Reddit reviews Swingline Paper Trimmer, Guillotine Paper Cutter, 12" Cut Length, 10 Sheet Capacity, ClassicCut Lite (9312)

I've got some ideas. What exactly do you need a laminator for? And are you in a decent sized city?

The Pixma Pro-100 handles cardstock perfectly. It's not going to be the most amazing print quality on most cardstocks. You need special inkjet paper which tends to be expensive. But I find it is more than adequate for my purposes using regular cardstock. I got mine on sale + a big mail in rebate that came with a Visa cash card. Overall I paid about $130 for it which is pretty good imo. I print on both sides of some real thick cardstock and then just cut them out with the paper cutter I'm going to link below. The other good thing about the printer is it handles larger paper sizes. I have 13x19 inkjet paper that it takes and the prints come out incredibly good. And that's a pretty decent size for printing the stuff I'm going to attach to chipboard.

(If you go the Pixma route, I suggest looking at some bulk inks. It has reduced my costs significantly)

I use this for a paper cutter. Works fine. You might do well to find a way to shine a light from underneath the swing arm to line up cuts but it's plenty good enough without it.

I use this corner rounder. I've done thousands of cards with it. Still good. I think if I had to buy it again though I'd look for something that was more like a traditional hole punch in using your whole hand. The one I linked gets your fingers sore after a while.

The reason I asked about where you live is because if you live in a good sized city, you may have access to fab labs. My public library has one with a laser cutter. It makes making tokens a breeze. And because it's at the library for me, it's freeeeeeee. Print on some label paper. Slap the fronts and backs onto a sheet of chipboard. Stick it in the laser cutter and voila, perfect tokens. They'll come out slightly singed but overall they're great.

How much are you going to print and play?

If it's not a lot, I would say just skip the printer. It's $130 at its cheapest and that's not even counting the cost of replacing the ink. If you're only going to print a few games and they're not that intense, just go to a local printshop and use their high quality business laser printers. They print super sharp into label paper and card stocks. Print the fronts on one, the backs on the other, stick em together, cut it out with the paper cutter. It's a bit of work but the finished product looks great.

> Although it does have his name huge on the bottom

I bet the local copy shop has one of these!

https://www.amazon.com/Swingline-Trimmer-Guillotine-Capacity-ClassicCut/dp/B016LDV41S

Either style of paper cutter would be fine. Examples below.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B016LDV41S/ref=s9_top_hm_awbw_bXCSbz_g229_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-3&pf_rd_r=HHP3KVCMX5RQH5A1WJD0&pf_rd_t=30901&pf_rd_p=9277535f-d065-5f1d-a396-6522a3d72e42&pf_rd_i=490589011

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My wife is a crafter so i just steal her rotary cutter when she isnt looking. And use a metal ruler held firm and then cut against that.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B7M8WU/ref=zg_bs_262718011_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=8742ZXR3GGAX3FR2F8AA


Now I'm not cutting sleeves but it would work fine to cut sleeves. Paper trimmers are easier imo but they are big and really only good at one thing.

Imagine you have a piece of paper, and you want to use it for an art project. Obviously this project, in order to really flourish, will require you to cut the paper, and paste it back together in different patterns.

Imagine now that the only things available for you to cut the paper are expensive paper cutters that only the really committed or well financed paper artists can afford. You can probably still do your project, but you'll have to rely on big players in the paper art world to provide the resources.

Someone just invented scissors, but they're still sort of on the pricy side, and rather hard to use, requiring training and theoretical papercraft knowledge to use effectively. Nevertheless everyone is freaking out over how much easier and more precise scissors are when compared to previous bulky methods. Lots of new artistic avenues open up, but still only to the big players for the most part.

Suddenly somebody invents a cheap consumer pair of scissors and makes them widely available. Anybody can now cut and paste together all the paper they want.

Some artists are worried about the ramifications this will have on the paper art world, as amateur paper artists will likely flood the market with ill thought out artistic projects. The world will sour to the idea of anyone and their mother making paper art, and the doors will close on amateur paper artistry.

If your DNA is paper, the scissors are crispr, and the art projects are the results of synthetic biology experiments, that's basically a brief history of crispr/cas9

I probably went too deep into the metaphor, but whatever.

Maybe instead find one of those little tables that are meant to cut long straight lines into paper?

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Swingline-Trimmer-Guillotine-Capacity-ClassicCut/dp/B016LDV41S

I do believe we all follow similar ebbs and flows when entering into this hobby or profession. As such I hope to save people time by adding more education materials to my site to help save the time required to get started equipped with the best and most relevant experiences backing them.

That said, $25 and enjoy: https://www.amazon.com/Swingline-Trimmer-Guillotine-Capacity-ClassicCut/dp/B016LDV41S?ref_=Oct_CABSellerC_490584011_0&pf_rd_p=74f1a79c-8a94-5d1a-90dd-007848cbf75f&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-6&pf_rd_t=30901&pf_rd_i=490584011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=JQKVXQQEZNTVTMT215R8&pf_rd_r=JQKVXQQEZNTVTMT215R8&pf_rd_p=74f1a79c-8a94-5d1a-90dd-007848cbf75f

Shave that thing down

> If I want to print smaller than 8x10 I need to cut the paper to fit in the easel frame. I'm assuming I have to cut it in the dark? Or should I expose just half of an uncut 8x10 sheet?

You can just use scissors, but a guillotine style paper cutter is great, or check amazon for the cheaper sliding kind. You don't need to cut B&W paper in full dark, safelights are fine.

I cut fiber paper all the time; I cut 8x10 in quarters or halves to start dialing in prints.

>Also do I need graded filters to put in the enlarger?

That enlarger probably needs under-the-lens contrast filters, unless it has a filter slot above the lens board somewhere. Filters are only for use with multigrade (also called VC) papers - which most papers are these days. Without a filter, the paper will be about a 2.5 contrast; filters give you lots more control. You can usually find under-the-lens sets used on ebay, but it's critical that they're clean and unscratched, no stains, etc. You can do split-filter printing, where all you need is the 00 and 5 filters (though if split filter prints seem flat, replacing the 00 with an 0, 1, etc. can help).

After doing some looking I found this (it also comes in a 15 inch model if you need something larger) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016LDV41S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_n970Cb0ZQY9T5

I started with scissors and it was a huge PITA. If you’re looking for the best option I would pick up one of these.

Swingline Paper Trimmer/Cutter,... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016LDV41S?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

We use a guillotine cutter for cutting dividers:
Swingline Paper Trimmer, Guillotine Paper Cutter, 12 inches Cut Length, 10 Sheet Capacity, ClassicCut Lite (9312) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016LDV41S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_VDPCDbA5AQYY7

It's definitely not a necessary purchase, but it makes cutting them super easy. It can also be used for other craft projects.

I use this: https://www.amazon.com/Swingline-Trimmer-Guillotine-Capacity-ClassicCut/dp/B016LDV41S

Card sheet cutting device.