www.gizmag.com: If you're a crafter, then it's quite likely that you spend a lot of time cutting intricate designs out of materials like paper, cloth or poster board. While it certainly adds to the artistic merit of the project if you do everything by hand, the fact is that not everyone has the necessary manual dexterity – or simply the talent. Well, before too long, such people will be able to make use of the Cricut Explore electronic cutting machine.
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My sister actually got a product similar to this for Christmas. She got the Cameo Silhouette and she has fallen in love. She recently had a child so she's in the "stay at home and make crafts" phase of life. She's had great success with the product as well as the program it came with. Like 3D printers moving from industries to consumers, I think its great that other machines such as plotters are doing the same.
This must be really fun to use to make invitations and other crafty stuff. I wonder if it works on matboard- it could be useful for making models if someone didn't have access to a lasercutter. However, the first bit of this article made me a little sad- the bit about some people not having the dexterity/talent to do this. For one thing, with skills like this its possible for pretty much anyone to learn how to do it if they put in enough work. Claiming that that can be immediately replaced by a machine seems disrespectful to those people who did put in that work to get that skill. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I don't want handmade things to be replaced entirely by computers and various types of printers.
I've been wanting a desktop CNC cutter for a year or so now. This one has some new and important features. For me the main appeal of the CNC cutter is that it can be exact in a way that had measurement and cutting can only be if you take a lot of time with the work. This level of detail is important in model building for theatre. What I think is really cool about this cutter over other cutters is that it can also draw and score. These are great for someone who is more comfortable using a computer then a pen. I think it would be interesting to read a review of one of these machines from someone who uses it for theatre models. Based on the video these is aimed at people who just want to make some crafty projects. I'd like to know if it can stand up to the hard work we would put it too in the theatre world.
I actually owned the Cameo Silhouette that Sam talked about and this product seems very similar. What sets this one above the Cameo is that it has an easy adjust for the cutting depth. I accidentally cut into the working surface many times while making stencils because I got the depth setting wrong. The scoring ability also looks cool but the marker tool seems a little "toy like" I just cant think of too many practical uses other than if you have bad drawing skills and need something hand drawn.
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