New to this forum and need help with a new cutter

[Adie1974 0]

Hi just want to say hello to all the fellow cutters out there.

 

I have been making signs, more as a hobby for the last 2 years using redsail 24" cutter and winpcsign.  Unfortunately it packed up and someone i do signs for sold me a pcut ct0630 (near new)

 

it took me a few days to get my lappy to talk to it and even downloaded the trial of sign cut.  I now use usb to serial adaptor with baud rate 38400. I’m using win 10 and import files from corel draw x6

 

Ofset is set to 0.3,

 

It don’t work much past 50 on speed due to causing jagged lines. It also does not complete its job i.e it might miss the last letter or the top inner circle in the letter "B".  The carriage is ok, blade rotates and is sticking out the thickness of a credit card.  I’m going to try my blade holder from redsail tomorrow see if that improves the cut

 

Advice would be greatly welcome

 

[Wildgoose 4,200]

Blade depth alert! Ha ha! way to much.You should be able to cut vinyl by hand with it out of the machine and not quite be able to cut through the vinyl and carrier. Skeeter may come along and post some really comprehensive instructions. 

 

Not sure about the other issues you are having they sound more like software glitches. 

[Dakotagrafx 7,297]

copied from our mz skeeter
 

To start with, you should set your blade depth correctly, by taking the blade holder out of the machine, and firmly cut across a piece of scrap vinyl, you will be cutting. You should only be cutting the vinyl and barely a mark on wax paper backing, Adjust blade to get there, Then put the blade holder back in machine, and use the force of the machine to get there, same results, only cutting the vinyl and barely a mark in wax paper backing.

[slice&dice 2,450]

You might want to adjust the tension of the belt that's attached to the carriage.

I had a similar problem with an SC machine and tightening the belt solved it.

Remove the left-hand cover and there's your tensioner pulley.

[dwp99 283]

Hello and Welcome to the forum.