Thread: Who has an accu go cutter???

I think someone said that Joann's has them on sale this week

Me! I bought it the first week it was available to buy. I was looking into getting the big Studio cutter like the quilt shop has and found out the Go was being made. Much cheaper and easier to store then the Studio. I have most all the dies except the rag quilt, I've use it and it's a hassle. All the other are great. For all gift giving days I ask for new dies. That's how I have most of them. I use the basic die shapes the most and the strip cutter. I really like the Tumbler die. Accucut gives a Go away every Friday on their Facebook page and has lots of info there. Now they have a die coversion chart, to covert most any quilt pattern to fit the dies. I think die cut machines will be just as normal in the next few years as the rotary cutter is now.

I have about 1/4" to 1/2" waste. I don't understand how anyone can have more waste. If you cover the whole die then you will have lots of waste. They do that in demos to save time and I think that gives the wrong impression. It's not going to please everyone but I'm glad it pleases me. :D No more aches from rotary cutting.

Originally Posted by BellaBoo

Now they have a die coversion chart, to covert most any quilt pattern to fit the dies.

Sweet! This could be very handy info! Is the conversion chart on their website?

Where do you get the conversion chart?

You can download the conversion chart in PDF format from this page:
http://www.accuquilt.com/cuttingtips.asp

Hi, re the waste I figured it out a half inch waste on a 2 inch square is 25%, so depending on how many squares are the die at one time it could add up to be quite a bit, and yes I realize that some of the dies abut, but even if you just calculate only 2 edges it would be at least 10 to12% and if you left more than 1/4 inch on each of 2 edges the number went up. Like I said, I was just glad that I had extra fabric. Had 1 fabric that stretched like crazy with the die (triangular)and had to abandon it altogether. Maybe I just had a bad first experience, but its gone now. OH well. :?

I went there, but it said search showed nothing about a die coversion chart.

Originally Posted by Prism99

You can download the conversion chart in PDF format from this page:
http://www.accuquilt.com/cuttingtips.asp

Look under free stuff, left side of site about 1/2 way down the page click on charts

Got it....thanks.

Originally Posted by LUANNH

Look under free stuff, left side of site about 1/2 way down the page click on charts

Originally Posted by patdesign

Originally Posted by taiboo

I was planning on getting one for my birthday and i am just curious who has one and how much you use it etc. Any pro's - Cons etc.

TIA

Hi, I got one of these for Christmas, cut out 1 quilt and SOLD it on ebay. why? By the time I pre cut the strips, and folded them and then cut them I could have done it the old way, Also it wastes fabric so you have to calculate the waste factor in, I was fortunate to have purchased extra fabric. Yes it does cut accurately, and is great for their cut outs, I also had to look at how many dies and pads I had to purchase to make things, and decided it was too pricey long run so I bought an Alto cutter instead, no fabric waste and faster! :-)

What is an Alto cutter? :)