Die Cutting Station
 

I was asked for a photo of my Accucut cutter workstation. This is the heart of the Paper Princess' Paper Palace, so we built for my paper stuff, which is my main semi professional hobby. It's about 11 feet long and 4' wide. You know how a camera adds 10 pounds? I think it also makes your work area look messier!
This photo shows my Ellison lever cutter and shelves for my full size sheets of paper (24" X 36") on the right. The small drawers have tools & other stuff, the larger drawers hold 9X12 dies, and you can see the slots for bigger dies.
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This photo is the other side, showing my Grande Mark (Studio) cutter. the photo was taken facing the south windows, so it got a bit washed out, but you get the general idea.
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This last photo is a closer view of the Accucut. Note the scissors chained to the cutter with the teal leash :p. there's a large shelf under the cutter that holds trays and cutting mats.
The shot I didn't get was the last side with shelves for the really long strip dies.
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WOW! Impressive....thanks for sharing. Looks like a fun place to work.

So much amazing integrated storage... Wow! A spot for everything.

Awesome work area. Lucky you!

Does the Ellison machine also cut fabric?

Really awesome!

In your first picture, if I may ask where did you get the cabinet with the drawers? Tinker

Thanks everyone for your comments!

My husband and I built this cabinet ourselves, and we didn't get divorced.

HMM, Pre K? Have one at school? The answer is yes and no. Yes, it is physically possible to cut fabric. Don't know which version of this unit you have access to. Is the cutting pad fixed under the platen (older type), or do you have the newer version where the cutting pad slides on rails? The problem is the fabric needs to go on the bottom and if you have the older version, it may slip when you insert the 'sandwich' in the cutter. You can put a piece of paper down, then fabric, then the die and carefully slide it in. If you have the newer version, it's easier to do, but you won't be able to use any of the long strip dies, as the cutting pad is only about 15". If you use one of the smaller Studio dies, especially for applique, this would work great. The other thing I use it for is squaring crazy quilt blocks. For my paper stuff, I had several square dies made on acrylic. The acrylic is clear, so you can put your untrimmed block on the mat, position the die on the 'best' portion, then cut. Perfectly sized! with an appropriate sized shim you could also use sizzix or go dies. Same size restriction and now you have an additional layer to manage when you slide the sandwich under the platen. PM me if you have more questions.

Nice setup!