--- product_id: 130264633 title: "Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 18inch - 12238" brand: "carl" price: "€ 367.83" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 category: "Carl" url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/130264633-heavy-duty-rotary-paper-trimmer-18inch-12238 store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # 18-inch cutting length Adjustable magnetic paper guide 100% pre-consumer recycled content Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 18inch - 12238 **Brand:** carl **Price:** € 367.83 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > ✂️ Slice smarter, craft greener, and cut like a pro with Carl’s Heavy Duty Rotary Trimmer! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 18inch - 12238 by carl - **How much does it cost?** € 367.83 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/130264633-heavy-duty-rotary-paper-trimmer-18inch-12238) ## Best For - carl enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted carl brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Eco-Chic Crafting:** Built with 100% pre-consumer recycled materials, so your workspace stays green and guilt-free. - • **Lock & Load Accuracy:** Patented locking rail mechanism ensures your cuts stay razor-sharp and perfectly aligned every time. - • **Glow-Up Your Workflow:** Luminous light-harvesting acrylic paper holder brightens your workspace for flawless, stress-free trimming. - • **Precision Meets Power:** Cut through up to 36 sheets of 20 lb. paper effortlessly—perfect for your thickest creative projects. - • **All-in-One Convenience:** Handy storage compartment with spare cutting mat, straight blade, and perforating blade keeps you ready for anything. ## Overview The CARL Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 18-inch is a robust, eco-friendly cutting tool designed for professionals and creatives alike. It handles up to 36 sheets of 20 lb. paper with ease, featuring an adjustable magnetic guide and patented locking rail for precision. Made from 100% pre-consumer recycled content, it includes a luminous acrylic paper holder and a storage compartment stocked with spare blades and mats, backed by a limited lifetime warranty (excluding blades and mats). Ideal for cardstock, foam board, and plastics, this trimmer is your go-to for flawless, efficient cutting. ## Description Green Machine Heavy Duty 36 Sheet Rotary Paper Trimmer: is green trimmer, cuts cardstock, artist board, plastic sheets and more. Patented locking rail mechanism and the luminous paper holder is made of light harvesting acrylic that makes cutting easy and accurate. The adjustable magnetic paper guide holds materials on a calibrated metal baseboard. Features a storage compartment for extra blades and mats. Spare cutting mat, straight blade, and perforating blade included. Limited Lifetime (excluding blades and cutting mats). Review: Smooth.like.butter! - I invested in this to perfect the colouring book I'd made for my littlest sister 🐾 It certainly did what it said on the tin! It sliced through 10 sheets of thin card plus 2 sheets of 300gsm gloss card with no issue at all. It takes a few slices up and down but it's not physically difficult whatsoever and it made quick work of this book, plus a couple other books I'd made with the same thickness! I popped the book in as is, which is 4mm thick when closed. I'm pretty confident it could handle thicker stock, too! The magnetic ruler is pretty awesome and the whole guillotine didn't slide about on my smooth wood table. The way you clamp the blade ruler down before use holds your work strongly in place, but I'd recommend holding it down yourself too to ensure maximum precision. I've only used it 3 or 4 times thus far so I can't comment on durability over years, but I should hope for the price and based on how sturdy it seems right now that it's gonna provide years of smooth.like.butter 😂 Review: Sturdy dependable cutter - Clamps 30+ pages at a time and cuts through all with a few swipes. The fluorescent ruler makes it easier to line up the cut ## Features - Sold as 1 Each. - Capacity for 36 sheets of 20 lb. paper. Adjustable magnetic paper guide hold materials on a calibrated sturdy metal base board. Manufacturers Limited Lifetime Warranty (excludes blades and cutting mats). - 18" paper length. Green friendly trimmer cuts cardstock, artist black core mat board, 1/8" foam board and plastics sheets. Contains 100% pre-consumer recycled content. - Patent locking rail mechanism. Features handy storage compartment for extra blades and cutting mats. - Luminous paper holder made of light havesting acrylic. Spare cutting mat, straight blade and perforating blade included. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0006HV9O8 | | Best Sellers Rank | 197,739 in Stationery & Office Supplies ( See Top 100 in Stationery & Office Supplies ) 247 in Stack & Guillotine Trimmers | | Brand | Carl | | Colour | green | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,187) | | Date First Available | 1 Nov. 2010 | | Item Weight | 3.38 kg | | Manufacturer | Carl Manufacturing USA, Inc | | Manufacturer Part Number | 12238 | | Material Type | Metal | | Model Number | 12238 | | Number of Items | 1 | | Product Dimensions | 64.14 x 36.2 x 8.89 cm; 3.38 kg | | Size | 18-inch | ## Product Details - **Active surface area:** 270 square inches - **Brand:** Carl - **Colour:** green - **Material:** Metal - **Product dimensions:** 46.4D x 35.6W x 1.9H centimetres ## Images ![Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 18inch - 12238 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81+y8Vile1L.