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Will any of the vinyl cutters also cut large mat board frames?

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I'm in the market to buy a large vinyl cutter to have in my small business. I do a lot of different things from tee shirts to custom framing. I currently cut all of the mat board by hand using a mat board cutter. I was wondering if any of the available vinyl plotters might be able to cut custom frames out of large sheets of mat board? Any information or advise would be great! 

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How big are these mats?  Most vinyl cutters are not intended to cut all the way thru.  Most have to use a cutting mat, or you will destroy the vinyl cutter cutting strip as well as your blade. .  A Graphtec FC8600  has a groove in the front, that allows the blade to go into and all the way thru vinyl etc. 

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The cutters were not designed to cut through material as thick as a mat board. The drag stress on the motor and carriage would be kind of crazy.

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The fast answer is simply NO.

From what I know of mat boards for custom framing, the openings are often bevel-cut. Not gonna happen with any of the plotters we use to cut vinyl.

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That is kind of what I was expecting to hear. I was just wondering if any of the more advanced machines had this feature. You are correct that a lot custom frames use a bevel, but I was hoping I could find a machine that could cut names and things like that in the material. I know a lot of bigger framing shops have special machines that will do bevel cuts for them. I was just hoping to find one that would fill multiple needs for me. Thanks everyone!

 

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