Dspiae stepless circle cutter replacement cutter blades

[ColonelKrypton]

I recently purchased a Dspiae stepless circle cutter which if you didn't already know is similar to or a copy of the Thinnerline stepless circle cutter https://shadowhobby.com/tlcc-000-thinnerline-circle-cutter.html

 

In any case, after a couple of months of use I now can't imagine how I made do before. Over the years I tried various tools to cut circles and masks like the Olfa circle cutter and similar as well as using a good drafting compass with a custom ground and sharpened blade in place of the pencil lead. These all worked to a degree but had limitations in how small a circle I could manage. They also put a pin gentleman's parts hole in the center of your circle as well.  There is no comparison, Dspiae and Thinnerline cutters are head and shoulders above the rest.

 

But, this was not meant to be a sales pitch or review; there are plenty of those around.

 

The cutter comes with three cutter blades, 30, 45, and 60 degree blades. The ones most likely to be used for day to day model work are the 45 and 60 degree blades; the 30 degree blade being intended for cutting heavier and thicker material.

 

Problem is finding replacement blades. The Dspiae part number is MT-CB and the retailers I buy from have the cutter but report difficulty in getting replacement blades. Of course you will find sellers on located in the far East on eBay with reasonable prices but buying from afar can result in long delays.

 

What good is an expensive stepless circle cutter with dull blades and no replacements to be easily had? 

 

As you might know, vinyl cutters such as the Cricut and Roland plotter cutters are quite common as are replacement blades for these devices.  However, these plotter cutters have cutting blades which are 2mm in diameter - the Dspiae stepless circle cutter uses blades that are 1.5mm in diameter.

 

It turns out that some (or all) of the Mimaki cutter plotter https://mimaki.com/product/cutting/  use cutter blades that are also 1.5mm in diameter.

 

And, replacement blades are available on amazon https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=mimiki+blade

 

I have tried these ones https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07GRD7GMD/  and they work just fine although they are about 2mm shorter in length than the Dspiae blades but the stepless circle cutter has enough adjustment in the blade holder that the Mimaki blades work just fine.

 

 

cheers, Graham

 

[Anthony Kesterton]

Hi Graham

 

Not sure if you have tried AliExpress.com for these spares - they seem to have stock for around £6 including UK shipping - but you need to add VAT. Worth checking if they ship to Canada (I am sure they do).  DSPIAE have a store on this site, as do other hobby stores.

 

Good luck finding your spares.

 

anthony

[ColonelKrypton]

Thank Anthony.

 

I have found my spares:  https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=mimiki+blade

 

The mimiki blades work just as well as the original Dspiae blades.

 

cheers, Graham

 

[tweeky]

try here

[JPuente54]

Kitlinx in the USA also sells Dspiae tools and some, if not all the blade types needed. HTH

Joe