An introduction to jigsaw puzzle cutting dies for professionals and for home-use

Well, here’s a tool we don’t hear about every day, but come to think of it, most of us have benefited from its products at some point of our lives – the puzzle dies machine.  It is a roll cutting machine which is used to cut out those puzzles pieces quickly, precisely and easily.

Most of the readers know how loved jigsaw puzzles are as gifts, both by the young and old, and also that they can sometimes come at quite a hefty price.

The big professional jigsaw puzzle dies are serious, big and not very cheap machines, but as we are assured by the experienced manufacturers in this business, the investment made in one of these jigsaw puzzle cutting machine can very quickly be returned and will start bringing profit to the owner.

The puzzle dies vary in types and size, and some are fully automatic while others are semi-automatic.

The modern puzzle cutting equipment offers an automated and easy jigsaw puzzle making process.  Thus a puzzle with hundreds and even thousands of pieces can be made in a matter of just a few seconds.  This equipment, as well as the consumables, such as the different cutting blades and others can be quite expensive.

For the more creative ones, there are small puzzle cutting dies offered on the market, which can be used easily and safely at home, for creating a wide variety of custom-made puzzles, using a photo or picture of the user’s choice, and creating some unique cards, gifts, home décor elements, invitations, etc.

One of the best known producers of the affordable small home-dies is Sizzix.  The Company is dedicated to the production of dies, which can be used to cut fabric, foam, cardstock, metallic foil, photos, vellum or magnet, as well as accessories for them.

The small Sizzix machine has only one cutting pad, while their Vagabond, Big Shot and Bigkick machines are larger and feature two cutting pads.

The versatile and multipurpose systems for creative people are quite common among crafters, and quite a bit of YouTube videos about creating a variety of creative products by using one of these cutting dies are currently available.

There are some brilliant ideas about making unique shapes for quilts, invitations for weddings and other celebrations, gifts, and a variety of other creative home-made products.  There are also a number of different shapes of the cutting blades available, so that the assortment and type of the shapes used for the person’s next project grows.