darcshadow

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    Need help/suggestions for custom keychain issues

    You should probably be using at least 751. 751 and 951 will conform to curves better and probably hold up to being squished better but that's just a guess.
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    Display showing testing

    Seems like you may have a motherboard problem. You might try calling USCutter tech support and see if they have any other ideas. If they don't you basically have 2 options, buy a new mother board and replace it or cliff the unit and get a new cutter, maybe even upgrade to an SC or better.
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    Display showing testing

    If you're using USB, try the serial connection.
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    Why is my 871 skipping?

    Since it's intermittent and you say the cutting arm is not moving down as it should, there could be a loose connection that vibrating loose. These machines are pretty basic inside if you're comfortable opening them up any loose connections/bad solder joints should be pretty easy to see.
  5. I can't speak for these two pieces of software, but I know in Inkscape there is a DPI setting the affects SVG files and if the DPI setting between to programs don't match the files may not come out the same size even though they are vectors.
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    Need Help With This FONT please.

    That's good, because I need help seeing the font, that image is tiny.
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    Why is my 871 skipping?

    Does it repeat the problem at the same points on the same design?
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    Titan-2 and Titan-3 SE How to Advance After Plot

    Agree, this is a great find, although, what version of software do you have? I just looked in mine and the Advance Gap is not an option for me.
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    Display showing testing

    What software are you using? Has an update been pushed to your computer recently? Have you tried a different software? There are several with free trials.
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    Display showing testing

    Has it ever worked? When you first turn it on, what does it do? If you load some vinyl and hit the test button on the cutter what does it do?
  11. cutting through the backing and not using transfer tape have nothing to do with each other. To correctly apply vinyl you need to use transfer tape. If you don't the vinyl will easily stretch and warp when pulling from the backing paper and applying to the object.
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    Issue with MH cutter

    Most likely mother board is fried and you'll need to get a new one.
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    Which driver

    Most likely a the generic FTDI driver is what you need to be able to talk to it. Or you could use the serial port and not worry about drivers.
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    Grounding without a Stand

    If you need to you can also get a anti-static kit from USCutter, Anti-Static Kit for Vinyl Cutters (uscutter.com) It's basically a wire/chain that drapes across the vinyl as it feeds into the cutter and gives the static a place to go.
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    Middle roller scrunching up the vinyl

    300 is pretty fast and you'll want to slow that down for higher detailed designs. I run mine at 60 for everything.
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    EPS Export

    I know there are not many that use Inkscape but those of you that do, have you ever had a problem saving as an EPS file? I just created a drawing and when I save it as an EPS and try to open it with a different program it's opening as a raster image. Even tried importing back into inkscape and it comes in as a raster program. I've done all this before so I know it works, I just can't figure out what I might be doing differently this time.
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    EPS Export

    I was able to get the design into VM by a simple copy and paste but I'd really like to know what went wrong with the EPS save.
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    Uneven cuts

    While the MH tracking is not great, it should be better than that. You have other problems causing that bad of tracking. I once cut a stripe 4" wide and 6 feet long and was only off by about 1/8 of an inch. Do as the other have suggested to start with. Also, have you tried adjusting the tension on the pinch rollers? If you haven't, great, don't touch them. If you have, that could be your problem.
  19. There are not many parts to a cutter and most likely is the main board. I don't know if you can still find replacement parts for that cutter or not. You'll probably have to go to ebay or some other used part reseller.
  20. You're not trying to use the ruler on the cutter are you? That ruler doesn't line up with anything and really should be removed as it causes more confusion than help with new users. The WYSIWIG is absolute positioning and is not commonly used. There are very few cases were that would be necessary. Turn that off, put a square anywhere on the screen, set the origin point on the cutter and send the image to cutter. The cutter will cut the square with one corner exactly where you told the cutter the origin point was. Try that, if it doesn't do as I described then you truly have a problem.
  21. Start with turning off the absolute positioning and see if things behave more as you expect.
  22. Nice debugging, thanks for the info.
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    Middle roller scrunching up the vinyl

    Also, start with the slowest speed possible then ramp it up as needed. I typically run my only a step or two above the slowest setting. As Dakota said, did you mess with the tension? If so, that's a problem and getting things adjusted back to correct settings is going to be alot of trial and error. If you did not, does the roller spin freely with your finger when you have it in the up position?
  24. You're confusing advertisement with capabilities. If you read the specs. closely you'll probably find that the actual cutting limit is around 31" as you've seen. Kind of like advertising a piece of wood, 2x4s for example, they are in reality 1.5"x3.5". Your second confusion is the origin point. When you load the vinyl your origin point will be slightly different every time because you are never going to load the vinyl exactly the same every time. You adjust the cutting head to what you want to be your origin then you hit the origin button. The cutter and software are doing exactly what they are suppose to do and when you set them up correctly they are fully capable of understanding the hardware's physical constraints and act accordingly.
  25. Just to be clear, the unit itself is grounded through the plug. The key is grounding the vinyl. People with a stand accomplish this by grounding the stand to the cutter. Since the vinyl sits on the stand the vinyl is also grounded. Don't know about what get's shorted, but I would suspect the main micro controller would be the most susceptible, drivers/FETS are usually a bit more robust.