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Hey everyone, It was mentioned in another thread that we should list our day job/ passion. i am guessing that most of us on here don't cut vinyl as a day job. What is your day job? How did you get into vinyl cutting? I have been in the Ford parts business for 27 years. Enter your jokes here! I got into vinyl by accident- I wanted to airbrush rc truck bodies, masking was too tedious, tried frisket- not sticky enough, got some paint mask- its a pain to cut by hand started looking at cutters - BANG yup i'm hooked, did some decals for friends, got some more inquiries, started a home business, busy all the time now and Very happy! I still haven't painted a truck body!

I have spent a good chunk of my morning reading these threads...... Not that long ago I was a newb also. I signed up on signs 101 then, looked around and was VERY happy that i found this forum. WE are a great bunch of people who care and share and TEACH each other. I am not too worried about competition from other members up here, probably a different story down in the States but no-one seems too worried about it on this forum and it shows in the responses given. Seems we are a mature bunch of people who realize that we are all just trying to survive and make a life for ourselves. From what I have learned on here and with a HUGE learning curve, I gained the confidence to get a Roland sp300. Big chunk 'o money and scared out of my pants,but I took a chance and it has turned out pretty good for me and my family. As for my trusty pcut.. I won't replace it until it blows up and then probably with the laser version. All in all- these are just typed words and "sticks and stones" comes to mind, so don't get too bent out of shape about other peoples "opinions" as I have GREAT faith in this forum and it will be around for a long time. Thanks for putting up with my ramblings Bill Ps. if anyone wants a great deal on some digital printed, copyright infringed, questionable material, stolen from another forum, just pm me!

GREAT banners- they jump out and grab ya!

I find that when everything is set up sweet, my pcut will do anything. Recent was some Arial @ 3/8" - worked great, I just slow down the speed. If it is not set proper- big stuff has tails and rounded corners, and all the small stuff gets ripped up by the blade, sometimes a 1/8 turn on blade depth is all you need to make it 10x better.

Yah! AND he's 2 ft taller and 100 lbs heavier. GREAT shirt!!!

Jumps right out and grabs ya! Nice work!

It's amazing how much detail can be had from just 2 colours. Great job!!

Cool! Nice pic!

GReat, thanx!

Hey! Welcome!

Wicked!!!

Yup!! More reasons why you guys are the best! Here's an "original" ratt.EPS ratt.EPS

It can depend on your material, I use different brands/colours/types - cast, calendered, mylar etc. in one sitting. If it cuts sweet with Mactac - 86# backing, and I cut 3m -72# backing, it can be a pain to weed because of the thinner backing making the blade setting incorrect. I have found 3m black doesn't cut/weed as well as white for example. If you switch brands you may have to tweek the blade a bit.

Looks OEM !

Hey!

Welcome! you will learn a bunch on here, don't be afraid to ask questions

Nice signs! Nice profit!!

Great Job!! Yup the roadrunner is cool too!

Are there multiple layers on the picture?

can you cut anything else? like just a few squares/circles. baud - 9600, and flow control- hardware , set on the cutter, the program setup and the com port all have to be the same. Been there done that I just cut 28ft of vinyl for 2 banners, no prob. At one time i had the same problem.

hi I know this is late but did you check the pressure settings? my blade won't move unless the pressure is over 80, I have since moved up to 110. hope this helps

Hey! Couple of things to try- with your cutter off, move the blade to the right ( looking at it) this will be where the cutter starts from. To reset this when the cutter is powered up, press "on line" - takes it off line, you should have a x / y reference, use the arrows to place the cutter head where you want it usually on the right, use the up/down to position the vinyl. when you are satisfied press the bullseye button in the middle - that should zero the x / y values then press online. you should be ready to go. com settings- go to the device manager (windows xp, I am not up on my vista yet) check the port configurations, you should have one that says "usb serial port" and whichever com port it is. Right click and check the properties - the bits per second should be 9600 baud, data bits 8 parity none, stop bits 1, flow control hardware, -this one is important. In your cutting program check the cutter setup - everything should be the same, reset what you need to and give it a try. unfortunately I don't use signcut so I have no guidance for this. hope this helps

nice job!

looks good! stands out!

Excellent!! Are those your designs?