Comments on: XD-500 Paper Cutter

By: Dolce Press Staff

Dolce Press Staff — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:08:25 +0000

Yes, we still have the tabletop cutter and use it for odd projects in the shop. We have since upgraded two times to larger hydraulic cutters. The first was a 19.5″ hydraulic cutter and the second, now our main one in use at the shop is a 30.5″ computerized cutter.

The knife will need to be sharpened every so often, depending on how frequently you use it. You will also need to rotate and eventually replace the cutting stick as well.

By: Darnus Aborigamus

Darnus Aborigamus — Wed, 11 May 2011 22:10:00 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation. The cost to performance on these little babies is quite amazing IMHO.

Have
you found a need to sharpen the blade since 2008?

By: Jody Kenney

Jody Kenney — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:47:47 +0000

Thanks, Alex. I was about to buy a Challenge even though it was too big for my purposes. I just wanted something that worked! Your blog has helped me tremendously, and saved me over $200, which of course I will now go out and spend, immediately, on some wood type.

You should be getting a commission from the XD folks!

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:16:06 +0000

Cutting paper is easy with a stack cutter just keep in mind you can’t cut a huge stack at once like on a real hydraulic cutter. The higher the paper stack and the wider the paper, the more strength is needed to cut.

This cutter is good for hobby or occasional use. If you are cutting lots of stuff every week you’d be better off with a more professional cutter.

Good luck!

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:04:12 +0000

I am sooo interested. I want to cut 110LB cardstock for business cards. (10-up on letter index.) Is It easy to cut Biz cards?
Is it a guillotine? Do I need a lot of arm/body strength to use it? I appreciate your help here.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:40:15 +0000

Lindsey,

Looks like the QCM is no longer on the iShop website. I found it here for $315
.
http://www.machinerunner.com/Catalog/Stack-Cutters/QCM-8200M-Paper-Cutter

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:42:31 +0000

Hi Hijiri,

sometimes the ruler is not straight. You need to adjust it. All you do is flip the cutter over and you’ll see 2 screws holding the ruler together, loosen the screws and level your ruler.
hope this helps.

alex

By: Hijiri

Hijiri — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:58:06 +0000

Hi again-

I purchased this cutter and used it for the first time today – it works just fine, but for some reason, it comes out a little crooked… I thought I was putting too much paper so I tried fewer (like 3 papers – Lettra 110 lb cotton papers) but it’s still doing the same… Is there any trick that you know of to cut it straight?!

Thank you so much for your help!!
Hijiri

By: Hijiri

Hijiri — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:44:03 +0000

Thank you so much for this information, I was looking around my first cutter and this sounds great! Just what I was looking for. I LOVE your work and blog, very very informative!! Thank you!

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