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Any other ideas guys? I've been using my cutter quite a bit but I'm having trouble with this too and can't figure out why. I may go back in illustrator, create outlines of the text, and make sure those parts are closed.

Thanks for the advice guys! I played with it a little bit more and with the force at 50g and the speed at 12 inches, everything is coming out great. If the other vinyl is higher quality, that should make things even better. Is there any negative to having the speed lwo other than ti will take longer?

I'm having the same problem with the letters peeling up when I try to weed. I played with the force and blade protrusion a little and it seems better, but the letters want to pull off. I'm using that free sample vinyl from that place that was posted in one of the threads here. I have some Oracal 651 on the way. Do you guys think that will help??

That's good to know. I'm sure some people will be looking for them. My 24" came on Monday and I'm really glad I got it. I got a really good deal too. Much less than the others went for on eBay.

Great. Thanks! I paid for it on Sunday so hopefully I'll see it soon. I can't wait!!

I'm curious, how long is it usually before the item ships out? I bought mine on ebay a few days ago. I'm going to be away for a little while and want to make sure I can have somebody around when it comes.

Well, I guess you folks will be seeing a lot more of me now. I just bought the 24" model and I have no idea what I'm doing so I'll need some guidance. Now I'll have to go find that link I saw about free vinyl samples!

Does anybody know if they're going to offer the 12" models on eBay any more? I haven't seen any more listed yet. I'd love to buy the 24", but I really can't afford to spend much more than $300.

Thanks for the info. The stand was an attractive part of the larger model. I'm planning on doing mostly small stuff for myself and members of my car club. I did not realize it would be difficult to find 12" rolls, but now that I look I see your point. That's unfortunate because I'll have to buy rolls larger than what I need either way, and that will mean an investment that I may not get back.

Hi everybody, I'd like to purchase a cutter. I've decided I like the 12" model, but I would like to know if there is any reason I should get the 25". I will only be making small decals so if the larger model isn't of higher quality or with more features, I don't see any point in buying it. I unfortunately entered a lower bid amount than I intended to and was outbid on the last 12" model on eBay, so I figured before I shop around some more I would like to see what you folks have to say. I'm currently looking at the roland stika sv-8 because with there no longer being any of the refine models on ebay, I would have to order from the US cutter direct website, and then prices are comparable. I would love to wait until another appears on ebay because I was only outbid by $5 on the last one, but I will be making my purchase before the end of the week so that isn't an option. With the prices being the same, would it be worth it for me to buy the refine cutter over the roland? I'm attracted by the USB plug-n-play and the illustrator plug-in that comes with the roland, but turned off by the 8" size.. One last thing, what is the maximum cutting length on the 12" model? Thanks in advance for anyone's help!