The die cut machines for fabric have been around for years. People bought them for paper and discovered fabric cut just fine too. Accuquilt has the most dies made for quilting. I've had mine since 2006. I 've never had a die shatter, never heard anyone have that problem, my first dies are still as sharp as my last new one. I have the Accuquilt Go and Go Me and the Go Big. Most of my my guild members have one. Many have the electric one. I have about 100 dies collected over the years.The mats will get enough cuts to crack after being used over and over. The larger size is the Studio which takes different dies then the Go. The studio cuts more layers at one time. I would not hesitate to buy another if mine broke. I use it for 95% of my fabric cutting. Those that have a lot of fabric waste never learned to use it properly or watched a fast demo where fabric waste was not considered.