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I had a play cutting some 3mm dibond on my Excalibur 5000 today and it seems to cut just fine, it does impart a very slight curve but that seems to flatten easy enough. Has anyone experience of doing this?

Can anyone recommend a good supplier of dibond sheets?

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Well I never thought the 500 was up to it - did you use the board cutting attachment and really, did you find it strong enough to cut without straining the machine?
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I'm cutting 3mm dibond and I'm using the board cutter that came with the cutter,mounted on the vertical slider, so I guess it is the board cutting attachment. It seems to cope just fine, although there is a very slight distortion of the first couple of mm of the cut.
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Re: Dibond

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Hi Alan

Have you tried a company called "Sign Materials Direct" based in Hounslow, Tel; 0203 667 7007. :?:

IMHO vg customer service and products at the right price. :D

By the way, thank you for the help and advice you gave me last year when I was setting up my new framing operation. Having been retired from framing for a few years I was well out of date regarding materials. You may not remember but I phoned you with some very naïve and basic questions :oops: and you were very helpful. :rock:

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Thanks Peter, Im hope my advice was of use.
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