I'm actually embarrassed to say I kinda got one of them us 48" cutters dumped on my lap here. I ended up with it after the shop I do tech consulting for parked it in a dusty corner to buy a decent graphtec. I originally setup both machines and while they both cut short runs fairly well the savings in screwed up material will buy you a good graphtec over a year period of time in a busy shop compared to the cheap cost of the us cutter,....in other words at the shop they used the us cutter we soon realized that the material that was being ruined by bad or screwed up cuts didn't take but about three weeks to amount to as much as or more than the plotter itself cost to begin with. This were not beginners but seasoned proffesionals with over ten years plus exxperience running the machine with quality materials,...not el cheapo vinyl. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure that the $399 price tag was not worth the thousands of dollars of material waste that was happening. I really didn't like saying to the owner I had already suggested he buy a graphtec or that I told you so but when he asked me how to fix the us cutter that was what I had to tell him. My point was simple,...sure the machine had paid for itself the first month but the long term loss in material waste would more than cover the cost of the graphtec in material savings and actually double his production,...and the advice proved itself true very soon. anyone want a 4' paper weight???? it cuts 36" panels great but I refuse to promise you an 8' consistant good cut,...if you don't turn it off between each and every cut the thing does a haywire diagonal cut right thru your design due to the low amount and poor grade of buffer memory. thus far it has proven very good at collecting dust and getting in the way enough for the shop owner to ask me to get it out of his way for free,....that is the only reason I own one,.
edited ta add... the manual was an adventure in itself with the Chinese version of the English language commonly called engrish,....
