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  1. Gypo

    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Hi YAHOOOOOOOOOOO! Thanks all for your help I'm so grateful. I did the calibrate cutter size. Before I had tried it I thought I could change the size of the square it cut as I expected it to just bang straight into the side. I couldn't the values I thought was the calibrate square size was for me to put the actual size of the calibration square it cut. After setting those values back to default and doing the calibration cut the calibration cut was good. I couldn't measure it exact as my rule was in the house and I was in the garage, but using a tape measure it was as good as it needed to be for me to know I was getting there. Getting very excited with the calibration square result I tried a couple of cuts from different files and they looked good..... All your help has me good now I thank you all millions THANK YOU! I'll do the calibration again sometime and measure it more accurately and then one last thing I guess before I try real stuff is the offset. I'll have a read and then tackle it over the next few days. Thanks again!
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Thanks for this, No problems about the delay Life takes different paths for us all and we need to do what we need to do... I have been at hospital with my partner for a few days so I'm not always able to try stuff out or respond to suggestions either. I should be able to get to try things again today sometime. I may have to reduce the 300mm x 300mm calibration cut as it already hits the left stops when cutting 100mm widths it'll probably do the same with that size cut. Anyway I'll give it a try and see what happens, fingers crossed it works because if it does I can start learning more about the cutting side of things as this has been holding me back a long time now.. Regards
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Hi Wildgoose Just the person I need, a black belt on SignCut, with a bit of luck this'll be an easy one for you. (Fingers crossed tight). Are the above photos any use to working out what I have got wrong? Looking at the last one it says the image size is shown as you said it should be but it just doesn't come out that way. I'm guessing / hoping that it's a setting I have got wrong and it'll be an easy fix. Many Thanks
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Just tried the file Wildgoose sent me in SignCut. I left all settings as is in SignCut, they could be all messed up but so they would still be if I had changed any..... The program accepted the file without any complaints. When I went to cut, it started the cut but it was massive, as it was cutting on a bit of vinyl I had cut before in trying to get things working Ieft it going to see if it would complete the cut. After cutting just under half the cut (according to the progress bar) the cutting head went far left against the side and that was the end of it doing anything it stayed there. I had to cancel the cut and power cycle the cutter. I took a few pictures of SignCut and the settings in the hope my errors can be spotted. The T at the end of ASHCRAFT was cut about 8.6cm tall... Obviously way, way too big. I've attached the pics, sorry about the size of them, I tried reducing the size of a couple but then I had trouble reading the values on the screen...
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Much the same as myself (in a way). Many of the cutter programs (cheap or free) come up in Norton as having a virus in or are dangerous but I'm reassured by many that they are OK and that Norton is false identifying. I know Norton can as I have had stuff directly from Microsoft that it has alerted, and it has for a couple of windows programs I wrote myself. Anyway because of that I have an old laptop in the garage just for driving the cutter and move files on memory cards between my everyday laptop and that one. That way I don't care if it has a virus or dodgy software on it as long as it drives the cutter properly. Going to try it again in a while once I get my partner sorted and settled so I get a few minutes for myself..
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Hi all Thanks for the file, I'll give it a go tomorrow. I will try and get a few pictures or even a video of the screen and what happens at the cutter too. I never thought of using Adobe Illustrator to create files to cut. I have Illustrator CS6 that I tried to use for a job I was doing for a company a while back, because of the projects milestones I didn't have the time to put in to learn it so I used a package I knew well and converted them to the required format. I give Inkscape a go last night and again earlier today I found I'd probably need as much time to get to grips with it as Illustrator for what I need so I think I'll try Illustrator first. Cutting plans? Don't know yet, I want to see what I can achieve first then probably nothing grand (but who knows) it'll probably only be for family (grand kids etc) and signs for the aged and / or disabled, I am sole carer for my disabled partner and we have spent a bit on signs for the car etc and have seen where signs would have helped disabled help groups. So I guess non-profit and sometimes even give them away free...
