Cutting Raw Photopolymer Plates

A Kutrimmer is sort of the standard plate trimmer and all around misc paper cutter for the shop.

Various venues for purchase. Various sizes per your requirements. Highly recommended.

Just bought a second blade for my 1058 and also bought a new 1071. Yeah, good equipment, worth the investment, returns its value.

Gerald
http://BielerPress.blogspot.com

Hi Ironfire -

I cut my KF152 sheets with either heavy scissors or a small grade-school style paper cutter.

Good luck,
Steve
inkpopstudio.com

A paper cutter similar to this will work fine. It is what I use.
http://www.amazon.com/Rotatrim-RC-RCM30-30-Inch-Professional-30/dp/B001GAQJWG

This may sound a bit amateur, but I use tin snips. They cut right through the plate, and most of the time, at least for us it doesn’t matter if the edge is perfectly straight.

i don’t use too many poly dies, i cut mine with tin snips also. Dick G.

Ironfire

Well, perfectly flat is best, especially when it has to be fitted to the base. You wouldn’t want a rough edge to catch ink from the rollers. But, one of my clients cuts out the imaging on the plate with a tin snips and apparently does a pretty good job of it. I suppose there are all sorts of different configurations of tin snips blades that could be pursued.

Gerald
http://BielerPress.blogspot.com

You could always file any rough edges.

I’ve had zero problems with the papercutter. All cuts are straight, no rough edges.

Can I ask where and for how much you purchased this machine for? Also how much are the plates and any other costs for making these plates in-house? I am thinking about investing in one as it seems very expensive to get them made by anybody else.

Regards,

Chris