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Need help with SC series overcuts

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First off, I appologize if this thread should go into another section... I just couldn't find a support section for the SC series cutters. If there is one, then the admins may feel free to move it to the correct section.

I'm having a problem with overcuts on my new SC series cutter. Instead of making a normal overcut, the cut line follows ALMOST all the way to the end point, and then juts off about .040" in an odd direction, often making the start and end points "miss" each other. It is very obnoxious for weeding, especially on small decals for cars.

As a CNC machinist, it looks to me like the machine is attempting to make "lead in/out" cuts, but that doesn't make any sense for a vinyl plotter.

I generally use Signgo Lite for my cutting, and I originally thought this was the problem, but lately I've tried in SignCut and SignBlazer and I have the same problem in all of them.

Does anybody have any ideas about what could fix this problem?

Thanks!

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so what is your blade offset set at? Sounds like it is not correct. Normal blade offset should start around 0.25MM and you can adjust at .05 + or minus to get a correct setting.

And your blade should barely be seen out of the blade holder. And barely felt.

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Yep, All of that is correct. On my Roland and my MH series cutter, everything works beautifully. I just added this machine a few weeks ago and I haven't been able to figure out the problem.

I have tried messing with the blade offset, thinking that was the issue, but it never seemed to change anything.

Thanks for the input! It is greatly appreciated!

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Take a look at my thread here. Sounds similar to what I was having issues with.

I think it is more related to the cutting software telling the machine to do something wierd. I got Sure Cuts A Lot Pro 3 and that issue seems to have pretty much gone away.

-Scott

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