MANUAL FOR NEW BIE - HOW TO START FROM NOTHING TO YOUR FIRST CUT!

[CRD]

Hi all,

After struckling as new bie in the cutter World and learning every day, I am still a new bie, but see questions raised by other new bies frequently where people kindly take a long time to answer them again fully.
I thought by myself what is missing in this cutter World causing this?
The answer is simple, a full “how to from start to finish” to just cut a simple piece of text.
Is there a company supplying it with its cutter?
I havent found it ( my cutter was not supplied with it! )

So I started something that might be usefull and maybe with the help from some pro’s in all categories in this forum can be “THE DOCUMENT” for the future for new bies (and so called PRO’s to be).
I used copy and paste from several items to combine it to ONE document.
My native lanquage is not english so this document migth have spelling (spelling checker currently out of order) and grammar errors.
Please feel free to ammend this document and think with me (us) in any way it enhances this document for the future.

Regards,

Paco Raap

P.S. it is my intention to have the latest version always available in this First section of this thread as download.

Version 4.9 is the latest.

http://www.customracingdecal.com/manuals/Noob-V4_9.pdf
http://www.customracingdecal.com/manuals/Noob-V4_9.doc

[wwpro]

That's always appreciated Paco, thanks for the contribution. 

[CRD]

Version 3 is online with a picture of the control panel of the plotter.

I have choosen for SBE in this manual as it is free, easy to use and understand and many forum members have been nursed with it.

I see many people just want to start a business and just buy a plotter without even having any knowledge of what is going on. They have a PC and some pictures which they like to cut.
Their first questions then reaches this forum or the plotter goes into a closet to collect dust.

I never bought a tractor so do not now if there comes a drive manual with it

After this manual the real world of cutting is open, as then there is so much more to learn.

Let me know what you guys think of the manual.

Paco

[Misti J]

i think the manual is a great idea! I will definately need one!!!
I am one of those people who bought a cutter without knowing what i was doing.
However i did a lot of reading from the other people in my industry who make it sound
a lot easier than what it truly is. So i jumped faster than maybe i should have, but with
good intent and goals! As everything, it's a learning curve. i will get it, i just need a little bit
of help! Trust me, i didnt get a manual with my son... but i'm not doing too bad. Not a pro yet,
but much more to learn!

thanks to everyone for your help!

[CRD]

No Problem to be a new bee, but a seller should put a manual with it.
For children there are no sellers .

My wife and I have no children but I can write you a manual too .

Use the manual for what you need to know, maybe just a little for some a little more and for some the way to...........

Regards, paco

[CRD]

Version V 4.1 is online.

Addedsome more usefull things and index.

Paco

[onyxtacular]

newest newbie,

I just purchase my pcut and have the most basic of questions...how do I get the knife and/or pen in the plotter?  I know it must be simple, but this is my first plotter and have been know to break things accidentally.

Thanks,
Damian
 

[JoeBlow]

Well done Paco, I don't need it, but loved the effort.

[CRD]

I have ammended the tutorial with pictures taken from the newly released LASER POINT manual about how to place a knife in the knife holder.
I also added the link to the original laser point manual.

We are now on Version 4.2  but wil be avalaible this evening as downlaod link from my own server.

Paco

[Hippie459MN]

I dont see any links. If you need to you can email it to me and I can upload it to my server in no time.

I really would like to see this as I am new to this yet but could use all the pointer I can get. 

[CRD]

I added in the first response the link to the now Version 4_2.pdf manual.

Paco

[muddywaterpirate]

Paco, I have a question I didn't see an answer for in the manual, which was a great job by the way!  Thanks!

When I ordered my MH-721, I got the SBE software on a disc.  When I was loading the software, it asks me to start setting up the plotter connections.  Can this be bypassed when installing the software?

Also, the software stated that it can only be set up on one machine, then it is useless and cannot be loaded onto another computer at any time.

Thanks

[Z]

I dont see any links. If you need to you can email it to me and I can upload it to my server in no time.

I really would like to see this as I am new to this yet but could use all the pointer I can get. 

Paco, please excuse me for hi-jacking your post, but this guy's got a Hilarious avatar graphic!

Z

[CRD]

Z, No problem.

For the SBE cd rom.
Just leave it where it is and use the UScutter Free download Trail and get started as stated in the manual.
I have no idea about the difference between them.

Paco

[Hippie459MN]

I dont see any links. If you need to you can email it to me and I can upload it to my server in no time.

I really would like to see this as I am new to this yet but could use all the pointer I can get. 

Paco, please excuse me for hi-jacking your post, but this guy's got a Hilarious avatar graphic!

Z

Thank you. lol