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when u say print, does that mean your hitting 'print + cu't in scalps instead of the that just says 'cut'? only use the cut. Ive never used an mh , so not familiar, I started with an sc . if I rem correctly it was pretty much plug and play. I just selected my cutter in the cut program I was using. VM, scalps, I dn loaded signblazer, but I don't rem cutting anything. 1 used cutter I bought came with the serial port adapter, again something ive never had to use. but I don't think mine is the brand everyone recommends on here. which from my understanding is the only 1 that works correctly. I just checked my version of scalps 4, under us cutter brand MH is listed , if its like my setup , all u have to do is select that and cut

im not much of a designer or comp guy, so when VM cut came with my cutter. that's what I used to do it all from. then as far as saving , I always just clicked save n VM and typed a name for each project. now using a different program because of this constant error issue . I mainly only open the program to get to designs I made in it early on, or look up a font from an old design. I will have to check what type file all this older stuff is saved n looks like here C:\Users\Public\Documents\VinylMaster_USC Files\Samples

your correct on that. I believe I learned a lot of newbie lessons by starting with a cheap azz unforgiving cutter. def using a Graphtec over my SC model is like climbing out of a dae woo n to a Porsche. lol

yep, def better than crack!! lol atleast it makes $$

awesome!! way to start out. I started with the dae woo of cutters and moving my way up. I have another used ce 5000-60 coming. im hoping to mess around with a few used cutters working my way to the new 1 I want. which I thought was the ce 6000 now I wondering, someone had to bring up summa. so been reading up on them. and the fc8600 , im sure I will have my mind made up by the time the $$$ is made

I always leave mine without pressure on grit roller. on every 1. my new 1 was shipped that way, I was told that's the best way, last I read on here to leave them up.

Graphtec???? so did u order 1?

more room just means more junk!!! well does for me. I started doing vinyl at my wifes consignment store, something for me to b interested n for free labor working the store all day. we have a back office I started setting up as the vinyl room and a bay I lettered a few vehicles, but being here alone 80% I moved the cutter up front behind the counter with me, and now the office and back room has so much of customers crap back there I couldn't letter a bicycle back there.i moved the big cutter home in the spare room upstairs. and a 24" cutter in its place at the shop. Hmmmm! I guess I could now use both rooms upstairs since the step daughter moved out . wonder what the wife will think about taking out the daughters bedroom furn and moving n screen printing equipment.... lol. im sure we all kno the answer I will get to that 1.

welcome aboard. seems ive already posted on a different thread of yours or something. Im always late to the game . lol. we def need more jeepers. that's my other biz, used to just build crawlers, but when I jumped n to it full time I will build whatever they pay to. serious mall crawlers. spare room or not, looks like you have a nice set up

do you design in another program or VM ? the 1s im worried about were created and saved in VM. I cant even open them from my other cut program, but of course that could b me. im not a comp guy. I know just enough to do a lil vinyl work, but learning daily. that's y I consider myself a newbie even after doing this for 3 yrs

Agree with Goose. Swing arm is the way to go, even tho I never used a clamshell press But it’s kinda easy to tell it’s a quick to get burned. I push my swing arm way... way out of the way. I’ve stayed with your tip of charging at least $3 a press.

sounds about right. Ive now gotten to where I can tell when ive pushed it long enough that will shut dn. pain. what will it do to all my files if I uninstall

anytime pawdell. there was a guy on here that basically taught me 75% of what I know about this biz . I would hate to say how much time he has in helping me now. weve became pretty good friends since meeting on here 3 yrs ago. I believe in paying it fwd, so don't hesitate to hit me up. Im up all hrs of the night. I def don't kno it all but sometimes can still find an answer. the bad is Im not a comp guy. so I still consider myself a newbie. Eh.….Ive grown to hate the beach. liked it better from my house in the mtns of nc. should've just kept going back and forth every few weeks.

