Customers say
Customers appreciate the die cut machine’s cutting speed, design software, and scanning capability. They find it easy to use and love that it cuts paper, cardstock, and even cloth and balsa wood. The design software is excellent and allows them to create their own designs. Many customers like the noise level. However, some are disappointed with the quality and have differing views on ease of use, functionality, and value for money.
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ScanNCut, the only series of home and hobby cutting machine with a built-in scanner has essentially everything else you need to create stunning projects right out of the box. UP TO 600 DPI BUILTIN SCANNER Scan Designs: Turn your scanned drawing into unique one of a kind cut designs and patterns. Scan Material: No need to count mat blocks Place your pattern on your scanned material. Create Sticker, Labels, and Applique: Scan printed stickers, labels, or fabric and directly cut the pattern design you want to cut. AUTO BLADE No Material Selection Required: With Blade Sensor Technology, the auto blade can detect the thickness of the material. Cuts up to 0. 1″ (3mm) Thickness: Cut thick materials like foam and leather up to 0. 1″ (3mm) thickness. 5” LCD TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY Optional Use of Computer: Edit using the 5” LCD touch screen display. Optional Use of the Internet: Machine is wireless ready for optional PC and mobile device connection. 682 Built-in Patterns: ScanNCut is preloaded with clipart, basic shapes, and fonts. INTERNAL MEMORY & FLEXIBILITY Save Designs On the Machine: ScanNCut has internal memory that will let you save design data on the machine. Transfer Files Wirelessly: Use your computer or mobile device and transfer files wirelessly. Use USB Drive: Save. Fcm or SVG files on a USB drive, use the USB port on the machine, and retrieve the file you would like to use. HALFCUT SETTING: Using the half cut setting, cut the top layer of vinyl or sticker sheets and not the bottom layer. READS SVG FILES: Create new SVG files using your preferred software or use existing. SVG file patterns. ADVANCE EDITING OF PC or MOBILE DEVICE: With Canvas Workspace you can create or enhance original cutting and drawing designs. Work from the convenience of the cloud or on our new PC software. GREAT FOR OFFICE AND LATE NIGHT USE: The Brother SDX125Ee is also whisper quiet, allowing you to cut materials with ease and without disturbing others. : This Brother machine is backed by a 1 year limited along with online technical support for the life of the product.
Product Dimensions : 8.4 x 20.9 x 6.8 inches; 1 Pounds
Item model number : SDX125E
Date First Available : April 15, 2019
Manufacturer : Brother International Corp
ASIN : B07QRB25T4
Country of Origin : China
SCAN DRAWINGS AND MATERIALS: Brother ScanNCut is the only cutting machine series with a built-in scanner. Scan your drawing to convert it to a cut file, directly cut printed stickers, and precisely place designs without counting blocks
STUNNING DIY PROJECTS: Craft with 682 built-in designs including 100 quilting patterns and 9 fonts. Add custom designs and additional free patterns with the USB port and wireless capability, and customize and combine your projects with the easy-to-use 5″ touchscreen LCD display
NO MATERIAL SELECTION REQUIRED The included ScanNCut DX auto blade and auto blade holder uses true automatic material sensor technology to detect the thickness of the material with no blade adjustment or material selection required. Always perform a trial/test cut to confirm a successful cut
CUTS UP TO 3 millimeter (0.1 in) THICKNESS: The Brother Home Electronic Cutting Machine effortlessly cuts materials up to 3mm thick such as paper, vinyl, fabric, balsa wood, chipboard, foam and felt
INCLUDED IN THE BOX: The ScanNCut DX comes with a 12″ x 12″ standard tack mat, black pen, pen holder, touch pen, spatula, accessory pouch, pattern collection with 76 additional patterns, auto blade, auto blade holder, Getting Started guide and 1pc sample cardstock
This product is intended for sale only in the US at 120 volts, and any other use or sale voids the warranty.
by Kyle Schroeder
Awesome, good utility, easy to use, reliable
I upgraded from a Silhouette Cameo 5 after it had issues with drifting cuts. With 100 different fixes people recommended and none of them working to fix my issue, a large order of stickers needing to be processed, and no time to mess around, I bought the Brother Scan and Cut.Here’s my experience this far:The Good1. Setup. Setup was fast and simple, instructions were clear and not having to rely on a bluetooth connection to a PC was a nice step up from my previous machine2. Scan and cut. Going from printed sticker paper to cut-out sticker has never been easier for me. Not having to make a file to send to my machine has made my quality of life in sticker making so much better.The scan and cut function has two color settings: black and white and color. For images that dont scan well on black and white, the color setting usually detects them properly.3. Accuracy. I’ve been using this machine for about 2 months now and I’ve created thousands of stickers with it. The scanning and cutting on this machine is extremely precise as far as my experience goes. I have not had a single sticker come out poorly cut due to machine errors. Any errors i’ve had are errors in my sticker sheet layouts. Sticker borders are always consistently cut and very clean4. Ease of use. I was able to use this machine pretty much right out of the box. Settings are very intuitive and the built-in screen allows you to see how your cut lines are affected as you change your settings. You are also able to delete cut lines that machine has scanned in for you. (An example for why this is useful could be if 5 of your 6 designs scan in properly, the 6th design cuts can be deleted, 5 good designs cut, and the 6th rescanned for a proper cut.) This has saved me so much time. I no longer need to switch between my computer and my machine and my computer again and my machine again. I can do all the work at my machine.5. AUTO-BLADE. The brother doesn’t require you to tell it what material you are cutting and how thick it is, it detects the thickness itself. I can cut thin paper to thick cardstock on this thing. Seriously, I cannot stress how much work/time this machine has saved me.6. Quiet. It’s very quiet, I almost don’t even notice it unless I’m actively watching it.7. FAST. It’s extremely fast, blink and you will miss it, truly.The Bad?1. Sticky Mats. I’ve never been a fan of sticky mats. They wear out too quickly, they require maintenance, and they are consumable. The brother requires you to use a sticky mat. The one thing Silhouette did right that I wish brother scan and cut had was an electrostatic mat. I never had an issues with the electrostatic mat that I have with the sticky mats, being loss of function after use. You can only revitalise the same mat so many times2. Multiple scans. If you scan pages with a surplus of images on them, chances are you will get 1 or 2 images that dont scan properly, it’s just how it is. I don’t think this is too big of a deal because those designs can be excluded for the first round of cuts and rescanned after.3. Stickers with words. The brother scan and cut DOES NOT group any words or letters with an image unless it is touching it. This can make certain sticker designs impossible to cut with the scan and cut feature. If there is a way to do this, I haven’t found it yet. You will have to do these types of edits in the pattern function (ie make a file) which defeats the use of the scan and cut.Overall, it’s easy to setup, easy to use, very accurate, very fast, very quiet, and a pleasure to own. For anyone looking to work with paper crafts, this is a must own machine!
