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    using a plotter to cut vinyl is NOT DIE CUTTING

    Amen brother! I hate hearing that term mis-used!
  2. Skeeter, does that video of the bladeholder coming down look normal to you?
  3. Mz Skeeter, Unfortunately I never really found a solution to the hangnails on the small circles. I'm cutting them in rows and just throwing away the bad ones.
  4. Yeah, it's cutting just fine I was just worried that it was going down a little too hard and thought maybe I didn't have something set correctly. After you got the blade holder seated correctly, does it still slam?
  5. Hi All, I have a new CE6000-40 and I'm new to cutting. I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but the bladeholder seems to slam down pretty hard on the vinyl when it starts a new cut. I've attached a video showing the behavior. Is this how it's supposed to work or is that a little aggressive? I've pasted all of my software settings below. These settings are controlled in Cutting Master 3 and synced back to the cutter over USB. On the cutter itself, I have the setting for "Initial Down Force" set to 1 (the lowest setting). I don't see an equivalent setting on the computer software side. Details: Here's are the details of my equipment and settings: Graphtec CE6000-40 Cutter Blade: Graphtec CB09U-K60 (60º, 0.9mm) Condition: Blade: Graphtec CB09U-K60 (60º, 0.9mm) Offset: 0 Speed: 1 cm/s Acceleration: 0 Cut Force: 10 Passes: 1 Tangential Mode: Off Tool Setting: Step Pass: 0 Offset Force: 2 Offset Angle: 0 Initial Blade Position: 2mm Below When Tool is Up: Speed: Auto Advanced: Move Step: 0.1mm Step Size: 0.010mm force.mov
  6. Thank you all for the input. I checked my rollers and they're positioned over the grit rollers, so I think we're good there. I did try rotating the design 90º and the results were the same. Still getting the hangnail. What I've been trying now is instead of sending the circles to the cutter in sets of 3 (and tiling them), I created a row of 15 circles and send that to the cutter as a single element. For some reason this results in only the first and last circle having the hangnail, which is better than every 3rd circle. So I've been throwing the first and last away, and the remaining 13 are nearly perfect. Very strange! @MZ Skeeter - Yes, tried the Signcut software and had the same results. I'm becoming more convinced that it's something that can be tweaked with settings... I don't think it's a software or file issue. Any other ideas?
  7. @kysign - thanks for your input. This is a brand new blade, but it's possible that it could be bent or defective. I'll have to buy a new blade to test that theory.
  8. @Mz Skeeter - I tried your circle with my same settings and the results were the same. Any other ideas? @djque - I changed my offset angle to 30 and put Tangential in "Mode 2". The results seem to be slightly better, but I still have a minor hangnail on the third circle. Not quote as bad though. I'll play with the offset angle a bit more. Based on the description, it seems that Tangential Mode is for corners. Since I'm cutting circles, do you think it still makes a different? Interestingly, the hangnail is facing the other direction now. I also don't understand why it's only on the 3rd circle in every group. Why isn't it consistent on every circle? All ideas welcome. Thanks for the replies.
  9. I read your instructions for setting blade depth on another thread and followed them carefully. Thanks for those tips. Also, my speed is set to the LOWEST POSSIBLE setting. It's set to 1.
  10. Thanks. (Looks like the website changed to: signcutpro.com) Downloading now and will try tonight. I'll post back with my results.
  11. Thanks, I'll try this circle tonight. (I am currently at the office so I don't have my cutter here, but I do have all the software.) I have a feeling I'll get the same results. Just so I can tweak some settings and troubleshoot while I'm cutting tonight, which options should I focus my attention when trying to eliminate the hangnail? Also, since it seems to happen only on the third circle (the last one on the left that it cuts before moving onto the next tile), and it gets progressively worse as we move from the tiles on the left of the sheet to the right, does that give you any clues as to what might be causing it?
  12. Skeeter, Thanks for your reply. I've read many of your posts. You're a great contributor to these forums. It's interesting that your software is showing a break in the circle. I'm not seeing that at all on my end when viewing in Adobe Illustrator or Cutting Master. This circle was drawn in Adobe Illustrator using the circle tool. Apparently Illustrator draws circles with 4 nodes. If I select it with the regular selection tool, it looks like there's only 1 node (in the middle), but if I use the Direct Selection tool, it will select the path and show that it's actually comprised of 4 nodes. When I edit the circle in Illustrator, there is no break at the bottom of the circle. I can even grab the node and stretch it and the sides will follow (indicating no break) Let's assume that I have a good circle without any breaks. I've seen in other posts that this "hangnail" issue is fairly common on round letters and similar shapes. What steps would you recommend for eliminating a hangnail assuming I'm working with a perfect, "breakless" circle?
  13. Hello, Sorry for the long post. Just trying to give as much info as possible up front to minimize any followup questions. Summary: I'm new to the forum and this is my first experience with a vinyl cutter. I'm having issues cutting small circles consistently and would love some help and suggestions for tuning the equipment and settings to get the best possible cuts. Background: I purchased a new Graphtec CE6000-40 and I'm cutting using Adobe Illustrator and Cutting Master 3 software/plugin. I'm cutting Oracal 951 vinyl. Attempting to cut small circles, 5mm in diameter. The circles are set up in groups of 3, spaced about .5" apart. The issue I'm having is that the third circle in each set is showing what I would call a blade mark, or what others have described as a "hangnail" or in complete circle. For whatever reason, this is ONLY happening on the third circle in the set. The first one is fine, the second is slightly worse, and the third is unusable. What's also interesting is that the problem gets progressively worse on the right side of the sheet vs. the left. In other words, the third circle in each set is the worst, but the third circles on the right of the sheet are worse than the third circles on the left of the sheet. I watched the movement of the blade and the third circle is the last circle it cuts in the sequence before it moves to the next tile. It's almost as if the machine is "rushing at the end" to move to the next tile and that's why it's imperfect. (Although I know that's probably not really what's happening.) It may seem minor or that I'm being too picky, but the fact that the first circle is perfect leads me to believe that they can ALL be perfect. I'm viewing the circles under a loupe, and also under a 10X macro lens. That said, the issue is still visible to the naked eye upon close inspection. I've read a lot of info on the forums here and I think I have my blade height set correctly. I've also experimented with various speeds and levels of force. I checked the file - it's nice and clean. It's just a simple circle drawn in Adobe Illustrator. There are only 4 nodes on the circle. I've attached some macro shots to show the issue, along with the EPS file that I'm cutting from. Details: Here's are the details of my equipment and settings: Graphtec CE6000-40 Cutter Blade: Graphtec CB09U-K60 (60º, 0.9mm) Condition: Blade: Graphtec CB09U-K60 (60º, 0.9mm) Offset: 0 Speed: 1 cm/s Acceleration: 0 Cut Force: 10 Passes: 1 Tangential Mode: Off Tool Setting: Step Pass: 0 Offset Force: 2 Offset Angle: 0 Initial Blade Position: 2mm Below When Tool is Up: Speed: Auto Advanced: Move Step: 0.1mm Step Size: 0.010mm -------- Any help or advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. small-circles.eps