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product_id: 6856047
title: "CARL Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 25 inch. - 12250"
brand: "carl"
price: "3411 kr"
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reviews_count: 8
category: "Carl"
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# 25-inch cutting length Carbide blade for ultra-precise cuts Adjustable magnetic paper gauge CARL Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 25 inch. - 12250

**Brand:** carl
**Price:** 3411 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> ✂️ Cut like a pro, every time — because precision is your power move.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** CARL Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 25 inch. - 12250 by carl
- **How much does it cost?** 3411 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/6856047-carl-heavy-duty-rotary-paper-trimmer-25-inch-12250)

## 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

- • **Built to Last:** Calibrated metal base with alignment grid and ruler for professional-grade accuracy and durability.
- • **Organized & Ready:** Handy built-in storage compartment keeps extra blades and mats right where you need them.
- • **Cut with Confidence:** Patented locking rail mechanism holds paper rock-solid for flawless precision every time.
- • **Repeat Cuts Made Easy:** Adjustable magnetic paper gauge ensures consistent, repeatable cuts without the guesswork.
- • **Power Through Projects:** Heavy-duty design slices up to 30 sheets in one go—perfect for your busiest creative days.

## Overview

The CARL Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 25 inch (Model 12250) is a premium, steel-and-plastic rotary cutter designed for demanding trimming tasks. Featuring a patented locking rail system and a premium carbide blade, it delivers clean, accurate cuts through up to 30 sheets at once. Its calibrated metal base includes an alignment grid and ruler, while the adjustable magnetic paper gauge enables precise repetitive cuts. With a built-in storage compartment and a limited lifetime warranty, this trimmer is a durable, professional-grade tool favored by creatives and managers who demand flawless results.

## Description

CARL, Heavy-Duty 30-Sheet Rotary Trimmer. Patented locking rail mechanism and premium carbide blade ensure a clean cut, accurate cut. The metal base is calibrated and features alignment grid, rule, and measurements for common-sized items. The adjustable magnetic paper guide is great for making repetitive cuts. Handy storage compartment for extra blades. Limited Lifetime (excludes blades and cutting mats)

Review: Great cutter for heavy bookboard, great price, precise cutting tool! - Excellent accurate and strong! I use this cutter for cutting book board in my paper arts business for making both books and boxes. It is strong and accurate, two or three passes cuts through heavy bookboard and is much safer than using a utility knife. It is tricky for narrow or small pieces but there are good work arounds for that and it hasn’t proven to be much of a challenge. Great price, great cutter - and replacing blades and cutting mat is simple and economical, especially with the extra pieces stored within the tool itself. And both the blades and cutting mats last a good long time, especially being able to reverse and use the cutting mat four different ways. Highly recommended!!!
Review: Well crafted, impeccably designed, functions brilliantly - It's not generally difficult for me to make purchasing decisions, but a paper trimmer became a glaring exception. I needed it primarily to create labels for a product we make by hand, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make the labels by hand that were up to the standard of the product. With their generous one-item coupons in mind, I checked the on-line catalogs of Joann Fabrics and Michael's Crafts, gave eBay the required cursory look just for price comparison, and concentrated on desertcart for reviews & Prime. I was prepared to drop $25 or $30. I bought this trimmer from desertcart, and that was the right decision for me. Here's why. I needed to see the exact place where the cut would be made. I print tiny registration marks in the labels to help me keep them lined up properly as I change the item specifics in each, and also to show me precisely where to cut. For whatever reason, my printers haven't always placed a print in the exact same place on a page from copy to copy. Once I cut that first line, then the rest can be cut in a stack. That brings me to a second point. The old guillotine cutter I bought years ago only manages a few pages of this 32# 100% cotton stock at once. It takes 2 passes of the cutter head, but with this trimmer, I can cut 20 pieces of that paper at once. The cuts are perfectly clean, straight, and square, and effortless to make. The locking mechanism is both brilliant, and the reason this trimmer works so well, cuts such straight lines. If the lever is raised, the mechanism is unlocked, and paper can be moved around under it. Once lowered, it holds the paper absolutely still while you cut. Many of the trimmers in the $25 to $30 range, and well into the hundreds, have some part of the contraption built into the base in such a way that the scale and/or grid is missing which makes cutting a narrow strip from a narrow strip impossible. You can do that with this trimmer, and the entire base is both intact and visible, though the portion directly under the locking mechanism is somewhat obscured by it. The only other trimmers I saw with metal bases like this were made by X-Acto, but they lacked a sophisticated locking device for the paper, and they only cut a few pages at one time. I didn't want plastic. The single con is the magnetic bar that's intended to be used for making multiple cuts of the same size, and the way it relates to the Slimer-green "light-gathering acrylic" guide. First, since my labels are about 1.275" wide and the guide is about 2" wide, the magnetic bar can't be brought close enough to use. Second, the magnet is quite strong, and that's good; it prevents accidental movement. It's also not so good in that the bar doe not have any mechanism to stay square, and must be manually squared each time it's moved. It takes a little effort because you need to fight with the magnet. I solved that by removing the magnet. I like well made tools, and I have some of my grandfather's who passed more than 30 years ago who also invested in good tools during his life. I've skipped meals to buy well crafted tools, and I scrimped to get this one. Quality tools last, and they pay back much more than they cost over their lifetime of service. There weren't any shortcuts taken in the fabrication of this tool so far as I can see. Seams & corners meet perfectly, and the craftsmanship in general is impeccable. I feel comfortable in recommending this trimmer to anyone who's serious about their work. I wish I had another star to give out every hundred reviews. If I did, this would get it.

