Meet My Paper Trimmer

[Luly]

Meet my new toy. After almost hacking off my thumb with my guillotine paper trimmer I decided it was time for a change. I had searched high and low and finally settled on this one. It is a Dahle 550 Professional Trimmer. Got it on ebay for a steal and it cuts up to 20 pages at a time. AND, no missing fingers. It has a rotary blade that is completely encased with an automatic paper holder thingy, is self sharpening and cuts in either direction. Needless to say I am thrilled and ready to start cutting some serious paper!

[Paula]

Wow, you go girl, you mean business with that thing! Let us know how it works, okay?


Paula

[jfugina]

Now THAT looks awesome! I've never had a large guillotine trimmer, but I've nearly done enough damage with my CM personal trimmer that I knew a 12" version would be a bad bad thing. I still have the same Fiskars 12" rotary trimmer I purchased nearly 10 years ago. It's not as heavy-duty as that beast though. If that thing can really cut 20 sheets at a time (or at least 5 sheets of cardstock), I'd say it's a definite winner!

I'm anxious to hear how you feel about it after you've used it a bunch. I've never been tempted by a Tonic, but I've always got my eyes open for a nicer rotary cutter.

[Holly]

YOU GO GIRL! CUT AND CUT AWAY!

[Hasmom99]

That looks awesome.

[ChristyB]

I'm anxious to hear how you feel about it after you've used it a bunch. I've never been tempted by a Tonic, but I've always got my eyes open for a nicer rotary cutter.

Me too!
No guillotine cutters here, I let all 3 girls use my trimmer and that would just be a recipe for disaster. On the other hand I shell out money right and left for new blades seeing as we go through so many a month.
I would love a heavy duty cutter that never needs sharpening

[tichwoli]

Congratulations on your new toy. I have a very large one of these which I have been using for years. You will love this.

[Laurie]

Keep us posted on how it works.

[pamcook]

I've been using my Carl rotary trimmer for about 10 years now. The blades are amazing - but it's time to replace that little strip below where the blade cuts once again (how's that for a description?). The thing I love most about a rotary cutter is that it can stay on the keyboard tray and I just pull the tray out to cut and then push the tray back out of the way. So when you see me grabbing the edge of the table when I'm scrapbooking anywhere else, it's out of habit!
I have a Tonic that I travel with and it unnerves me - I know how sharp that blade is! It stays packed away at all other times.

[Ruth Ann Landry]

Looks like a super tool to have, Luly...but I'm still a guillotine junky....I have cut some serious stuff with that thing, including the very heavy type book board....then again, I don't have kids nor have I (yet) nearly cut a digit off! Closest I've come is to trim a few fingernails!

[paddlegal]

Luly that looks like a really smart buy. Any time you can use an industrial/commercial tool you are a step ahead. Have fun with it.

[bethrich]

Wow, that looks powerful. How's it working out?

[Luly]

I used it and it is better than imagined. No loud noises, no fear of loosing an appendage AND it cuts beautifully!

I've never had a rotary trimmer but I must say that I should have done this years ago!



I don't know how I managed without it.

[n8tvtexan]

That trimmer just screams serious business! Glad you are enjoying your new toy. I like my Carl rotary but dont like that it cant cut anything thick. I've been debating a Tonic.

[tlscrap]

Now THAT'S a cutter!