Coating Blanket cutting

G_Town · August 25, 2018, 09:58:11 AM

We have an ancient Misomex table we are using to cut blankets and I have sunk to much money into it. Looking for something to replace it. Naturally they aren't going to let me have a Kongsberg so I'm looking for something relatively inexpensive to just use for cutting blankets.

Any suggestions?

born2print · August 28, 2018, 10:08:46 AM

We use a pressman with a razor blade

Farabomb · August 28, 2018, 12:22:06 PM

Aren't his arms a little too shaky for that task?

born2print · August 28, 2018, 12:36:16 PM

Quote from: Farabomb on August 28, 2018, 12:22:06 PMAren't his arms a little too shaky for that task?

I think something else balances it out :wink:

Fat Boy Tim · August 28, 2018, 03:58:48 PM

Hello,

We have a very inexpensive Graphtec FC2250 Flatbed Plotter. Something like that might suit you. They don't make it anymore but the new version is still quite cheap. They are about a 1/3 of the price of the cheapest Kongsberg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFZ6MlIQIRk

The other machine we nearly bought was the Mimaki CFL-605RT. The resellers said that the insides were just as well made as the Zund's they sell. The reason we did not pick this one is that changing substrate was a bit messy but that won't be an issue for you.

http://www.mimakieurope.com/products/cutting-plotters/cfl-605rt/

Nor sure if the table is big enough for your blankets. Both machines run off Illustrator with a plug in.

Hope that helps you.

scottrsimons · August 29, 2018, 06:28:16 AM

Pretty high tech video with the cabinet full of Zip Drives and SyQuest Drives.

Fat Boy Tim · August 29, 2018, 10:43:08 AM

Quote from: scottrsimons on August 29, 2018, 06:28:16 AMPretty high tech video with the cabinet full of Zip Drives and SyQuest Drives.

Well spotted - Thank god you never made it to the bit with Corel X6!

scottrsimons · August 29, 2018, 11:23:16 AM

Thanks FBT, I had to go back and watch to see it. That wasn't so bad. That and Illustrator CS6. I mean CS6 was 2012, not so sure about Corel X6. I'm not gonna knock any of it, as I know there are some people out there that might still be using that hardware and software. And if it works, more power to them.

Farabomb · August 29, 2018, 11:36:27 AM

When I left my print job this year the most current adobe software we had was CS6. I was also running snow leopard and had a production computer running NT...

Possum · August 29, 2018, 11:42:41 AM

I'm still on CS5 and Snow Leopard. The Windows XP machine did get replaced, however.

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