Digital BW, The Print

I taught in a high school situation where the art department and media
center used BIG guillotine cutters. Scared the crap out me every time I saw
how the students left them, with the cutter arms UP!! No amount of talking
could convince them that $400 for a rotary cutter was a heck of a lot
cheaper than a law suit for a lost finger. very frustrating. So when I
retired and looked at my old 24 inch guillotine cutter that NEVER cut a
straight edge I bought the Rotatrim. I wouldn't think of using anything
else.

 

Alan

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtojeff
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 5:48 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] guillotine or rotary blade trimmer?

 

I am department chair of a large (450 student) college photography program. 

We used to buy cheap rotary trimmers. With student use, they'd last 3 to 4
months (rule of 
thumb: any piece of equipment that lasts more than a year under "student
use" will last 
the lifetime of any single photographer). 

Then, we bought a couple Rotatrim trimmers. They cost about 5 or 6 times
what the 
inexpensive trimmers cost. That was about 10 years ago and they are still
cutting sharp, 
straight, perfect edges.

Quality costs, but quality lasts. 

As an aside, the College's insurance company made us get rid of all our
guillotine cutters. 
I'm glad, because they were terrible accidents waiting to happen (we had
really big ones).

-Jeff 



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