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The outer die in this set (and don't get me wrong...the set is lovely in theory) doesn't cut, except for the minute detail at the top and bottom, which is a very tiny lattice pattern, and the center. The rest of that particular die just impresses into your paper, and it better be very THIN paper. I had no luck at all using the Grand Calibur machine and had to resort to the Big Shot. Even in the Big Shot, (with shim) it wouldn't cut through cardstock.
I'm not a novice at die cutting, but this set really had me stumped. The second largest die has no cutting edge, either, so in order to cut it out, you need to nest it inside the largest die. I tried using my Spellbinders magnetic sheet to line up the two dies to run through the Grand Calibur, but it was very tight and wouldn't go through and I had to back the sandwich out. I've broken too many Grand Calibur machines in the years I've been die cutting. I guess you could use the cut out piece from the center of the largest die and cut the second die from that, but this is already getting a little complicated.
Spellbinders seems to be doing a lot of this intricate stuff lately, and I wouldn't mind it so much if the dies would just CUT in their own die cutting machine. Yeah, I tried waxed paper, I tried removing the magnetic sheet and taping the two dies down, then turning them and running through repeatedly...they just don't cut in the Grand Calibur. While I love their fancy dies, it would be nice if they'd redesign the Grand Calibur so that it actually does something useful. And completely off the subject, is the name of this die set (NOBEL RECTANGLES) misspelled or is it referring to "Nobel" as in Nobel Prize? I bought a total of 19 new die sets and embossing folders from their Summer 2013 CHA release, and this one is definitely the least useful.
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