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    pecking

    As a work around, you might try opening the file in another program that can save the file off as an eps or something VM can use. Inkscape is free and should be able to do this.
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    Weeding Lines? Let's see how

    Actually, no, you don't have to close the loop with the polyline.
  3. Ok, I miss interpreted your original post, that should be good. If you have access to an Ohm meter or DMM it'd still be a good idea to take a measurement just to verify the path to ground, but a wire from bare metal on the stand to bare metal on the cutter should be good. Three reasons that come to mind that this would be working would be the cutter chassis is not grounded (it should be but stranger things have happened), the power cord has a bad ground wire, or the ground of the building is faulty. All 3 are pretty remote possibilities, but I've seen stranger. Lived in a house for a short time where the ground was not ground and actually had 120V on it.
  4. If it is static, which it kind of sounds like, double check your grounding of the stand. If you have access to an Ohm meter, or a DMM, check the resistance from the rollers on the stand to the ground pin on the cutter's plug. Ideally it should be in the milliohm range, but anything under a few ohms should be good. Removing the paint as you mentioned should work, but a better, more secure method would be to attach a wire to the stand and a ground on the cutter.
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    Pricing question for 951

    You know your hardware cost, double that then add in your time. How long will it take you to make it and what do you consider your time worth?
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    Unable to detect font

    Font finding tools don't handle script very well. If you edit the image to break out each individual letter font finding tools will work a little better.
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    What is a Vinyl Sticker and what is a Vinyl decal?

    kind of how I look at it, decals to adults, stickers to kids.
  8. just curious, why DOS? You can set those attributes through the Windows Control Panel, Device Manager.
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    Roland BN-20 sign maker

    Photoshop is a raster image program, the cut line you want needs to be a vector line. I don't work with printing so someone else will have to ring in telling you the best way to do this.
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    Newbie Question

    Sure, anything is possible.
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    Laptop power

    Most likely the socket on the computer. My wife had the same sort of problem. Took it to a local show and they replaced the jack in the computer. Cost was about $100 I think, although the part was only $5 or $10.
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    Windows 10 and com ports

    Haven't played with 10 much yet, but in older windows you could go to your device manager window, ports, and right click on the port in question. Choose properties, port settings, Advanced, and from there you could change the port number. Not sure this will fix your problem but it can't hurt any.
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    Bookshelf

    Thanks, it was a fun little project, made so much easier with the vinyl templates. Here's another shot showing the "front" with the door.
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    MH871 Cutting Issue

    For something that detailed you'll want a much slower speed and double check your blade. Do a search on here, there are dozens of threads that contain instructions on the correct way to set blade depth. Also keep in mind, even with everything set correctly, that fine of detail on a MH is going to be tricky and you'll likely never get it 100% perfect.
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    Vehicle Signage Do's and Don't

    For a red truck I'd suggest white, silver, or grey. Black on red sounds good, but it's not easy to read from a distance unless you have pretty large letters, even then, a white outline would make it pop a lot more. Something else to keep in mind would be color blindness. Red/Green is a common one so you wouldn't want to use Green on your red truck, aside from that color combo being hard to read in general, there would be some people that wouldn't be able to see it at all.
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    Tumblers

    Not that any of us need another hobby project but I've gotten into powder coating and my wife asked me to powder coat a Yeti Rambler. To damn expensive to practice on so I bought a cheap knock off from Walmart and gave it a go. Using the vinyl cutter I cut the designs the used it as a stencil for the powder, layered down a black design, then went back and put a candy pink over the entire glass. Not perfect, but turned out well and I'm sure the next one will go a little better.
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    Tumblers

    Saw a photo the other day of an RTIC cup with an Ozark trail bottom, further proof that they are made in the same factory.
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    Tumblers

    This was my first one, start to finish including setup and cleanup, probably about 2 hours. Could get it down to maybe 45min per if doing the same design and color on several cups.
  19. FYI, you don't have a parallel port, it is a serial port.
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    Custom Vehicle Templates

    I don't do this type of work, but what you are describing sounds like the perfect fit for the knife less finish line cutting tape. There have been post on here in the past about it and there are some videos of it's use someplace. Some pretty neat stuff. To get a cutter to cut something to exactly fit a hood or what ever and then apply it perfectly, is going to be near impossible.
  21. This guy is either the craziest guy in the world or one of the bravest. http://www.tvguide.com/news/watch-heaven-sent-luke-aikins-airplane-jump-video/
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    VinylMaster Cut inverts trace image

    I think there may be some terminology confusion as well. You say you vector it, and then trace it? If it's vectored there is no need to trace. Tracing is used to take a raster image and turn it into a vector image.
  23. Not sure what it's called in VM but there should be a punch through tool, or difference tool, or something like that to subtract the top shape from the bottom shape leaving you the outline you desire. Be aware though, it is extremely difficult to get an outline like you're wanting to line up perfectly when you install the decal. Layering the decal would be the easier, and pretty standard way of achieving the look.
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    Help Identifying This Font

    Looks like Ornitons TS-Heavy
  25. By adjust settings, are you talking about force, speed, and position, or something else? I don't think I've ever touched the reset button but the speed and force is the standard "ready to cut" screen. The reset button resets the baud rate, clears the memory, move the carriage to the right most position. If you are in the setup screens, To exit from them, you hit the setup button again. If Make the Cut isn't working that's something else. Have you tried a different cut software, there are several that offer free trials, and Signblazer is free, there are links on the forums to the location to download a copy.