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The Heat Transfer Business: Specific and General Methods
Heat Transfer Paper Types: Hot Peel, Cold Peel, and Opaque for colored T-shirts and Alpha Gold Hi-Gloss
TransMagic Heat Transfer Inks
Epson Bulk Systems
Canon Bulk Systems
The type of ink that you use is more important than the printer



Graphtec plotter cutters
Essential tools for your Vinyl business
ThermoFlex T-Shirt Vinyl Media
CADtex T-Shirt Vinyl Media
Pre-cut Flock Transfers
Plastisol Transfers



Top Ten Heat Presses
Heat Press Basics
HIX Heat Press for the Heat Transfer Business
Stahls Hotronix and Mighty Press Heat Press Machines
Geo Knight Heat Press for The T-shirt Business
Heat press accessories



Starting A T-shirt Business: Planning, Selling, Producing and Profiting
Hanes SublimationMaker and Hanes T-ShirtMaker: Easy to learn and use template programs, for T-shirts and other items
Heat Transfer Tips and Tricks
Testimonials About The Quality of Our Heat Transfer Paper
Contact Alpha Supply Company: Phone, Fax and E-mail
Help and Support

Alpha Supply Web Map: Index page of links leading to all 12 of our teaching web sites

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Graphtec plotter cutters ThermoFlex T-Shirt Vinyl Media
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Every tool on this page provides efficiency or backup safety. Some are so cheap that it’s almost silly to not have them. Others are not cheap but still a good idea.

After 43 years in business, the one thing that we know for sure is that, “bad things never happen at a good time”. Just glance at this page, to remember what is available, when you need it.


Not having a replacement cutter blade is similar to driving a long trip, without a spare tire. Blades do occasionally break and sooner or later they all get dull. A spare is cheap insurance.

Graphtec 0.9mm Standard Vinyl Cutting Blades

Graphtec 0.9mm Standard Vinyl Cutting Blades – GT-CB09UA (2/pack)
Purchase - $71.50

These blades are genuine Graphtec 0.9mm, 45° Tungsten Carbide replacement blades. They fit the Graphtec CE-5000-60 and Craft ROBO Pro plotter cutters that we offer and are what comes with the original plotter cutter. Spare blades are the one item that we would have, above all else.


Sure-Cut 0.9mm Standard Vinyl Cutting Blades

Sure-Cut 0.9mm Standard Vinyl Cutting Blades – GAP-SC-1945 (one) Purchase - $19.25

This 0.9mm, 45° Carbide replacement blade is from GAP. They fit the Graphtec CE-5000-60 and Craft ROBO Pro plotter cutters that we sell. They are offered for those who may be on a tight budget but still want a very good replacement blade.




Vinyl Cutter Carrier Sheet

Vinyl Cutter Carrier Sheets (pack of two sheets)– GT-CR09300K-A3
Purchase - $49.95

A carrier sheet has a “sticky” area on it and is used to firmly hold heat transfer paper during outline cutting. The carrier sheet would then go into the cutter. Adhesive size is 10.5" x 18" (will hold 11" x 17" sheets)

Package contains two (2) sheets.




Needle Nose Tweezers Needle Nose Tweezers – GAP-TW-PX1
Purchase - $5.05

Single set of high quality stainless steel tweezers. These are perfect for picking and weeding small, enclosed details, like inside an “A”. The tweezers are packaged in a plastic tube.



Weeding Tool - Ball Tip Weeding Tool - Ball Tip – GAP-WT-BTX1
Purchase - $7.00

Unique vinyl weeding/masking film stripping tool, with a ball tip point that will not damage clear film substrates. This tool is perfect for “lifting” the corner of a cut vinyl sheet, in preparation to weeding the entire sheet. The tool is packaged in a plastic tube.


Hobby Knife with Safety Cap Hobby Knife with Safety Cap – GAP-XB-SCX1
Purchase - $4.80

We include this kit, free, with all new Graphtec cutters. It is a single high quality cutting knife holder with two XACTO™ type XB-7E blades, and a handy pointed weeding tool. It comes with a safety cap in a plastic tube.


Knife Blades Knife Blades – GAP-XB-7EX100
Purchase - $18.90

These blades are sharp all the way to the point and have a multitude of handy uses. At less than 20¢ a blade, there is no reason to ever fool with a dull blade. This box of 100 blades substitutes for the XACTO™ blade #X611 and fits both of the above holding tools.



These racks are not essential but, as you grow, they are very handy. Get them when you need them.

Material Saver Rack Material Saver Rack – GAP-MS-1000
Purchase - $75.70

The Material Saver Rack sits on the floor, in front of cutter plotters on a stand. It is 30” long by 24” wide and the curved shape allows long vinyl jobs to curl into the rack. Considering the dust, dirt and hair on most floors, you don’t want vinyl touching it. If you don’t have one, use a large box.


“Chrome Plated” Wall Mount Material Rack “Chrome Plated” Wall Mount Material Rack – GAP-WR-1600
Purchase - $55.50

These are handy little critters. We use five of them ourselves, for storage. The heavy gauge wire racks hold 16 rolls of 3 inch core diameter material without using valuable floor space. This rack is durable enough to hold even up to 16 rolls of 30 in. x 50 yd. material with ease. This is a very convenient way to protect vinyl rolls and quickly find what you want. Adjustable screw mounting clips are included, allowing alignment with studs in most walls.


“Chrome Plated” Floor Stand Rack “Chrome Plated” Floor Stand Rack – GAP-FS-7230
Call to Order - $667.00

If you need this rack, we offer a Tip O’ The Alpha Hat; you are selling a whole lot of something!

This product is made of heavy gauge wire and constructed to hold 72 rolls of 3” inch core diameter material; up to 2000 lbs. total. Just being able to quickly see and find multiple colored vinyl rolls will save you hours of time, to say nothing of the added protection of valuable inventory. This unit easily assembles in less than ten minutes. The 6 parts are easily assembled with a flat head screw driver. The unit has 9 ball caster rollers to allow easy movement, even with the stand fully loaded. Size: 30in. x 30 in. x 64in. Allow 7-10 days for delivery. FREE freight- continental US.


If you are following our page by page tutorial, let’s go learn about T-shirt vinyl next. It’s the “ammunition” for your vinyl cutter “rifle”.

Updated: Friday September 10, 2010

Graphtec plotter cutters ThermoFlex T-Shirt Vinyl Media