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Old 02-20-2023, 08:07 AM
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Anyone here ever used this tool...? Is it a gimmick or useful tool...? any comments...? Thanks
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Old 02-20-2023, 08:56 AM
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Looks like the knife from a Cricut cutting machine.
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Old 02-20-2023, 09:25 AM
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All videos show cutting free hand parts, ok fine… but it would be interesting to see how one can accurately follow a complex curved line and stay “on the line”.
I guess you will have to buy it an report yourself
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Old 02-20-2023, 09:39 AM
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I have. However, it is not what the advertisement offers! The principle works, but the blade is not sharp enough (it comes in some packages with three points), on thin papers it tears and wrinkles the paper and on thick ones it does not cut. I had the blades sharpened there for some types of curved cuts it works, but in general for large pieces. So it really is false advertising.
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Old 02-20-2023, 11:33 AM
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I struggle keeping Cricut blades sharp, too. On the machine, paper is held down with a sticky mat. But as soon as the blade gets nicked, it drags the paper.
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Old 02-20-2023, 11:36 AM
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I've moved on to a laser cutting machine (I still like scissors, though, so don't be too harsh on me). I wonder when a hand tool with a laser cutter will be available....
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There is a thing called a swivel knife, which is commonly used for leather that has a much for robust blade that can be sharpened. They come in a bunch of different designs.
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Old 02-20-2023, 03:28 PM
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Looks conceptually good...but not!!!!!

I agree with the other posts here. Bought one from Ebay, when it arrived there was only the blade in the package...NO HANDLE. Manged to get a refund though I tried just the blade part to cut paper and no where near sharp enough.

Basically a a piece of junk
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Old 02-20-2023, 03:35 PM
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Thanks guys. For all the purposes it qualifies as gimmick than. There might be some other use for it but paper modeling is not one of them.
I'm happy to stay with scissors and Xacto blades... no worries here.
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