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YakkoWarner said:
I'm not sure the consumer level machines are strong enough to cut through gasket material - we have a couple of them here at the school and they are great on the thin vinyl and paper. I HAVE cut gaskets on a laser cutter which worked fantastically, but that was a $50,000 machine and required periodic visits from an on-site tech to keep it aligned. I expect there is probably something in the range between consumer level and industrial...
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I wondered about that though I wonder about just more mundane paper gaskets (water pump etc)
 
JPSmit said:
Not so much to share Christmas gifts as to brag on my daughter. Last fall she purchased a Cricut - which is a computer operated machine which cuts shapes and patterns - VERY popular with the scrapbooking crowd. This is what she gave me:

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Each about 8 1/2 X 11 for reference and it is vinyl attached to a backer.

BTW I haven't needed to figure this out but I think you should be able to cut gaskets with one.

Merry Christmas!
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Cricut makes a gasket! 👏🏻👏🏻
 
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