ROMECH 60W Fabric Cutter Rope Cutter, Pro Electric Hot Knife Heat Sealer with Adjustable Power, Cutting Tool Kit with Blades & Accessories (60W, RM-017)

Dejo de funcionar después de 3 usos

We recently installed a 16' x 20' thin (<1/8") outdoor polypropylene carpet on our deck. Carpet dealers recommended the carpet be surged to avoid splaying. The cost of a custom surged carpet installed was really expensive over $1500 more than what we could order as a roll of carpet delivered to our home. After careful research on-line I learned how difficult it is to glue or finish seams on a polypropylene carpet and learned that the best way is to basically melt the cut end of the material. Since we needed to cut long sections off two sides to fit our deck a continuous operation hot knife seemed like it might work, but I couldn't find any specific information on youtube or Google let alone whether a 100W knife would have enough power. Turned out this produce was perfect. We were able to make long straight cuts with the cut edge of the carpet hot melted so it couldn't fray. We could easily manipulate the blade to trim complicated corners for posts. Two sides and many cutouts were needed around posts and pipes. As expected we had to periodically clean the melted plastic off the blade, but when done the knife worked perfectly. I do recommend, however, to wear masks to avoid inhalation of odors I highly recommend.

I use it for cutting cordura fabric as it both cuts and seals the edges to prevent fraying. It heats up almost instantly and is very easy to control.

I use this for a weekend business and it performs perfectly every time. There is a bit of an art to using it by getting the blade up to temp and then "pulsing" the trigger as you are cutting to maintain the heat without overheating. Once you master it, its a perfect tool.

i MYOG outdoor gear and can't say enough good about this cutter, at least compared to everything else I've tried. Hot cutting is critical, especially for home production, to keep the synthetics from fraying. It can also just be a heck of a lot easier for certain cuts. I've used this cutter on about 40 yards of cuts so far, and it's been instantly better than the previous solutions I tried that were based on soldering irons. It heats up in seconds, and the analog temperature adjustments seems consistent, and precise enough to get relatively smoke-free cuts. I've used the bottom knife guide exclusively. This has allowed me to not have to cut on cardboard. If I just tip the unit up slightly, I can even cut directly on a plastic workbench. The only improvement I would make is some sort of "outfeed" separator, which would keep the two cut pieces apart behind the cut, like a table saw riving knife. Thin materials requires some finger contortions to keep them from bunching behind the knife near edges, and thicker materials can stay hot enough after the knife to bond back together slightly. Not even remotely a deal killer, as this is SO much better than everything else I've used, but noted for completeness.