I've been wanting a cutter for years (as I'm sure many if not all of us do) and with the holidays approaching and the fact that I think I've been a very, very well behaved little designer this year (No homicides or even hurt feelings for that matter) I thought it was time to see where the state of the technology was at and I think it's where I want it to be.
A friend of mine on Facebook got a Brother ScanNCut CM100DM recently so I thought I'd check it out myself. Being unable to physically see performance for myself in our specialized field of application I was still able to determine capability as Brother has an online site to create cutting data for the machine.
Using one page from my current project I was able to create the cut pattern on the left from the image on the right which was uploaded as a 100dpi .jpeg file.(The machine uses SVG as a preferred external input format but as it supports bitmap I thought I'd try a non-vector image) Total time including conversion in Photoshop appx 2 minutes.
While the areas in the arrows were not patterned by the machine I can live with that - it's minimal cutting.
I personally wouldn't care if it took me upwards of a day to set a page up if it means I don't have to cut it so I think I'm pushing Santa towards one of these.
After comparing the models the basic will be just fine for any paper modeler with the additional purchase of a 12" x 24" mat for larger pages. The other models just include more built in patterns and I'm not the 'scrapbooking or quilting type' so the extra cost is unnecessary.
While I can't try it's built in scan function it nonetheless seems better than any cutter I've run across so far.
Anyone else have experience with one of these?
Opine please.
A friend of mine on Facebook got a Brother ScanNCut CM100DM recently so I thought I'd check it out myself. Being unable to physically see performance for myself in our specialized field of application I was still able to determine capability as Brother has an online site to create cutting data for the machine.
Using one page from my current project I was able to create the cut pattern on the left from the image on the right which was uploaded as a 100dpi .jpeg file.(The machine uses SVG as a preferred external input format but as it supports bitmap I thought I'd try a non-vector image) Total time including conversion in Photoshop appx 2 minutes.
While the areas in the arrows were not patterned by the machine I can live with that - it's minimal cutting.
I personally wouldn't care if it took me upwards of a day to set a page up if it means I don't have to cut it so I think I'm pushing Santa towards one of these.
After comparing the models the basic will be just fine for any paper modeler with the additional purchase of a 12" x 24" mat for larger pages. The other models just include more built in patterns and I'm not the 'scrapbooking or quilting type' so the extra cost is unnecessary.
While I can't try it's built in scan function it nonetheless seems better than any cutter I've run across so far.
Anyone else have experience with one of these?
Opine please.
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