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US Cutter SC Model Plotter Feeding Vinyl Crooked

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Please help! I am brand new to this thread so please forgive me if I am putting it in the wrong spot. 

 

I have a USCutter Model SC Plotter which I run with SCAL Pro. I have done vinyl designs on it for a couple of months now, upgrading from my personal desktop machine. 

 

The problem I am having is that no matter how I set my vinyl to feed through the machine, it keeps feeding crooked as it cuts. It basically starts out straight, but it is feeding at a slant. 

 

I have tried taping a ruler to be sure I am putting the vinyl straight, using every single possible guide line, adjusting the rollers to different widths, but am stumped.

 

How can I make this machine feed straight? Can anyone please help me as I am losing so much time constantly correcting the angle of the vinyl.

 

Thanks so much!

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first make sure you are prefeeding so it is not pulling the vinyl off the roll . . . . after that it is just trial feeding and adjusting the vinyl until it is going straight

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Are you locking the hold down rollers all the way?

Can you post up a pic of where you have the rollers?

Cal 

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I know on mine the lines in front and back arent lined up. I have to line it up then feed it through, then adjust the left side a little depending on which way its feeding off. Unless its REALLY crooked then maybe 1 of your rollers isnt tight. Use all 3 rollers and make sure your not locked down in the middle where the white thing is showing you there is no roller.

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Sure! I have attached two photos from the back view. I have let slack out of the roll so it is not directly pulling from the roll but this still is occurring. :/ Thanks for the help! :) 

 

http://s178.photobucket.com/user/epanda8899j/media/20140212_091016.mp4.html

 

 

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w278/epanda8899j/20140212_090525.jpg

 

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w278/epanda8899j/20140212_090530.jpg

 

Thank you!!

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yeah you just need to make small adjustment. Mine will do same thing if I use lines on front and back. They changed the support page so cant link right to it

 

Go to

 

http://www.uscuttersupport.com/kbpage.php

 

and type in

 

Why is my cutter making the vinyl go sideways?

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One of the problems judging by the first pic is that one of the rollers is adjusted a lot tighter than the other. Pressure should be as equal on both as you can get it.

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Because many rolls of vinyl come pre-punched with holes on the edges, I highly recommend you retrofit (requires a bit of mechanical know-how) and give your cutter a set of sprockets.

 

sprocket-wheels-gears.jpg

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Thanks! I adjusted the tightness of each rollers (measured to be sure they were equal) and am using 2 rollers only for the 12" vinyl. It is almost exactly straight now. Thanks so much for the help!!

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Keep an eye on them, vibration will loosen them up. I actually had one of the tightening bolts fall out once. Lucky for me it fell into the catch basket.

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