Jburns

Been cutting vinyl for 7 years-i have always been able to solve blade problems, strip and carriage issues.... BUT This is on my Roland GX-24. It has: 1, Brand new blade. (As I type this - I tried 3 other blades- same result.) 2. Brand new cutting strip. On some lines, I am getting either a "Wavy" motion, or skipping motion. I am leaning towards a Blade holder- It has more play in the bearing than my Graphtec or Gerber has...

Bright dude.

they will get better. He didn't give you an easy photo to start with.

Thanks guys- I will buy a roland alloy holder- should fix it - fingers crossed Hope so - after 74.00

Cant go wrong with: White- Black- Red- Blue - Pink (maybe).

try the CE5000-60? The CE6000 wasn't around when that software was made.

Down to five now- big one sold today - listed fc4100-75 for sale today 500.00 obo

Ok,.How did this happen.... at this time -- I know own SIX Vinyl cutters.... 1. FC7000-10 ( pending sale tomorrow) 2. FC4100-75 ( putting up for sale tonight- owned for 72 hours- cuts PERFECT and quieter than my Roland). heavy duty... 3. GS15 - great tangental cutter- will be great for laminated decals 4. HS15 - ( putting up for sale next week - with a gerber edge printer - which - I now have THREE of). sheesh 5, Envision 375- (the FC4100 above came with this cutter 72 hours ago. (plan to use this thing for the prints). 6. Roland GX-24- Bought because I was selling the FC7000-100 to cut 24 inch material... Sheesh. I do enjoy tinkering with them

awesome- i knew there was another alternative to app fluid.

looks good! what product did you use for wet method? Also paper app tape?

I love cleancut blades.

will do.

So you want the whole image or just the rack as a cuttable file?

Brought it home, cleaned up and was testing. Wife walks in and says: "Hmm...looks nicer than your old small cutter". No questions on performance, speed, etc. :) My old cutter was a Pcut.

Can you post a pic of results? If your test is cut from the cutter- not the menu and its messed up--- its mechanical. Check blade depth, not too much, blade secured in holder, with cutter off, check carriage for slop left- right up down- should be little to none. Take out blade holder see if blade spins freely without slop.... Check pinch rollers- set the same and vinyl is secure, ...

I would ask for a sample and see how it goes

I think you are right - a cutting mat would be needed if you are cutting thru and should work on the graphtec.-- perhaps if you keep the foam inside the rollers? and the pinch wheels on the cutting mat that could work out cool. but for the depth- the Blade Holder : CB15N- that uses the 1.5mm diameter blade might work better.

Here is a link to my family members website- showing the laser systems. if you are interested in receiving a quote- let me know. http://nvlasercut.com/

I would say that a Flatbed cutter with vacuum hold down would be best for that. ex Graphtec FC4500 seres.

I have a family member who has an engineering shop, with a 400K laser system- ( cant recall the name) but it is very fast and can cut very small details on large projects. Its the size of a small shipping container PM me if you would like contact information if you want to sub out

I used Adobe Illustrator CS6 for tracing- removed background in photoshop with magic wand.

version 2 scissors cropped Trace ver 2.eps

Here, you can try these files- I edited out grey colors in photoshop- and traced in Illustrator- saved as Version 8. It will need manual node editing / smoothing. Its saved as two colors -version 2 should have the white removed- but they both still may have a mask. scissors cropped Trace ver 1.eps

I think these are for embroidery? (digitizing) Perhaps that is why they looked threaded- or stitched.

If the machine came with a pen holder, you can flip the vinyl over, and see if it will plot on the paper side of backing sheet correctly.