My wife just baught a Cricut paper cutter (www.cricut.com) so i instantly thought of cutting monokote with it. It worked perfectly when set to low pressure, slow speed, and #3 on the knife. She only has the basic cartridge that came with the machine so It's not perfect for graphics for planes, but it has a usb port on the back and the company says it will soon be upgradable to custom graphics.

What kind of knife does it have and is it easily replaceable? I am wondering how long the knife will last when cutting monokote?

it has ametal blade in an assembly that is $30.00 msrp. I don't know the longevity but since the blade vibrates as it cuts and is designed for cutting card stock, it should last quite a while.

Where did you find the info about the USB upgradeability? My wife bought one and I had the same thoughts you did, but I wasn't able to locate any info in the USB port. The internals look as good or maybe better than my Roland Stika vinyl cutter.

card stock and monokote are two different animals......

monokote dulls blades MUCH faster than you may imagine.
but it sounds like a fun idea!

Looks like it's about $229.00... $299 on the cricut website. Hmmm...

That must be retail. I think we got in on a sale at Michaels for $159. The next week it was back to $189.

We have a Michaeal here, I'll check it out. If it works for Monokote, that would be pretty nice. It would likely work better for the trim sheets. They're adhesive backed and look narrow enough to fit into the machine without trimming it any.

My wife just got her new Cricut machine, and I too immediately thought of using it with Monokote. Like what was said previously, it is limited really to just lettering for now,...the graphics are basic. Unless you want to cover a plane with hearts and flowers! I've included a couple pictures of the lettering I cut out for my Sig Kobra. It works great and looks awsome! It does seem to dull the blade quickly, but the results are worth the cost of a new blade.

My wife bought one off of QVC. I don't know how much it was and I haven't had a chance to play with it yet.

Let's make this a bit easier..........

http://www.cricut.com

I just bought the Cricut. I love this little thing. It makes cutting letters and numbers easy. I cut out Big Orange in less time than it would have taken me to cut B by hand. How cool. I see a lot of recovering and new numbers in my future.

-Andrew

I think I know what you are talking about. I saw the info-mercial. Now that I know it cuts covering material do you have a phone number or website.

Thanks,
Bill

Look at post #11

Cheers

Thanks, I will.

Bill