SCAL for other machines
SCAL for other machines
It seems like the other guy is taking over the market for all the new machines. I WILL be buying a new cutter as soon as I can afford it. It might be an ecraft, however I've seen a couple others I might like to buy instead. However, I find SCAL so much easier to use and would be sad if I couldn't use it, is there any plans in the works for use with some of the other machines?
Re: SCAL for other machines
It works with Craftrobo AKA Silhouette they are not too bad on the prices as a matter of fact I think it is the least expensive one out there right now
http://www.uscutter.com/CraftRobo-Silhouette_c_311.html
you can read up on it here at this link $179.00 is a pretty good start up price I think this is the direction I am going they are a good cutter from every thing i have heard
http://www.uscutter.com/CraftRobo-Silhouette_c_311.html
you can read up on it here at this link $179.00 is a pretty good start up price I think this is the direction I am going they are a good cutter from every thing i have heard
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Re: SCAL for other machines
The one that's $179 only handles paper 8.5 inches wide and cuts less than that width.
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It does work with the Gazelle too.
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Re: SCAL for other machines
My understanding is that most of the other machines already come with their own software. So the market for third-party software is probably much smaller. You'd have to compete based on ease of use or features the original software does not have.Lynncat wrote:It seems like the other guy is taking over the market for all the new machines.
There's probably a decent market of people "moving up" from the Cricut to the more expensive cutters, and now people ditching the Cricut in disgust.
I think this is going to be very interesting (to me, at least) to see how things play out. I like that SCAL is supporting other machines and hope they can keep it up. There seems to be a pretty big community of SVG based die cutting. SCAL is pretty good for serving that market.I WILL be buying a new cutter as soon as I can afford it. It might be an ecraft, however I've seen a couple others I might like to buy instead. However, I find SCAL so much easier to use and would be sad if I couldn't use it, is there any plans in the works for use with some of the other machines?
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Yeah, that's going to be a hard decision for me if things go badly for SCAL. I really like using 12" paper. But most of the print & cut stuff I've been drawn to is A4 or letter sized, so 8.5" wouldn't be too bad. And I really like the Silhouette's optical registration. I haven't seen any other cutters that have that.balletcostumemom wrote:The one that's $179 only handles paper 8.5 inches wide and cuts less than that width.
I'm kind of surprised no one has mentioned Sizzix's eclips. I've heard and seen very little about it since its introduction.
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From what I've been able to figure out, the eclips seems to also be a cartridge based system with pretty much the same limitations as the Cricut.
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You hit the nail on the head. SVG's are here to stay. Actually they have always been around.
I think this is going to be very interesting (to me, at least) to see how things play out. I like that SCAL is supporting other machines and hope they can keep it up. There seems to be a pretty big community of SVG based die cutting. SCAL is pretty good for serving that market.
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Eclips is a cartridge base system. There was talk of them introducing software to cut your own fonts. I don't really follow the Eclips so I don't know the latest news.