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: How small are the ruler lines on the board itself? I need to cut certain measures off edge of page, for ex: .75 inch off edge, then 3.25 inch, etc** A: I solve the problem of perfect measurements by making a template out of heavy card board or heavy cardstock or even the 1/8" craft chipboard materials. I found this the most helpful way to be exact when I need to be. I can also label the template with what sizes it is and save it for future lay outs. Now you can adjust the sliding magnetic bar right up to the template edge. (My Carl 210 happens to be slightly skewed and not perfectly aligned down it's grid marks. So this has resolved that problem too. I then slip the template out and can cut my paper exactly what I want. I had a problem with the magnetic bar slipping over time so I now place a heavy magnetic 25# round magnet knob or two on the outside edge which stopped this slippage completely. My only problems now is when my spouse comes along and pulls out the set up for his own work and never bothers to return it. I can live with that or have for 16 years as he loves my cutter and ignores his 15" other brand rotary trimmer I bought over 20 years ago before ever learning about Carl. He wanted one and I bought it for his BD and for years he did use it. BUT along came the Carl and almost instantly we were both hooked. The original one we have does not have the yellow guide cutter just a clear plastic one. I can see how the yellow might be helpful for seeing an edge much clearer along the outside edge if you are especially trying to trim just a hair off of an edge to even it up or similar. (On rare occasions my printer prints a photo card that is folded in half slightly off center making the back show and easiest thing is to just trim that off using the Carl.) About getting exact measurements I also used two thin very accurate drawing rulers on each end to align the magnetic bar up to an exact spot so blade would cut just where I need it to. And I often do that still when setting up a new template piece. Or remaking one. But I seem to have enough templates made to cover almost all my projects on a daily basis so I can set it up in an instant and like I said the magnetic knobs sold on Amazon work perfectly to hold the bar from slipping. I used a sewing machine magnetic rectangle bar but it did not work as well as the stronger magnets did. **Q: Is thus trimmer really precise? I've been through soo many & they are always off just a touch! I'm a cardmaker & I need precision!** A: Precision means 1- straight line, 2- correct angle, 3- correct size/measurement. When you have a large number of paper, the arm curves, if your hands apply a little force on any direction, then also a curve in the cut happens. 2- The way you pick up and move the trimmer, affects its cutting angle, the upper and lower guides seem to move slightly away from perfection when a force applied, their angle gets changed, so I cannot rely on it right angle unless I move it again and test, also the magnetic cutting guide arm is also not tight to keep it straight all the time, and nor it stops paper from passing from under it. 3- The square boxes drawn are using both thick and thin lines. When you are cutting at inch level which is one, two, three inch and so on, the lines are thick, so the exact placement of paper is difficult for the correct measurement. And after separate cuts when you bring all the papers together, you will find none of them got cut correctly. These problems are avoidable after some training and experience and a trained eye. **Q: Can this cutter cut one sheet of 100# card stock smoothly as well as many sheets or would I need a different cutter for the single sheets?** A: I use this to cut 100# card stock almost every day. I usually cut 4-5 sheets at a time, but it takes at least three passes. The most I can cut with a single pass is 2 sheets of 100# card stock. **Q: Is the black bar in the middle removable?** A: The magnetic paper gauge is adjustable but cannot be removed. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Smooth.like.butter! *by S***R on 19 February 2022* I invested in this to perfect the colouring book I'd made for my littlest sister 🐾 It certainly did what it said on the tin! It sliced through 10 sheets of thin card plus 2 sheets of 300gsm gloss card with no issue at all. It takes a few slices up and down but it's not physically difficult whatsoever and it made quick work of this book, plus a couple other books I'd made with the same thickness! I popped the book in as is, which is 4mm thick when closed. I'm pretty confident it could handle thicker stock, too! The magnetic ruler is pretty awesome and the whole guillotine didn't slide about on my smooth wood table. The way you clamp the blade ruler down before use holds your work strongly in place, but I'd recommend holding it down yourself too to ensure maximum precision. I've only used it 3 or 4 times thus far so I can't comment on durability over years, but I should hope for the price and based on how sturdy it seems right now that it's gonna provide years of smooth.like.butter 😂 ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sturdy dependable cutter *by A***R on 14 February 2022* Clamps 30+ pages at a time and cuts through all with a few swipes. The fluorescent ruler makes it easier to line up the cut ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant piece of kit. *by A***E on 13 April 2023* Cuts easily and accurately through chipboard and several layers of other thickness of paper/card. Wanted it to cut mainly chipboard and I can’t fault it as it works so well. ## Frequently Bought Together - Carl Manufacturing 12238 Hvy-Duty Paper Trimmer 18-Inch 36 Sht Cap. 14-Inch x18-1/4-Inch x3/4-Inch GY - CARL K-28/2 Replacement Straight Blade for The DC-210/220/238/2501, Gray - CARL RM-18/2 21-Inch Cutting Mat for all 18-Inch Trimmers,Gray --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/130264633-heavy-duty-rotary-paper-trimmer-18inch-12238](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/130264633-heavy-duty-rotary-paper-trimmer-18inch-12238) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-07-26*