ok. I wondered. the pic makes it look almost as big as mine. the sc 53". I was going to look at mine and get a few pics last night. but I laid dn my bike fri and by the time we got home last night I was too stiff to try the steps. lol

Ive been using a cheap Chinese heat press for 2 yrs now. plans are to upgrade to a fusion when the business pays for it. I paid for the starter equipment out of pocket , then let the business justify upgrading. Like Dakota said the main difference is the uneven and fluctuating heating, and with mine im basically guessing on pressure. I also use an infrared gun to double check the heat. so must of the time I will do a 2nd press. so as with everything else , you get what you pay for. a friend of mine started with a fusion. he doesn't have any of those issues. you set both pressure and temp and don't have to worry about any changes.

what size is your cutter? isn't that a 24" roll of vinyl on it?

a quick google search https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=5NKzXNrqFeq1ggeavqCADg&q=belt+replacement+on+a+us+cutter+carriage&oq=belt+replacement+on+a+us+cutter+&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.33i22i29i30.11694.30795..34206...0.0..0.859.6864.0j21j9j2j6-1......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0j0i131j0i3j0i22i30j33i299j33i10.KORQa9vVCcc

I got the same. forgot to post

I went back to your pics, looks like we have the same cutter. unfortunately we live at the shop. so that's where im at tonight. lol but should be home mam hr or 2. ive tore my cutter apart a few times. it was damaged in shipping, had to replace the carriage 1st thing

i bought several self healing cuttings mats when wal mart had them on sale. so I have almost 2 of every size. my basic tools came with the cutter combo I bought. the main being a set of angle pointed tweezers I use for everything , I weed with them more than anything. but have the dental pik laying here for back up. lol. my cutter is upstairs, but we have an high ceiling in living room, which means the wife is sitting right below the room im cutting in with door open . nothing blocking the noise, so basically almost the same as it being in the room. 2nd the builder mustve just barely passed code with everything. Ive actually heard my neighbors wife coming dn their steps and think my wife was coming up ours. gotta love Raised beach houses, built cheap as possible, prices high as posssible

i will look at my sc model when I get back home. Im Dakota on the tensioner. samething on a lot of cars. that screw just uses the small hole for position, and just spins in it. it adjust the tension on the belt by the silver barrel it is threaded in.

did u pre heat? from what I got from the web site siser recommends easy weed for cotton blends. I pre heat for about 5 sec. then press for 15, but a lot of times I do 2nd press. from my understanding the most important is the preheat, gets all the moisture out of the shirt

I haven't updated yet, thought about putting 5 on the mac. so good to kno

i bought several self healing cuttings mats when wal mart had them on sale. so I have almost 2 of every size. my basic tools came with the cutter combo I bought. the main being a set of angle pointed tweezers I use for everything , I weed with them more than anything. but have the dental pik laying here for back up. lol. another 1 for loud doesn't go with a Graphtec, I would guess that also goes for most servo cutters. I know ive been on the phone with primal while he was cutting with his titan2 could actual hear the vinyl sliding thru the machine , which at the time had never heard with 1 of my stepper motor cutters. @pawdell if your putting the cutter in another room , I don't really see any cutter being a noise issue. my sc I took home to cut with is prob the loudest cutter I have and I don't have any complaints about the noise from the wife, everything else n life is a complaint, lol. so I would say its safe to be in another room. just like every other hobby ive been into, I now mess around with buying and selling a few used cutters and heat presses. I find it as fun as cutting vinyl and I learn something new with almost everyone. now its taken the help from the great guys & guys on here several times, but I feel like ive learned more doing this

the sc2 wasn't available when I bought my 53" sc. I needed to be able to do a large sign is why I was buying a cutter. so a sc model cutter was the brand I could afford that size. but I didn't see the titan 2 . if I had it to do over I would've spent the $ to start with atleast a titan2 so I was starting out with a servo motor cutter. heres a starter kit same price as the cutter and has upgrade cutting software https://www.uscutter.com/Titan-Design-Starter-Package