"Cricut or Silhouette Cutter" Topic

I found this discussion from a way back but no updates

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Anyone use either of these for use with card? I was looking at one and it had a foam board setting.

My wife has a Cricut.
It runs strictly on proprietary cartridges.
While I did get an Old West cartridge for making signs to go on buildings, I couldnt adapt the machine to be useful to me.

There does appear to be a software tool available to create your own designs though what flexibility it has I don't know.

There is also a possibility that it works with other image types that can be created from other design software but no idea what those would be – it should tell you somewhere on the website.

I use a Silhouette, and really love it. You are constrained by the cutting area, but you can easily fit many things into that area, and the Silhouette Cameo does offer you a larger cut area too.

And you can import your own models and create cut/score files for yourself. I am slowly (its a hobby project, not a job) making cutfiles for the Eric Hotz Roman Seas ships and for Fiddler's Grren's air racers.

I LIKE the Silhouette tool, but you can search out other options online as well. Crafters have embraced these cutters, so we get a boost from their interest…

OK… so
No on the Cricut.
Yay on the Silhouette.

Cool. Thanks everyone.

Could I please ask a couple of question, can the silhouette etch or cut plasticard? If so how quickly?

Was thinking of using it cut hatches, grills and other bits.

Regards

MMG.

If you put that question into google you'll see a lot of answers. I have only done card and photopaper thru mine.