Paper Cutter

brittjfox
on 27 Oct 12 (13:45)

I was wondering if anyone has advice on a good paper cutter that is $300 or less. I plan on cutting business cards, invitations, and greeting cards. I am not doing a ton of volume (yet). So it just needs to be good and get the job done. Also it would be ideal if it scored as well, if that exists. There are so many choices out there, I don’t even know where to start. I would love to hear peoples first hand experiences with their cutters. I have a C&P 8x12 so I would need to be cutting the paper down to nothing larger than 6x9 so it doesn’t need to be any huge cutter. Thanks in advance!

dickg
on 27 Oct 12 (16:36)

take your time and find a good cutter that can clamp the paper tight. old lever cutters work well, you should get at least an 18 or 20 inch cutter. As for scoring, you can score on a cutter but your c&p will do a much better job.

jonthebikeguy
on 29 Oct 12 (19:58)

Highly recommend Kutrimmer 1038. Mono machines has them for 250 plus shipping. Our shop uses nothing but Kutrimmer brand cutters. We have 4 of them. Two 1110’s a 1071 and a 1038. They will cut through book board and paper very well. For what you need to do the 1038 will suffice because it have a 14.75 inch blade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0wjgFuRJOM

PantheraPress
on 31 Oct 12 (20:00)

I second the Kutrimmer notion. The university printshop I worked at had them and they sound probably a thousand cuts a week and held up wonderfully, even to the abuse of inexperienced students. They hold paper wonderfully and we had one exclusively for book board.

Bielerpr
on 31 Oct 12 (22:14)

brittjfox

I have a couple of Kutrimmers; a 1058 and 1071 for various kinds of work. Highly recommended. But if you are going to do any kind of significant production work, you probably also need at least a 26.5 inch guillotine, just to cut down the minimally required parent sheets (which are an awful lot cheaper than smaller cuts and should be considered in your cost estimates). It sort of works out like this, go low on the equipment costs, pay more for the material (if a long term commitment).

Not sure what you would find at $300 or less that would serve you well in the long run.

Gerald
http://BielerPress.blogspot.com