## Features

- Heavy-duty 30-sheet rotary trimmer with carbide blade, patented rail system, calibrated metal base, adjustable magnetic paper gauge and storage compartment
- The choice for the most demanding trimming projects.
- The patented locking rail mechanism holds paper firmly in place while the premium carbide blade ensures an accurate cut.
- CARL Model number DC-250, cuts up to 30 sheets.
- Adjustable magnetic paper gauge is great for making repetitive cuts.
- Premium carbide blade ensures a clean cut
- Patented locking rail mechanism holds paper firmly in place
- Adjustable magnetic paper gauge is great for making repetitive cuts
- Handy storage compartment for extra blades and cutting mats
- Limited lifetime warranty -excluding blade and cutting mat

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000WA1R00 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #22,911 in Office Products ( See Top 100 in Office Products ) #9 in Rotary Paper Trimmers |
| Brand | CARL |
| Color | Black and Silver |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,247) |
| Date First Available | September 21, 2007 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 10.48 pounds |
| Item model number | 12250 |
| Manufacturer | CARL MFG USA, Inc. |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 12250 |
| Material Type | Steel and Plastic |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 32.75 x 14.25 x 3.5 inches |
| Size | 25-Inch |

## Images

![CARL Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 25 inch. - 12250 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/514lpm0W6cL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## 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

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great cutter for heavy bookboard, great price, precise cutting tool!
*by N***N on December 10, 2025*

Excellent accurate and strong! I use this cutter for cutting book board in my paper arts business for making both books and boxes. It is strong and accurate, two or three passes cuts through heavy bookboard and is much safer than using a utility knife. It is tricky for narrow or small pieces but there are good work arounds for that and it hasn’t proven to be much of a challenge. Great price, great cutter - and replacing blades and cutting mat is simple and economical, especially with the extra pieces stored within the tool itself. And both the blades and cutting mats last a good long time, especially being able to reverse and use the cutting mat four different ways. Highly recommended!!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well crafted, impeccably designed, functions brilliantly
*by H***E on January 17, 2015*

