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I know that is what was asked for, but to me, that looks like it might be a bit on the wide side and the names will be wrapping around to the sides when the shirt is worn. For your own personal experience, ask for a photo of the kids wearing them so you can get a feel for how something looks laying flat, vs how it looks while worn.

Well I did it, My first 2 shirts are complete.

LMAO

But seriously!!!!!

As a rule, weeding letters is done from right to left and numbers from left to right. Also, if your weeding doesn't leave the letters on the backing, then it's possible that your blade is tearing the vinyl and not slicing/clean cutting. Make sure the blade is not jammed up with small shreds of vinyl and that it freely spins (a drop of sewing machine oil in the bearing is a good thing) I see no reason to slow down a cutter speed from the max setting. The faster the better, IMO.

http://www.uscutter.com/index/page/product/product_id/6331/category/3/category_chain/1,3/product_name/USCutter+LaserPoint+3+Series+Vinyl+Cutter+w+VinylMaster+Cut+Design+%26+Cut+Software?view_all Still a few weeks away from availability, I am putting some money aside every Friday to pay for mine.

You'll probably get better with some practice so that it doesn't happen as often. Always pay attention to the "direction" the design is facing. Try to avoid peeling directly perpendicular toward the long part of a letter, for example a capital "L." Peeling left to right puts a lot of pressure all along the long part of the L and may be enough to lift it up. I'd prefer to peel from lower left so that I hit the L at the pointy part. You want to peel an "e" right to left so you peel away that little bit of vinyl inside the lower part of the e with the rest of the vinyl. Going left to right, it will leave that bit of vinyl, but as you pass the e, that bit may lift up and take the rest of the letter with it. On the other hand, other letters like a "g" need to be pulled the other direction. None of this is set in stone. Using my examples, peeling the word "Leg" would be virtually impossible. In reality, I usually start in a corner and peel at an angle. From there I can adjust the direction I'm peeling if I need to. If I get to a certain shape and want to pull right to left, I start doing that. Then if I get to another that will peel better from bottom to top, I do that. And if I get to one that I'm pulling from completely the wrong direction, I just hold it down with my finger and peel away. It sounds harder and more involved than it is. With practice, you'll just look at a design and start peeling from the best direction without even thinking about it.