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Where to Buy

Graphtec GB (main UK site)
Graphtec's Crafty Club - for existing UK Robo owners. You can buy the machines and consumables (carrier sheets, blades, etc) at special Club prices.
Printer Owners (BMS)
Craft Robo Net

Craft Robo Information

General information and specifications for the Craft Robo CC200-20
General information and specifications for the Craft Robo Pro
Site dedicated to the CR Pro, including tutorials.
Xyron Wishblade Information, including downloads, instructions and manuals, tutorials, videos, and hints and tips.
QuicKutz Silhouette, Information, downloads, FAQs, etc. Craft Cutter Comparison chart a useful comparison chart for most of the currently available computerized craft cutters can be found on the Paperthreads web site.

Groups and Forums

A Yahoo User Group is available for the Wishblade - the American version of the Craft Robo - and many UK users are members, and there is also forum devoted to the Craft Robo on UK Scrappers. The machine can have quite a high learning curve, so both of these are useful resources for help and assistance!

Templates for Download or Purchase

Templates of various designs are available from the Craft Robo UK, French, and Wishblade web sites; the Wishblade group has a template/design library and a number of tutorials for download. In addition the French site has an excellent introductory tutorial on the machine's drawing functions. Other tutorials can be found on Bev Stephenson's web site, and a searchable database of templates and tutorials is available from Jen Caputo's site. You must register to access this resource.

Desktop Cutter files from Littlebit.com; Arnolds Scrapbook and Craft an Australian forum with templates to download, and The Wishblading Well is a commercial site selling templates for Wishblade, Craft Robo, Silhouette and Klic-N-Kut machines.

Software Downloads (Free)

Software downloads are available internationally from the Graphtec Corporation website, and in the USA fromCraft Robo Stare (USA) for both the small Craft Robo CC200-20 and the Craft Robo Pro. Please make sure you read and agree to their terms of use. UK owners can register and download Craft Robo software (including plugins and drivers) from both the Graphtec UK website, and the Graphtec Crafty Club. Inkscape, an Open Source vector graphics program used as an add-on to the Robo Master software, can be downloaded from the Inkscape site; make sure you download the currentstable version for you operating system: Windows or MacOS. Owners of the original Wishblade and Craft Robo machines with the original software may like to download the Wishaway program which will allow them to convert files made with the later software into a format they can read and use.

Tutorials

UK Scrappers Craft Robo forum has an excellent selection of tutorials, including some on quite specific topics such welding words and creating lattices or swirls.

Bev Stephenson has a number of tutorials, including some for new Craft Robo users.

ilovecraftrobo.com has some excellent beginners tutorials for both the Craft Robo and the Wishblade. These include (for the Robo):

However since both machines are (more or less) identical and share basic software, many of the tutorials will be relevant to both sets of owners and also to Silhouette owners.


The CRPro website has a some beginners tutorials for the Craft Robo Pro, and some on Adobe Illustrator CS2, and a selection of short video tutorials.

Although they are aimed specifically at Pro users, some of them will also be relevant to all machines.

An excellent tutorial on how to make a good cutting file in Inkscape; for more advanced users, but it's worth looking at even if you're a beginner, or don't ever use Inkscape for designing, as the principles can still apply!

Videos

Various You Tube offerings showing the Craft Robo and Craft Robo Pro at work, and includes several brief tutorials.

Craft Robo Pro Illustrator CS2 Tutorials: These include Converting to GSD, Creating Connected Words, Type Effects,Type Around A Shape. Although they are aimed specifically at Pro users, some of them will also be relevant to all machines.

Another Flash video showing the Craft Robo Pro doing a Print and Cut.

Skat Katz, Australia, has a couple of tutorials on welding words, using Inkscape and Microsoft Paint.