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Banana-Art took delivery of its Koolkut KK12 late in 2006. "Delivery and setup went very smoothly," Steve recalled. "The saw was here a couple of days after we ordered it, which I found very impressive, and Sagetech had a technician in a couple of days later to set the machine up."

With a design engineering background, Steve is quick to praise the design and build quality of the Koolkut. "It's obviously been thought through properly," he enthused. "The machine is bristling with clever engineering solutions, such as the sealed linear bearings running on ground, hardened shafts. It's also immensely strong, but remarkably compact."

With the Koolkut in place, Banana-Art can make much better use of its raw materials, by using the centre pieces from larger pictures as material for smaller ones. Steve expects this to make a significant difference to the company's bottom-line performance.