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Help Choosing the right cutter

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Hey guys New to the forum so I guess I will introduce myself! The name is Kasey I live in Ontario, Canada about 4 hours north of Toronto. I am a current small business owner and I run my business out of my house. Right now I specialise in custom signage and woodworking with the help of my CNC machine. Unfortunately I live in a small town and business hasn't been supper great due to all of my products ranging from 70$ and up! I've been working on expanding for a while now and have always wanted to get into vinyl cutting to make some signs for vehicles and vinyl decals. I've been doing quite a bit of research and am still unsure as to what route to go. Hoping you guys could help me get pointed in the right direction. my budget is 1000$-2500$.

My original research brought me to the roland gs-24, all of my research says that roland is a top brand and has some very good products.  So I guess my question is, should I go with this machine or should I look into something else? At 2450$ it is pretty expensive and is only 24" Do you guys know if 24" is very limiting? Should I be looking at 52" cutters at the same price range? I've spent a month or two now working on a very nice e-commerce site and I plan on doing fairly well with the vinyl cutting.  Just looking for suggestions and recommendations. I know there is allot of information out there but sometimes it's best to get a personalized answer that is geared to my situation.

Thanks guys!

 

 

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not sure on where you was doing the research but in most forums the majority of the old timers have gone to the graphtecs - the ce6000-60 fits in your budget and is a very very solid performer.  that is what I use for my business and have had several roland and graphtecs - going back to the graphtec every time.   for me I had a 50" machine but it is difficult to weed that wide material, very hard to mask that wide without wrinkles and very hard to apply them.  I figured out that almost all of the designs I do even for 8-10 ft signs can be broken down into elements that can be done on the 24" wide machine and they are easier to handle, weed and mask.

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