keencut laser

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ive been offered a keencut laser 1200 is this a good model and will it do as good job
as the ultimat gold?
thanks

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It will do a reasonable job if it has been maintained, will it be as good as an Ultimat Gold, no it is an old machine even the ultimat has now been discontinued for a couple of years, parts would be hard to come by, although with a bit of practice you will probably get results on par.

http://www.keencut.com/spares/all-machi ... and-laser/

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many thanks for info

[Not your average framer]

As far as I understand, the Keencut laser was designed to operate the Stanley Knife blades and not the usual mountcutting blades. I saw one once and it had thin handles to enable the operator to insert the blade into the mountboard. To apply the pressure via such a small area struck me as probably being rather uncomfortable for the operator.

I don't know how old these machines would be now, but these were already old in the 1990's. You also have virtually no chance of getting spares if you need them, so I think that you would be well advised not to bother. I'm not saying that all mountcutters from this era are not worth considering as some mountcutters from this era were good, but a lot of them have been well used and as a result may have been worm out.

If you are considering anything this old, you will need to know enough to be able to determine if it still has enough usable life left in it before you decide to buy it.

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thats saved me a lot of hassle, great advice as usual

many thanks