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I'm calling them this morning but I'll check all of this before I call. Maybe they can get me a manual so we can get inside to make repairs and/or replacements. Thank you so much for the additional information. I am hoping armed with this I can get my job done. Sure hate to turn it back to him, this could give my little business a boost. Here's hoping

Well okay then. I can't do anything about the problem I'm having. Either buy a new cutter or shut down the shop Thanks anyway guys......

I think you're right, I need to get with US Cutter (that is where I bought it). It would be awesome if I could replace the stationary wheel with a movable one. As for the different vinyl vs the reflective, no difference. Does it with both. Thank you for your help. I kind of figured I'd have to go to Cutter but I was hoping it was something I could fix. Oh well.....

BearleyRich, I have a Creation PCut 630ST. I understand about lining up the vinyl correctly but I guess I'm not making myself clear on this. Even if I don't have the vinyl straight when I go back to the beginning of the vinyl it should go back exactly where it was. It USED to do that, but it won't do it now. It will go off anywhere from 1/4' to 1" and that messes up the cut. I am sure it's a PCut and the left wheel is stationary, which I hate, but that's the way it is. I have the pressure wheels about the same distance from the edges of the vinyl and I have slowed it down to the very slowest it will go. Nothing has made a difference. It's as if one wheel is moving faster than the other but as I said before I don't know how to correct that. As for the blade, I will check into trying different blades but that isn't my problem. It isn't tracking right while I'm just running it through back and forth. Even when I run it through the entire length I need, and find I have it straight, when I run it back to the beginning IT MOVES. I don't know how else to explain this. I don't understand why it's moving but it does. It doesn't do it when pulling it off the roll, this is happening when I run it back to the beginning. I didn't know I could buy a third pressure roller, not even sure if I can install one. Is this even possible? I would be very interested in doing this. How can I find out about this option? Thank all of you for your help and I hope I don't come off as rude, I'm just trying to make myself understood and I'm very frustrated with this whole thing. I bought it in 2008 so I'm just wondering if it's worn out. I can't afford to buy a new one at this time but I sure can't do any large jobs with this one. Small jobs are okay but it looks like anything large won't track. I'll have to check different lengths and see where it starts going off.

I believe it is heavier. My husband questions if the rollers are moving at the same pace. I have no idea how to check that! There are only two rollers on the machine (it's a 24" cut), the left one is stationary but I place the right one about the same distance from the edge as the stationary one. So, I guess I'm back to square one, huh?

That wouldn't explain it not lining up when I'm just running the vinyl back and forth to make sure it's straight. The blade isn't being used at all and the vinyl is not in the same place when I run it back to the beginning after running it the length I need.

I bet I'm not using the correct blade. I think I read somewhere you should use a 45 or 60 degree blade I don't remember which) to cut reflective vinyl but I've never found any for my plotter. Would that cause the vinyl to move?

Skeeter, I will check all those things, thank you. Jay2703, I thought of that too and slowed it down to the slowest and it didn't help at all.

I forgot to say I am using a PC 630 and I have no control over the right tracking wheel, it's stationary. I did pre-feed the vinyl back and forth but by the time it comes back to the beginning the vinyl has moved! I tried taking it off the roll but the results were the same. I have cut long designs before and didn't have this problem. I bought this in 2008, could it just be worn out? I hope now because I can't afford to buy a new one! My husband thinks one wheel is rolling faster than the other. Can that be?

That may not be an accurate description but the problem I'm having is when I cut a long design, 94" to be exact, it doesn't go back to where it was set so the design is messed up. It was fine a few days ago but now it's doing this! I have tried everything I can think of but I can't correct this. I am trying to cut a 7" x 94" reflective blue stripe with the word police cut out of the middle down the side of a police vehicle so I really need this to be right. Can anyone help me or give me any suggestions on what I need to do. This reflective vinyl is too expensive to keep messing up!

Hope someone can help with this! Last night in the middle of cutting a graphic the cutter went across the vinyl and stopped. I tried to cancel it but it showed "not responding" so I closed the program and restarted it. When I tried to cut again it gave me an error that it could not initialize the cutter. I have tried everything! I restarted the computer and the program several times with the same results. Has this happened to anyone else? I don't know if the problem is with Signblazer or the PC Cut. I checked all the settings and they are correct. I haven't a clue as to what to do next. Please help!

I'm new to this and still trying to learn. The Help in Signblazer is not entirely helpful since it's for a different version. I've tried some to the things that look available to me but nothing happens when I click on them. Anyway, I was wondering, what exactly is punch thru and what is it used for? I know this is a dumb question but I'm learning...

I'll try slowing the machine down. Thanks for all the great suggestions!

I guess you missed the part in my post where I tried what you're talking about but for some reason the pieces do not line up. This is before even removing it and accidently stretching it. The problem is it is short in some spots and bigger in others. It just didn't cut it the exact same. I ended up just cutting the white then laying it over the blue and red and cutting it out by hand. A lot of work but at least everything lines up. I don't know why the pieces are not the same. Anyway, thanks for the help.

I sure hope someone can help me. I have a 20" Texas (shape) that I have to make the left side blue, the top right white and the bottom right red. The problem is no matter what I do I can not make the colors line up inside Texas without showing gaps! The white is no problem as I am doing the Texas outline in white, so I just left it in the Texas after weeding out the rest. I was told I needed to re-cut the entire Texas in all three colors, then put them together. I didn't want to waste that much vinyl so I tried drawing the shapes I needed. Well that was a waste of time and vinyl. So I figured I'd bite the bullet and waste the vinyl by doing what I was told to begin with. You would think the vinyl would be cut the EXACT SAME everytime, but it doesn't! Even cutting out the Texas in all three colors it will NOT match up. I need some help! This is going on an 18 wheeler tractor and I sure want to do a good job for him but I'm at a loss as to how to make this Texas. Here is the Texas I'm "trying" to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've only been working on this silly thing ALL DAY...... Hayride2