Daddy-o 0 Posted August 10, 2009 Creakhead, apologies for hijacking here... HowardI, the head on mine seems tight, but I am getting some front-to-back play in the arm assembly that clamps around the blade holder. Nothing side-to-side. Is this something I can correct myself? Thanks, Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cutme 5 Posted August 11, 2009 have you tried changing the direction of cut in the cutter settings? bb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creakhead 0 Posted August 11, 2009 Nope how do you do that? Is that on the cutter or in SignBlazer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cutme 5 Posted August 11, 2009 when you get to the cutter window in signblazer, there is a setings button up near the top center. bb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 11, 2009 have you tried changing the direction of cut in the cutter settings? bb cutme, Tried both clockwise and counter-clockwise and the same problem remains. Just moved the unclosed gap 90 deg. around the square. At least its consistent! Appreciate the continued help. Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cutme 5 Posted August 11, 2009 i will try cutting a scrap tomorrow to se if my machine does the same thing. bb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HowardI Posted August 11, 2009 There is a post in the laserpoint area about how some folks have reduced or eliminated that play in their machines. The laserpoint uses the same carriage as the pcut does so check that out to see if you can clean that up. As for those overshot corners I would set your offset to 0 and try again. If the corners round off your offset is to high. pick about half the number you currently have. did you also check the belt for the feed roller or just the carriage? There is a drive motor and belt in the right endcap of the machine. Make sure this is tight too. I'll keep working on ideas. Howard Irwin Support Specialist US Cutter 425-481-3555 888-298-8143 - Option 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 11, 2009 Thanks Howard, I'll give that a try when I get home. I know the post you are speaking of. Assumed it would only address side-to-side play. Was not aware it would fix front-to-back, but hey... At this point I'm willing to try just about anything! Drive belt is tight. Tigtened the carriage belt a few days ago. It was really loose, but it got me to the point that the pen was plotting correctly. Small victories! Thanks again for your help. Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 11, 2009 Howard, Tightening the bearings helped. I also reversed the spring steel the outer bearing rides on to provide a little more pressure (it was bowed ever so slightly in). Between that and a .40MM blade offset, I'm getting three good 90 deg. corners now but still have that darn lazy close/gap evident in the pictures (albeit smaller now). Small victories... but still open to suggestions on improving further! Thanks again for the help folks, Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HowardI Posted August 12, 2009 Try setting it back to .25 now and see what happens. If it still seems to be off post a new pic. If you set offset to 0 and use the pen then post that pic it might help more. Make sure to note which direction on the pic is carriage movement. Howard Irwin Support Specialist US Cutter 425-481-3555 888-298-8143 - Option 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 13, 2009 Howard, Attached are a couple scans of what is still going on... Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paranoid56 0 Posted August 13, 2009 so i tighten the belt and still the same. changing the direction of cutting just moves the position around. the end and beginning cuts are always off. this other guy has the same issue as me LOL somebody must know an answer. i ordered a new cutting head so we will see if that fixes it. also, does anybody know if having a cut up cutting strip could cause this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRD 9 Posted August 13, 2009 Speedoggy, Is this a brandnew machine? Paranoid what is life the status of the machine, brandnew or used? Paco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creakhead 0 Posted August 13, 2009 p56 is storing my machine for me. Its about 2 years old but has been used very very little I have made maybe 5yrds of stickers. And it was cutting fine last time i used it about a year ago. :-( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 13, 2009 Howard, Were the scans enough to tell what the next step should be? Thanks, Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HowardI Posted August 13, 2009 I noticed that at offset 0 with the pen it looked good, am I correct? If that is true I would order a new blade holder from the website. Send the old one back in the same box and request warranty reimbursement. Include the order number from the purchase of your cutter to validate warranty. See if the new blade holder helps at .25mm Howard Irwin Support Specialist US Cutter 425-481-3555 888-298-8143 - Option 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 18, 2009 Howard, Received the new blade holder from Levi today (appreciate the quick ship), but still a no go... Spoke with Brandon earlier this evening and we have some time scheduled tomorrow to run through several more items. Appreciate your hanging in there and I will be sure to keep everyone posted on progress. Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Promised to keep everyone in the loop... Brandon logged in last night, but we were unable to resolve the problem. Machine is on it's way back to Washington from Virginia. Buggers are expensive to ship across country and I'm down for at least a week and a half to two weeks until the cutter is repaired or replaced. Want to thank everyone for their help. Especially Brandon, Howard and Levi. Appreciate the patience guys. Look forward to getting this up and running! Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 27, 2009 Cutter arrived in Woodinville today... Will update as soon as I here back from Brandon on what they found. Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cutme 5 Posted August 27, 2009 i noticed my lp24 does this same thing. the whole thing is less than 1/32 of an inch though. not nearly enough to cause any real problem. bb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 28, 2009 bb, That's about 8x's the 'repeatable precision' in the LP24's specs. 1/32" may not be much on a 2' x 8' banner, but it's an insurmountable problem cutting masks for R/C cars. I know the machine is capable of that level of precision. I've seen the work of the folks who recommended the LP24 for the task and they are not experiencing the same thing. Still waiting to hear back from Brandon, but I have to maintain faith in USCutter's promise to resolve the problem quickly. Who knows... maybe we'll get a solution that'll solve your 1/32" gap as well! Appreciate the support though. Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cutme 5 Posted August 28, 2009 so far (1.5 years) it hasn't been an issue for what i have been using my plotter for. bb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creakhead 0 Posted August 28, 2009 I finally got a new blade cutter (from china) and some new 60 degree blades. The results where way better then before but there is still some issue with the start and end spot (both with 45 & 60 degree blades). Its not quite matching up but the cut is a lot closer so things at least weed ok. Seem like for cutting graphics its meh.. ok, but for letters ( specially small ones ) its not so good. Daddy-o thanks for the updates, I am very interested to find out what they find. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy-o 0 Posted August 29, 2009 Daddy-o thanks for the updates, I am very interested to find out what they find. Unfortunately nothing Creakhead. Things went from bad to worse today... USCutter will be keeping the unit. I could tolerate the 'twenty-something' sarcasm (barely) and even turning a blind eye a week-and-a-half ago when a tech rep told Levi, jokingly I hope, he was on the phone with "an obnoxious son-of-a-b#$%h that actually wanted his cutter to work" - laugh it off, I need the guy's help I kept telling myself, think Levi was more embarrassed than I was - but the last straw came today when I was berated for assuming someone would follow through on the expectations they created. Silly me. Simply not a pleasant experience and, unfortunately, no solution for the other folks who are having similar problems. I appreciate everyone's help to this point though and sincerely wish everyone the best of luck in getting their PCut/LP's fixed. For now, I'm back in the market for another cutter. Daddy-o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
