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Would there be a reason to go to a 25" vs a 34"? does it do more detail? help

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I'm looking at a MH series, we are a small construction company I did vinyl work in high school many years ago, but I recently dove into a more specific area of construction, and need to letter up 2 large enclosed trailers 2 1 ton trucks and promo signs and etc...  After getting a few quotes I am going to get a machine so I can do what I want when I want, and maybe pick up a few very small jobs... But mostly for my needs only. This is the machine I should be looking at right? I noticed that there is not a big price difference in machines  for the 25" vs the 34". is ther a reason not to go with the 34"? maybe the smaller one tracks better,,, or does more detail? I can just feed 2" material in correct? Thanks for the guidance...

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The answer is that the MH series cutter has a direct drive motor configuration.  

As noted in the early post by rrc1962: Stepper motors move in steps.

Most of the other machines have a gear down mechanism on the motors and have a much finer step size.

The one that Mader experienced was an extreme case and was definitely not the normal MH stepping.  His issue was definitely environmental.

Nobody has figured this one out yet, I doubt anyone ever will as he has upgraded to a better machine.

If the "jagged cuts" on straight angled lines is unacceptible to you then you need to upgrade.

PM me with your ticket numbers so I can look into those for you.

Howard Irwin

Support Specialist

US Cutter

425-481-3555

888-298-8143

 - Option 2

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This is quite possible.  I do a test on them using a letter size sheet of the alphabet with symbols.

The capital A always shows some stairstepping on the MH.  Every single one.  Some are worse than others but as mentioned previously at a higher speed it's less noticible.  Mass, inertia, etc. smooth out the oscillation of the motors working in tandem as it cuts an angled straight line.

I have seen where people can make them cut almost smoothly by changing the e-speed setting.  I can improve the stepping effect by adjusting the e-speed, the speed and force, and the belt tensions.  Making sure the blade holder is in the rear slot, the carriage is on track, etc.

I don't want to make people think this machine is a great business machine or that it will cut perfectly.  it's just not going to do that.  It's a hobby/craft cutter.

It is a great starter machine, use it to make enough money to upgrade.  If you're cutting things small enough that this issue is a problem then it's probably not the best machine for the work you're doing.

It's not a sales pitch.  When people call I always try to qualify what they are trying to do before I say that a particular machine will or will not work for their job.

I did not design, engineer or manufacture this machine.  I fix lots of them however.

If you are not in an environment where static can be a problem these things CAN do some really good work.  I have customers with 4-5 year old machines that they make huge quantities of t-shirts on.  I'm always happy when someone gets one of these and it works for them.  I become unhappy when someone has a problem with their MH and it turns out to be a design issue and then everyone gets mad at uscutter for something we didn't make.

 I couldn't have put it better myself although I have seen the old ones do an incredible job

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You are correct it will cut the same material - sorry was thinking you was looking for an anwer if that was a good machine for you.

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OK, let me start over ;D  Is there a performance difference in the 25" vs 34" mh series cutters? Would I be better to get the bigger one, for a few more bucks? I will be doing vehicle / trailer lettering, promo site signs, and  our own projects.  I might do a few projects for friends that also have their own small business.  Is there a clear reason to go to another machine for my needs?

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If you're not planning on cutting anything wider than 24" (you can cut 24"x whatever length you need), there's really no reason to get the 34". There should not be any performance difference between the 2. They have the same hardware, made by the same company. The only advantage that I see with the bigger cutter is ability to use 30" vinyl. I have a 24" and in 4 years of doing this, had only wished I had a bigger cutter once.

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I have a 30" cutter and have never wished I had a smaller one.  And never needed larger either.   30-34" is great.  I do fullside vehicle graphics

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if your expecting more than a hobby/craft  cutter (as stated by the US Cutter tech support) you had better upgrade before  making this purchase of the MH Series.  my 2c. 

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The mh as it told to me from uscutter when I called them with problems that I had with it."its a piece of junk" look into something else

There are some others that are cheap but still nice I guess people have had much better luck with a pcut

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