jon@geekiana.com

Thanks all! Yeah running the test cuts were unproductive as the test cuts (simple and complex) all came out perfectly. So, I reduced the offset to .25mm AND reduced the force--first to 20g, then up a notch to 30g. HUGE improvement. The 20g left some areas uncut but both Settings significantly improved the smoothness of the cuts. I think I've got this pretty much dialed in. Thanks!

Thanks on the pressure suggestion, I'll try that right now. Just so I'm not being unclear: it's ONLY cutting the vinyl. The carrier is hard to see in that photo because it's transparent but it's there. I have some easyweed and it's similar though it feels a little thinner than the thermoFilm (both the vinyl itself and the carrier are heavier).

I'm having some trouble with my brand new Copam CP 2500 with SCALP3.044. I'm using it to cut heat transfer vinyl. Specifically I have CadCut Thermo film from Stahls, and I got their specs (which are in pdf form here). I also called one of their customer service agents and I set up according to their suggestions. But when I cut with it it seems like there are small flaws in the cuts.There's a bunch of small nicks or extra marks at the end of each letter from my cuts. I'm using a brand new 60° blade cutting with 140 g force and an offset of .5 mm and I've tried speeds of 50, 40 and 30cm/s. The cuts are going through the vinyl with no marks on the carrier, and it weeds out pretty well, it's just there's little tails and trails and nicks in every letter. I took pictures of cuts to show what it looks like and I'm attaching it to this message. Is there something I should be doing differently? I set up the lettering in Illustrator CS3, changed fonts to outlines, saved as an .svg and imported to SCALP3. Everything about the hardware is new and unused and the vinyl is fresh from the supplier. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!