by Maria Hanson
Fantastic for cutting fabric, cards, and for projects
I love this product because it lets you create your own designs and does a wonderful job. YouTube is a great source for quick how to and ideas. There are a lot of pattern choices already in in it and it does come with some instructions. Iâve had it for a few months and love it for the consistency of the cut.
by K. Cat
Awesome
I love this machine. It cuts great. It is quick. It scans good. I took regular printer paper that I had a bow pattern printed on it and put it in the machine to scan and cut. I attached a picture of the end result. The other picture is their beginning project with a flower drawn on it. The instructions leave a little to be desired but once you get the hang of it, it is pretty easy. You can modify things right on the screen on the machine. I have not hooked it up to the internet yet. It comes with a few activation cards for special patterns for free. If you never want to connect to the internet, you can scan whatever you want and it will cut it. It you do want to connect to the internet, you get their software that will convert SVG files to the brother files and you can create your own masterpieces.It does cut into the mat a little but not through it. It cuts clean. If you use good paper or printer paper even, it cuts nice and clean. I can’t speak for the person who bought WalMart paper. I do not go there.I contacted customer service multiple times and they get back to you pretty quick by email. I didn’t try to call but there is a number. I also tried contacting another brand’s customer service and Brother has by far better service.The mat can be finicky sometimes but it works fine. I bought several accessories for this and the only one I might return is the punch kit. I don’t see much of a need for it. This punches holes fine. I can’t believe all the accessories there are but they all have a good purpose. The fabric blade is just a little better than the regular blade for fabric so if you want a fantastic result, they have you covered. If you want an average result, use the regular blade. I am extremely happy with this machine. I have been warned the software is basic but if I can make my own designs on professional software and save it to the Brother software to use in the machine, it doesn’t really matter if it is powerful or not. I have not used the software yet though so don’t take my word on how basic it is. Check out YouTube to see for yourself. It doesn’t look bad from what I have seen.Their customer service said they can accurately cut 2mm objects. When it accidentally scanned and cut words, I saw that she was right. It cuts fine details.
by Harold Borders
I love the Scanning Feature
I’m a modeler and not really a crafter. This machine has enabled me to cut 1/2mm styrene sheet for the buildings I need to make. I set it for half cut like you would for vinyl and the styrene snaps apart cleanly. The sizes are very close tolerances for my purposes and require little cleanup.Using the scanning feature, I can scan my material and position my parts to make best use of the available area thus minimizing waste.I was hoping I could cut 1mm sheet, but my first efforts were not desirable. Maybe with a Deep Cut blade and using the half cut setting will work.Overall, I am quite pleased with the machine and its quality.
by Ebba Lytle
We have a Cricut. It isn’t easy to use and it doesn’t actually do what we want. Every time we want to cut something, we have to take it to their website and manipulate it to fit their criteria. So we never used that expensive piece of equipment. But now we have our Brother and what a change that has been. After using it for a couple of months, we’re happy to say we love it. We haven’t ever had to go to some site to cut out things out. We just put it through our Brother and it’s done… and done well. We can cut partial pages or whole ones (up to 12×12) without manipulating it for the machine. Slide it in, click the right buttons, and we have whatever it is cut out for us. There is a bit of a learning curve, so be prepared to practice, but once you get the flow, it’s easy and well worth it.
by janine gibbs
This is a USA plug and I found out from Brother that it is illegal in the UK. mine blow up when plugging in and I can not get it fix or parts as it is illegal and Brother can not help Wish a knew this be for buying I am now out of pocket over £400 and have a piece of crap taking up space.
by phillip
Works well , pleased with purchase
by Anthony Lovett
I was extremely disappointed when I received this order, to find that it had US fittings and 110-120 volts. Not compatible with UK. Returned item straight away.
by Jay T.
We have used the earlier version with great success in cutting a wide variety of material. The depth of cut adjustment was just something we lived with.This new one deals with all of the old issues and then some. Cutting HEAVY felt with very little bunching.The Scan feature is invaluable – all of our work is cutting custom designs.How does it compare to the top CriCut (we tried it for a season)? Cutting function is probably on par but the big frustration with CriCut is importing custom designs – nothing comes in to scale so a lot of time spent tweaking each image.Well done Brother!