Has anyone seen these before? They are wooden. I wonder how they work. The prices don't seem too bad. http://cgi.ebay.com/5-Squares-wooden...item1c1dd1850c

How interesting - the cost is good, but would it work so well, and without foam?

When I toured the Accuquilt factory, they gave me one of these. It was a by-product of making the dye. I would investigate further on these.

Going by looks, these are for use in the "professional" size machines. We had one at a local craft store that if you bought the paper you could use the machine. They no longer have the machine so have not tried it on fabric. They are placed on a large metal tray with the wooden side down, your paper placed on top and then the tray is rolled thru the machine.

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I am confused. Why would you want wood? I'm thinking splinters, rough on fabric, possible pieces getting stuck in the cutter, etc. Think I'll stick with plastic.

all of the BEST dies are made with a hard wood and not plastic like the go dies are. Even the studio dies are wooden.

These on ebay are often "knock-offs"...they come with No warranty and No guarantee to work! often they are the ones that customers have returned and the company sells them to these guys at a really low price and they end up on ebay!

Do be careful and ask lots of questions before buying one of these!

the foam is there..you just can't see it in this pix.

not necessarily. I have these for my regular ellison machine..long before accucut decided to become accuquilt both Ellison and accucut sold these machines and dies to school/churches for bulletin board/class room projects. These wooden dies are a hard wood and will last for many years.

In the PRESS down machines you use them just the opposite. THe fabric is laid on the cutting surface and die placed on top and then you press down on the lever and it squeezes the die and cuts!

Many thanks for clearing this up. I also want to thank you for all the other great tips you've posted. I've learned a lot from you.