CNC / Laser Cutting & Letters
Plotter Cutting
Blade-cut vinyl and paper — for sticker lettering, stencils, and heat-transfer designs. A different machine from CNC routing, built for thin flexible sheets, not rigid board.
Plotter cutting uses a small blade dragged across thin material following a digital outline, rather than a spinning bit or a laser — it's built for flexible sheet material, not rigid board. This is the machine behind cut vinyl lettering and logos, stencils, heat-transfer vinyl for printing designs onto t-shirts and uniforms, and paper or card cutouts for packaging and invitation work.
Because it's a blade rather than a cutting tool that removes material, plotter cutting doesn't produce dust or waste chips the way router or laser cutting does — it scores through the material and the excess weeds away by hand afterward, which is its own small skill; fine detail and small enclosed letters, like the inside of an "o" or an "a", need careful weeding so they don't lift or tear.
It's a different service from CNC router cutting even though people sometimes use the terms loosely — if your job is a rigid acrylic or MDF panel, that's router or laser work; if it's a sheet of vinyl, sticker paper, or heat-transfer film, that's plotter cutting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Plotter cutting uses a blade on thin, flexible material like vinyl and paper; CNC router cutting uses a rotating bit on rigid board like acrylic or MDF. Different machines for different material types — we'll route your job to whichever it actually needs.