It's not generally difficult for me to make purchasing decisions, but a paper trimmer became a glaring exception. I needed it primarily to create labels for a product we make by hand, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make the labels by hand that were up to the standard of the product. With their generous one-item coupons in mind, I checked the on-line catalogs of Joann Fabrics and Michael's Crafts, gave eBay the required cursory look just for price comparison, and concentrated on Amazon for reviews & Prime. I was prepared to drop $25 or $30. I bought this trimmer from Amazon, and that was the right decision for me. Here's why. I needed to see the exact place where the cut would be made. I print tiny registration marks in the labels to help me keep them lined up properly as I change the item specifics in each, and also to show me precisely where to cut. For whatever reason, my printers haven't always placed a print in the exact same place on a page from copy to copy. Once I cut that first line, then the rest can be cut in a stack. That brings me to a second point. The old guillotine cutter I bought years ago only manages a few pages of this 32# 100% cotton stock at once. It takes 2 passes of the cutter head, but with this trimmer, I can cut 20 pieces of that paper at once. The cuts are perfectly clean, straight, and square, and effortless to make. The locking mechanism is both brilliant, and the reason this trimmer works so well, cuts such straight lines. If the lever is raised, the mechanism is unlocked, and paper can be moved around under it. Once lowered, it holds the paper absolutely still while you cut. Many of the trimmers in the $25 to $30 range, and well into the hundreds, have some part of the contraption built into the base in such a way that the scale and/or grid is missing which makes cutting a narrow strip from a narrow strip impossible. You can do that with this trimmer, and the entire base is both intact and visible, though the portion directly under the locking mechanism is somewhat obscured by it. The only other trimmers I saw with metal bases like this were made by X-Acto, but they lacked a sophisticated locking device for the paper, and they only cut a few pages at one time. I didn't want plastic. The single con is the magnetic bar that's intended to be used for making multiple cuts of the same size, and the way it relates to the Slimer-green "light-gathering acrylic" guide. First, since my labels are about 1.275" wide and the guide is about 2" wide, the magnetic bar can't be brought close enough to use. Second, the magnet is quite strong, and that's good; it prevents accidental movement. It's also not so good in that the bar doe not have any mechanism to stay square, and must be manually squared each time it's moved. It takes a little effort because you need to fight with the magnet. I solved that by removing the magnet. I like well made tools, and I have some of my grandfather's who passed more than 30 years ago who also invested in good tools during his life. I've skipped meals to buy well crafted tools, and I scrimped to get this one. Quality tools last, and they pay back much more than they cost over their lifetime of service. There weren't any shortcuts taken in the fabrication of this tool so far as I can see. Seams & corners meet perfectly, and the craftsmanship in general is impeccable. I feel comfortable in recommending this trimmer to anyone who's serious about their work. I wish I had another star to give out every hundred reviews. If I did, this would get it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quality construction and good trimmer
*by A***R on February 16, 2017*

I waited a few months to write a review. I have tried several cutters that I liked at first then found as I used them they lost favor with me. I wanted something to cut straight and leave clean lines. I was a bit worried that some of the reviews said it wouldn't do cut even after awhile. I found that true. HOWEVER, I had used it lots and realized with the volume of cutting, it might need a new blade. I replaced the blade and was good to go again. Since I work with paper in 4-5 hours per shift 4-6 days a week, I find that a blade lasts about 5 weeks. When the paper starts to get uneven cuts, I know it is time to change the blade. I am very happy with this purchase. It cuts thick, ultra thin and all the in-between thickness leaving that sharp clean cut I want. I have had a couple of trimmers equal in price that just seemed to wear out (one with a never replace blade, don't believe that tale, the one I had was tearing paper rather than cutting in two months). For the money, for the results, this has been my best results. The loading is sort of awkward at first (it has a lockdown step), but once I got used to it, it is great and I like it because once locked the paper does not move. Multi thick layers can slip (again especially if the blade is older), but it still cuts clean and with help the slip can be avoided. I would say it does not do sliver trim (like thread width) well, but I have never found a trimmer that does that well. Even with that I can say when I need to straighten a line cut it is the only one I have found that gives a cut that doesn't show a partial trim most of the time. I read some reviews on photo cutting, which isn't something I do. I have cut glossy photo paper and it did fine for me. In my experience cutting a lot of glitter paper seems to cause the blade to wear down faster (a lot to me is 75-100 cuts). I would buy this again, and have a stock of blades so I expect to use it for a long time. The cutting runner is usable 4 different ways, I turn that each time I change blades, just because I think it is good form to do so. Fresh blade, fresh runway seems like a good idea. I also like that the overall weight is not flimsy, yet not so heavy it takes everything to move it. It appears to be constructed well, I see no indication after months of use of any give or separation of parts anywhere.

## Frequently Bought Together

- CARL Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer 25 inch. - 12250
- CARL K-28/2 Replacement Straight Blade for The DC-210/220/238/2501, Gray
- CARL K-M31 Replacement Scoring/Perforating Set for The DC-210/220/238/2500, Gray

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