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Back again Just tried to cut the startup graphic and it appears to work fine. I lifted the cutter in its holder so it didn't actually cut but it looked like it was doing what it should. After the cutter finished doing the start up graphic I tried to reduce the size of it in the graphic size boxes (top left of the screen) as it's quite big. back to square one, when I told it to cut the cutter head hit the left side and stayed there, again! To answer your questions the version of SignCut I have (V1) and it is a cut (or plot) only program you cant construct any sort of drawing / graphic with it. When I go to the SignBlazer link SKEETER posted Norton (internet security) blocks access to the site saying the site can't be trusted. Does anyone have an eps file I can try to cut? Please....... around 20mm x 10mm? In the mean time I'll take a look at Inkscape. Thanks again guys
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Hi Wildgoose I have not tried cutting the start up graphic. In fact to start with I didn't want to waste vinyl by doing so but so far that's all I'm managing to do so I'm going to try your suggestion later on. With regards to the baud rate etc, I'm using the software with the 'use windows serial settings' selected but have the right settings the cutter needs set too. I will try using the programs settings too and see what happens. What confuses me is if I cut the SignCut test shape (a box in a box) it cuts perfectly and so I'm thinking it is likely the file I'm trying to cut. The file is one I created myself in a CAD program, exported to a PDF and then I used Adobe to convert to an eps file. If only I had a better way to create a graphic and export directly to an eps file........ So..... For my next try, as well as trying to cut the startup graphic and alter the serial options is try another graphic from the net (unless someone has one that is known to be a good SighCut file that I could try). Many thanks Guys
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Hi I have been able to have a play for a while today and it been interesting but not very successful. Thanks again for all of your help, found the bit in the manual as Skeeter has posted (thanks) and am now doing that. It looks like you guys are right (and the cutters manual), when offline and after positioning then pressing OK it goes online. Now when I tell it to cut, it feeds about an inch then the cutting head moves to the far left (looking at the front of the cutter) and stays hard against that side with the blade down. It doesn't do anything else, SignCut keeps increasing the time left to cut and the progress bar doesn't move. The only thing to do is to click cancel in SignCut and power cycle the cutter. I can't think why it's doing that. In desperation I tried making the image to cut small (200mm x 150mm ish) and set the cutter size to 400mm x 400mm (plus many other combinations).. But it still does the same, after cancelling in SignCut and power cycling the cutter each time to get control back SignCut keeps resetting the sizes. Even if I tell it the tile size is locked it changes it back each time. If I do a preview one copy it all looks OK. I know this might sound dumb but do I need a driver for the cutter? I am connecting it to a USB2 port on the laptop and when I do the test cut (square in a square) it does it perfectly, that makes me think I don't need one...
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Hi Not had time yet to get back in the garage to the cutter but I have had a look at Signcut (it's on my laptop) and can't find anywhere where I can set zero (origin). I'm hoping that when I get it connected again to the cutter it'll appear somewhere in the software. There is the option to set the speed and force in both the software and the cutter. The software has a tick box to enable/disable it but from my previous tries with the cutter I don't think the cutter force and speed has the same function. I guess I'll have to try using both to see what happens.. Thanks again I'll keep you posted on developments..
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    Thanks for the replies. I am using SignCut Pro 1, the cutter has the ability to set the force and speed from it's control panel, I set those up when I cut the demo square. So with your suggestions I know where to look now and what to do when I get there. The cutter doesn't have a zero button but I'll look in the manual to see if it can be zeroed from the cutter. Still if the software has it then it doesn't matter if the cutter has it too... Thanks again, I'll go play again this afternoon and see what I can achieve. Regards
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    SignCut Pro pre cut feed

    I'm new to vinyl cutting, bought my first cutter a week ago and trying things out to see what I'm capable of. The cutter is a Red Sail RS720C, not an expensive cutter but seems to work fine and will do me while I learn what is what. The problem is when I tell SignCut to cut a design it feeds about 400mm of vinyl before it starts the cut. I have looked at the various SignCut settings but I cant see anything that looks like it will stop it. I tried a few things but none have worked, sorry I cant remember which I tried as I tried so many a few days ago. I have also watched numerous videos on YouTube in the hope someone will in them would help but no luck. I have wasted a lot of the vinyl I have bought trying settings that wont stop the pre cut feed. Can anyone please help? Fingers crossed. Regards Gypo