Originally Posted by
sewbizgirl
In retrospect, I'd rather have not bought one. I have the regular Go: The cranking will wear your elbow out! Once the dies get dull, you have tons of threads to clip. If you put too much fabric in them, the stack of fabric slides and your squares come out with curved edges. I've had this happen even with the recommended six layers. I would say, unless you are cutting kits in quantity, it's just not worth all that money to save a little bit of time in cutting.
The correct height is very important to how you crank. I have mine sitting about hip level not elbow level. If you are raising your shoulder when turning, that is not the right way. My DD is PT and she showed me the correct way after watching me use it. I had it on a table top, she said no wonder your shoulder gets sore. I haven't had any fabric slide or curved edges. Each die has instructions how to put fabric on the die and how to start the die, either straight or at an angle. I had one problem with the 2 1/2 multi die skipping cuts. I solved that by putting pressure on the roller with my free hand as I was cranking it through.
I now have the Go Big so I don't have to worry about height or cranking.