Has anyone got the Craft ROBO

[Carolinett]

I've watch it demonstrated a couple of times on the Create & Craft show and it doesn't look too complicated. Can anyone one tell me any different.

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I want one but the girls in my team on UKS are all telling me not to bother as they arent worth the money and are a PITA.
Im looking at the cri-cut as another option.

JM
I bought one yesterday DH installed it late last night had to go to the Docs this morning so I haven't had chance to have a go. I'm going to Read TFM and I'll let you know how I get on.

saw it in action at the show and it looks fab. my dad has a plotter though that cuts rubber and vinyl and it looks pretty much the same but smaller so dh going to see if he can get me a small a4 plotter to try. dh really liked it at the show as apart for the ususl images and alphas it would cut round a scanned image. just too much money for us

Oh Carolinette....you lucky thing.
So come on then....whats it like???...please tell.

There is a lady on UKS that lives fairly nearby and holds a small crop twice a month. I was hoping to go last night but have lots on ATM with Amelia attending this assessment at the end of the week.

She has a robo and a melt pot too, something else I would love to see! Next one is in a fortnigh so hopefully I'll be a bit more organised.

First I think you have to be a little computer literate, next you have to be very patient, if you are computer literate the instructions can be a little too detailed. If you miss one action your knackered.

So far I have cut happy birthday in differnt fonts & sizes

I 've created oblongs so they mount with 1cm rim you can cut three to an A4 cards I've done a square set aswell

I've cut an appature for some oblong bubble fronts for shaker cards
Thats so far

It cost £347, I got it from a distributer near me about 20miles down the A55. I got all the extras you get from the Create & Craft show

Why I went for it was when I weighed up the CriCut against the ROBO I thought the cricut was going to be £290 I think I saw it for £225 on one web site, but for £290 I know you got extras I'm not sure whether you just got the machine for £225.
The cricut was only as good as the cassete you put in it. In the US those cassetes were selling for $50 each so you can bet there going to be about £50.00 when they get here mind you I guess you could buy US
The ROBO can produce nearly all the alphabets in all sorts of size plus tonns of other things.

So far I've cut upto pealised card with no problem

Must admit I'm an impatient sod so I had to switch off and read the instructions carfully.

I'll let you know more as I go along, so far so good but if I do throw it through the window you'll be the first to know.

Forgot to say
If you can get a demonstration go for it, it will save you loads of time, for instance when you use a piece of card that has no backing, just an ordinary piece of card, you have to stick the card on this mat type thing they give you but what they don't bloody tell you is you have to remove the yellow protective sheet first. I only new because I saw the guy on the create & craft show do it. Derrrrr
So if you can get a demonstration go for it.

oo keep us updated as i really want one!

Still very

cool! I want one !