.
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We’ve got the EVO ii, I think it’s the 2.8m version.
It does what it says, we trim banners, boards, posters vinyl all day long it. I cannot remember when we last made a mistake trimming, like we used to when a ruler slipped.
It takes a little bit of patience to set up, and you’ll need a decent bench (we bought theirs), the evo folds down so you can have a flat bench space.
One of our paper merchants is now supplying them not sure on their prices, but I can get a number for you.
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Have the agree with the above!
We have a javelin keen cut bench mounted system, works great, just make sure everything is level
we use the 2500mm version for stand 8×4 panels and also have a 3200mm for the 10ft boards.
both have handles to lift and lower the cutting to clamp the material in place.
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There are electric and manual trimmers and different thicknesses available from all the leading suppliers. (Ours go from 600mm to 5m upright and then .8mm thick rotary to 5mm acrylic). If you speak to the whichever supplier you decide on and ask if they do a version without a stand, or even and ex-demo one, you can usually get a good deal. They are all expensive for what they are, ultimately you just need to decide which is the better build quality or offers the best range of features or warranty.
I’d be interested to hear which one you choose and why.
Stafford
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