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  1. MetalHeadGraphix

    MH721-Mk2 Not Completing Cuts and Slightly Tearing The Vinyl

    Mine will work perfectly on white vinyl, then I'll switch to blue and it cuts like crap. Same thing yanking up the vinyl.
  2. MetalHeadGraphix

    Inconsistent cutting depth/deep roller lines

    I put in a ticket thanks.
  3. MetalHeadGraphix

    Inconsistent cutting depth/deep roller lines

    I'd say this carriage/machine has a slight bend to it. I don't think any kind of adjustment is going to fix this.
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    Inconsistent cutting depth/deep roller lines

    I cut a series of 3" decals across the vinyl and I get the same thing. First one will weed but you can tell it didn't cut deep enough, the last one doesn't weed worth a crap at all which means I'm getting inconsistent pressure at the beginning and end of the carriage. Middle 5 were all perfect.
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    Inconsistent cutting depth/deep roller lines

    The carriage is firmly on its track. The cutting strip doesn't look to be uneven. The blade holder does seem to hold the blade at barely barely barely an angle. I'm going to try and cut a simple decal that's smaller all the way across the vinyl (in a long line) and see if there is the same weird pressure issues.
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    Inconsistent cutting depth/deep roller lines

    I re-tightened the pinch rollers. I'm getting different depths not only across the area of the vinyl but also within the decal in itself. One corner will weed perfectly and the other side won't be cut deep enough to weed at all. This is a brand new MH 721 MK2 with a brand new blade. My old Vinyl Express R31 didn't even do this. I have messed with the blade depth, pressures, settings etc for days now and it's one consistent problem after another. I was going to use this to start up my decal business again from home but apparently this cutter isn't up to the task. I'm not a stranger to this I did decals for 3 years with a Vinyl Express R31 and it never had different depths of cuts within the same decal from one side to the other. I can increase the pressure and it makes it the opposite, it makes it even harder to weed, then I lighten the pressure and it cuts deeper. It's just ridiculous.
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    Inconsistent cutting depth/deep roller lines

    I think the blade is set just fine, if I cut a row of 3 decals, the center one will weed perfectly, but the inner and outer decals won't be deep enough and I can't weed them. If it was a blade issue why wouldn't I have the same issue across the whole piece of vinyl?
  8. So I'm trying to do a job for a guy, and when I cut say 10 decals, the inner and outer ones don't cut deep enough and the center ones cut fine. I've also lightened on the pressure on my rollers but they seem to make very deep tracks in the vinyl. If I loosen them any more I'm afraid they will stop pulling the vinyl correctly. I keep having to start over and I'm wasting a lot of vinyl.
  9. MetalHeadGraphix

    VinylMaster Cut inverts trace image

    Yeah they are just in CorelDraw format and I'm copy/pasting them over.
  10. MetalHeadGraphix

    VinylMaster Cut inverts trace image

    Okay here is two instances where I've copied and pasted CorelDraw images/text into VinylMaster. It just jumbles it up and butchers it. My VinylExpress software I got free with my other cutter wasn't this bad. I never had this issue. This makes it practically unusable unless i create what I need in Vinyl Master and with its limitations I don't see it working for me other than simple single layer designs. I can't take the time to figure out all my already existing designs each time I need one cut.
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    VinylMaster Cut inverts trace image

    After Tracing it gives me an inverted image. More weirdness, if I copy this from CorelDraw directly into VinylMaster it looks perfect, except it leaves out the word DRUNKS. Makes no sense everything else is there except for that word. I ordered all this equipment for a home based business and if that doesn't work I'm gonna be screwed. You can't cut directly from CorelDraw. Other things I've copied over from CorelDraw have worked perfectly. It's a common Arial font.
  12. I used to make vinyl decals and now I've got back into it. I normally use CorelDraw to do all my images but don't have it on my new computer. My USCutter came with VinylMaster Cut which I guess is the most basic version but here's my issue. I have a nice black/white image of a Boston Terrier and when I vector it, it looks perfect, but when I hit Trace, it inverts the image colors so all I get is the interior. Can't understand why it looks perfect then when you trace it it inverts it. Thanks. This is the image, when I hit Trace, all it gives me to cut is the white section not the black.