It’s good for custom vinyl stickers, or lettering on fabric. I’ve made star trek decals for my friends cars, made pop-up holiday cards, and custom designs for quilts among other things. It’s a bit limited because the joy isn’t as large as other cricut machines, and it isn’t as good for engraving or embossing in my experience. But it’s a great entry level machine
I’m with you on that if it was for me. I have been looking at a getting a laser engraver, and I don’t even consider proprietary software and materials.
I was in the business for a while and they can be more than toys but that’s mostly up to you and what you want to do with it/need it for. Once I stopped working in the industry I kept mine for a while but eventually sold it since it didn’t really solve any problems for me and took a lot of space just to make cool Christmas presents… I have a friend with 3D printers and other stuff that I go to when I need something for my business.
Yeah, I have often regretted buying it, but it was on deep sale. I also wasn’t sure if I’d use it much so I didn’t want to spend more for a silhouette. They locked a lot of features behind a pay wall a few years ago, but it’s easy enough to bypass if you’re good with gimp or a similar software
I see it as a CNC for paper and similar materials. I steal my spouse’s at least once per year, often for making stencils for painting projects or for making layered lightboxes.
It’s good for custom vinyl stickers, or lettering on fabric. I’ve made star trek decals for my friends cars, made pop-up holiday cards, and custom designs for quilts among other things. It’s a bit limited because the joy isn’t as large as other cricut machines, and it isn’t as good for engraving or embossing in my experience. But it’s a great entry level machine
I get the impression that Cricuts are super proprietary. Better to get some other brand of vinyl cutter machine, like Silhouette, Brother, Vevor, etc.
I’m with you on that if it was for me. I have been looking at a getting a laser engraver, and I don’t even consider proprietary software and materials.
Just don’t get a glowforge…
I was looking at an ohmtech k40, but, haven’t been able to justify the price for what will, essentially, be a toy
I was in the business for a while and they can be more than toys but that’s mostly up to you and what you want to do with it/need it for. Once I stopped working in the industry I kept mine for a while but eventually sold it since it didn’t really solve any problems for me and took a lot of space just to make cool Christmas presents… I have a friend with 3D printers and other stuff that I go to when I need something for my business.
Yeah, I have often regretted buying it, but it was on deep sale. I also wasn’t sure if I’d use it much so I didn’t want to spend more for a silhouette. They locked a lot of features behind a pay wall a few years ago, but it’s easy enough to bypass if you’re good with gimp or a similar software
I see it as a CNC for paper and similar materials. I steal my spouse’s at least once per year, often for making stencils for painting projects or for making layered lightboxes.