The Akiles diamond 1 is designed to help you quickly and
easily add round corners to all of your important documents,
promotional materials and other printed items.It uses a special corner cutting die to add a radius to the corner on a small stack of documents at a time. It is perfect for
rounding the corners on your paper, PVC, polyester, leather and
polypropylene items.
Overview:
The Akiles diamond 1 is designed to help you quickly and
easily add round corners to all of your important documents,
promotional materials and other printed items. It is perfect for
rounding the corners on your paper, PVC, polyester, leather and
polypropylene items.
It uses a special corner cutting die to add a radius to the corner on a small stack of documents at a time.
Strengths and Features:
One of the best things about the Akiles Diamond 1 corner
rounder is the cost. The Diamond one costs less than $150 including a
die. This is about $50 less than most other comparable corner rounding
machines on the market. However, the most substantial savings with the
Diamond 1 comes in the dies. Dies for the Diamond 1 only cost about
$20. Compare that to $70-$100 for most other corner rounding dies and
the Akiles is a much cheaper corner rounding option.
The
Akiles Diamond 1 allows you to round the corners on a stack of paper up
to 0.4" at a time. This means that you can process a fairly large stack
of documents in very short amount of time. There are a few corner
rounders that can handle a little bit more paper than this but not very
many.
The Akiles Diamond 1 ships with the tools that you need
to use in order to change the dies and with a convenient radius
selector tool to help you choose the right radius die for your project.
The tools and the radius selection fit conveniently in a drawer that is
located in the base of the unit. You can even fit extra radius dies in
the base of the corner rounder.
There are a number of
different radius dies available for use with the Diamond 1 including a
1/8" radius die, a 3/8" radius die, a ¼" radius die, a 45 degree angle
die and a half moon die for thumb cut calendar punching.
Weaknesses and Limitations:
Although there is a fairly decent selection of dies for
the Akiles Diamond 1, other corner rounders have a lot larger selection
of dies available for them. If you need to round your documents with a
larger radius or with an extremely small radius, you will need to
select a different corner rounder.
The cutting table on the
Akiles diamond 1 is actually a lot smaller than an 8.5" x 11" document.
This means that you have to hold the document with one hand and keep it
pressed in place while you pull the handle with your other hand.
The
Akiles Diamond 1 uses small blue cutting pads that wear out during the
cutting process. These pads need to be replaced on a regular basis in
order to ensure the quality of cutting that is achieved. These pads
aren't very expensive and come in packs of five. It is worth having a
few on hand inside the drawer of your Diamond 1.
Recommendation:
For organizations that need to round the corners on small to medium
numbers of documents or items, the Diamond 1 is an ideal solution. It
is simple to use and offers an excellent value for your money. However,
organizations that need to round a lot of documents or that need
special sized radius corners for their documents may need to consider a
larger corner rounding unit.
This review was written by Jeff McRitchie who is the director of marketing for Mybinding.com.
Jeff has written more than three hundred articles and more than two
hundred reviews on Binding Machines, Binding Supplies, Report Covers,
3-Ring Binders, Index Tabs, Laminators, Laminating Supplies, Paper
Shredders and Paper Handling Equipment.
