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Hi, not sure if this is the right place to post. Having started making mugs, I've realised that my cheap plastic guillotine isn't very accurate when I want to cut out the pieces to stick on the mugs. I'm looking for something heavy duty that can cut 10 or more pages at a time but most importantly has an accurate 90º backstop and a sliding adjustment clamp that camps securely and accurately at 90º.

I've had a look on Amazon and there's plenty there, but the more expensive ones don't seem to have reviews and so it's a case of taking pot luck. Some have reviews that aren't that good even though they're expensive. I have a budget of up to around £200 as this is going to be one of the principle items in the workflow and a good one will save a lot of time and effort. Does anyone have recommendations of one they like or of a brand that's reliable.

Thanks,

Justin.

A straight edge and scalpel knife - a lot cheaper than a guillotine!

I use a craft knife and a metal ruler, I have a a4 template with the lines so that the paper fits top to toe on the mug ( less chance of leaving a mark ) Took me ages to work out how to get it to suit my needs but now it's a doodle and less stress

thanks, I'd thought of doing the scalpel and straight edge but when you're doing 40 or 50 at a time, being able to cut a batch of ten sheets in one go really speeds things up.

It will only cut about 4 or sheets at a time but the X Cut guillotine distributed by Do Crafts is an absolute winner for the price. I've cut a lot of paper in my day and have tried almost every brand of cutter from Lidl, Argos, Stahle, purple cows, to one of those cut a ream at a time guillotines (think was about £240) and went through one every 6 months or so until I hit on the X Cut.

If you doing thousands at a time you may want to invest in an "ideal" electric guillotine, available second hand on ebay. Prices at the moment, on ebay, are from £600 - but I have seen them go for as little as £350. Had mine for years now, will cut full reams no problem and, as long as the blade, they are very accurate.

Hi

Have you thought about this?

http://www.transfersupplies.co.uk/vcsit ... l?p=VJ-MUG &c=792

Not tried it but will probably go to it when i need to purchase some more.

or if you speak to a local print company they will probably cut bigger sizes down to what ever size you want

Andy

The paper sounds good, but how would you put them into the printer if you have a long run, this is probably a silly question

Thanks for all the help, I've just bought this http://www.whiteleysales.co.uk/c,view,B ... OTINE.html which seems like a good option. We also cut all our own packaging labels and inserts so spending the money on something that can do lots of pages will be a good idea in the long run I think.

@smitha that paper looks a very good idea, and would save a lot of hassle with printing the mugs and cutting. I wonder if anyone on here has used it, I think I'll put a post up and ask, as that might be a very useful thing to be using. Thanks for the link.

@jennywren most printers have sliding dividers in the paper tray that you can set for envelopes, different paper sizes etc, so it should be a case of just putting it in and moving the sliders to snug up against the sides.

Doh sorry Simpson moment