Customer Reviews

Tonic Studios 806 Mini Rotary Perforator

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(4)
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I occasionally create event tickets at work that require a perforated section. We used to just crease the tickets at the point we wanted them torn, but I saw this and thought for the price it was worth a try. I'm sure happy I did!

It's much smaller than I thought it would be, about the size of a USB thumb drive (I've added some photos to show size), but not so small it's hard to control. It folds up like a pocket knife so the blade isn't exposed.

The tool works smoothly and easily on a wide variety of materials from regular copy paper, vinyl decals, cardstock, thin laser gloss stock, medium density cardboard, foam board, pretty much everything I tried it on worked well with the exception of corrugated cardboard - simply because the cutting edge wasn't tall enough to go deep into the corrugated section.

Other reviews mention it is difficult to get it to work on cardstock - simply put the work on top of a piece of thin cardboard (priority mail box works well) and it easily perforates even the heaviest cardstock.

Also, others say they can't get it to work against a ruler - use a taller straight edge or level, or I use my mat cutting straight edge and run the plastic edge of the cutter against the straight edge for perfect accuracy. For regular cuts that can be off by a tiny bit, I put my ruler 1/8" away from the line I'm perforating as a visual guide, then draw the perforating tool towards you.

Someone mentioned it worked better pulling towards you instead of away - of course it does, all cutting tools are designed to be pulled towards you.

I've used it on 100 heavy cardstock tickets and the blade is still sharp as when I started. Controlling it and running a straight line is very easy.

My only complaint would be the color - wish it was bright yellow or something, it's so tiny I'll have a hard time finding it in my tool drawer when I need it again in a few months.

I bought this to use on my wedding invites which I'm doing by hand.

Practice before you use this. It takes a about ten tries before you get the hang of it. The blade is almost too short to ride against a ruler. Works on thicker paper, but you have to press down so hard that the handle becomes uncomfortable VERY quickly. I have bruises on my finger from using. Seems to work better if you pull towards yourself instead of pushing away.

Good for thinner paper and smaller projects.

This perforator does exactly what it was purchased for, but since it is so small, it feels kind of awkward in my hand. I bought this tool becuase I needed it to accurately make a straight perforated line. Since the blade is so small, I cannot have it rest against my guide ruler. I am able to get it to work, but it is not perfect. But, for the price, I cannot really complain. I have not yet located another hand help perforator tool.

This works wonderfully. It is very sharp, so it makes the perforation even in thick papers. Great for my design work!

I needed to practice with this perforator to make a straight line(even with ruler), because it kept veering off. But I finally learned to control it's actions. I loved the small size, because I had to use it in different places and it fits in my pocket effortlessly.

This product was excellent for what I needed. I needed them to make perforated tickets and they came out very professional.

This thing is great! It was a little unweildy at first, but using a rule to keep a straight edge helped quite a bit. I used this to perforate little response post cards for our wedding invitations and every loved the idea. Well worth the money

This perforator works better than any of the others we have tried. We have to periodically perforate card stock with a "tear off and keep for your records" end. This one does the job - so well that you want to be careful what surface you are performing this task on! It will score whatever is under it, however hard the surface. Put a thick piece of carboard below and you're good to go.

A great product that performed exactly as presented in the writeup. Reasonably priced and easy to use. Made the job of creating tear-off ticket stubs very easy.

I was on the fence about buying this because of the reviews but I thought for the price why not give it a try! I work at a non-profit Community Radio Station and we do a lot of printing from tickets to pledge drive letters. By printing our own items on our copies and perforating and folding them ourselves we save sometimes thousands of dollars. Not bad for a 5-6 dollar investment! I was surprised how sturdy this was and it really was pretty easy to use and it works on thin cardboard even. I am going to buy a few more before they are gone for good!