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that is the beauty of the forum - your advise will save someone down the line having the same problem - thanks

For future people who may be searching, I think I managed to fix the issue of the auto open not working properly: one of the bolts that holds the pressing arm together was a little too tight and was stopping it from opening up under lighter pressure. I loosened it a little bit and it seems to have done the trick! I'm so glad I don't have to send this beast back.

Good advice Dakota you have to be competitive because people look for price and assume the quality is all the same....which we all know the cheapest use inferior material and methods. I priced a sign with new substrate and premium vinyl and they wanted me to use the original substrate remove the cracked sun dried vinyl and clean up... I tried to explain that would be very labor intensive and not turn out well because of ghost shadowing ( lexan) so They got someone to do it their way ....lol then in about a month they called for me to do it right.

The GCC expert is a basic entry level cutter .....you’re talking a pretty good jump in price for that quality of machine.

You have to figure your hard cost, overhead including rents, insurance, taxes, utilities, cost of advertising also licensing fees and any municipal fees plus the profit margin you expect.......I believe you will find that is why most small graphic and sign people work from home or even a utility shed....I have a mobile office.....basically a small mobile home set up for construction jobs... as a shop and it works great. You have to do a large volume of sales to make any money with a store front.....in my area the average small store front is around a grand rent or more depending of traffic volume.

Hello. This is my first post here. I got a SC2 cutter a little over a year ago primarily because a friend of mine needed some decals for his car lot. I was able to basically pay off the machine after two of his orders! Anyways, as of now vinyl cutting is more of a hobby for me. Earlier in 2020 I did a flag decal for my Flex and a coworker really liked the look and asked me if I could do something like that for him. He plays guitar so I wanted to combine the two. This is what I came up with. He is getting all kinds of comments on it and I learned a LOT on applying this sized vinyl from my first attempt on the Flex and the guitar flag on the truck!

The size problem is likely a calibration issue with the software. Some place in the software there should be a setting for steps per inch. You will need to calibrate the software to your cutter. Is the cuts not joining, stopping too short? Or is it off to the side a little. If stopping short you can fix that by adding a bit of overcut. If not lining up then that would be a tracking issue. Are you pre-feeding your vinyl? Don't let the machine pull the vinyl from the roll, you don't want the machine working any harder than it has too.

you created your own problem. marks are normal and disappear once applied

I agree with Dakota, that shoould work fine. I have always wanted a glass top for my workspace but have never made the leap. I hear they are the bomb but might be problematic if you are trying to move it off and on.

your idea would work fine - I use the kids air hockey table I repurposed a few years ago as they grew up - just added a self healing mat to the top

The local news done a story about me. One of my friends contacted them about some of the things ive done for just friends but still have not gotten any orders. JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY. News article here https://www.wxii12.com/article/high-point-business-sandblowing-art/34742879#

I dialed it in and not bad - just not as smooth and quiet as I have grown accustomed to - reminded me of the old p-cut. it cut ok so I boxed it back up waiting on it's forever home after a rehoming fee of course

Make sure your blade depth is correct, too much blade exposed, will shift the vinyl. Here is the correct way. Also I measure the pinch roller to vinyl edge. They should be equal distance. Prefeed the vinyl and watch it. 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. You should barely see and feel the blade out of the blade holder. Regular sign vinyl is only 2-3 mil thick. You only cut with the very tip of the blade. https://support.uscutter.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037895391-Tracking-vinyl-as-it-feeds-Vinyl-Skewing-when-cutting- Cutter memory is determined by the amount of nodes in the design. 144" could just be a simple file.

This is a users forum so we are all pretty familiar with USC. I would say their phone support is a little weak and the techs are probably minimal specific knowledge because they sell so many different products. As for pricing and shipping they have always done me totally (and I mean TOTALLY) solid. I have had a few mistaken shipments that had something wrong, either damaged in transit or something missing. USC always made it right witout any issues at all other than the obvious time to re-ship something.

Reverse cut vinyl applied from inside of the car

Also, offset only effects the corners of a cut, not the line itself. As Skeeter said, get your blade depth set correctly and if it's still doing it post a photo or two if you can.

show pictures. You have to set the blade depth correct first, and then the blade offset. Use the TEST feature on your vinyl cutter. 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. You should barely see and feel the blade out of the blade holder. Regular sign vinyl is only 2-3 mil thick. You only cut with the very tip of the blade.

Busy busy busy when you’re good at what you do!

Yes, tons of people make small decals, there is no money in it. Unless your selling 100 plus every day. Your killing yourself doing that. If you look on Ebay, People are selling dirt cheap,, 99 cents and free shipping, can you compete with that? My most popular decals run from $50- $125.. a set. I only have to sell a few a week. not 100's a day. What most people are selling as far as $5.00 decals, That is my scrap. So those would be free to me, but I let the cheap Ebay sellers mess with that stuff, waste of my time.

First off, what was your plan when you got a vinyl cutter? You should have had goals already set up...What works for someone else may not work for you. You can hand a person a fully paid off business, and they can fail. if they don't have enough ambition and know how to make it work. It's all up to YOU to create your own niche' , not what everyone else is doing. That is your problem, your trying to do what everyone else is doing. I do not sell anything local, I sell to the USA. And it has supported me for 11 years. My quality, prices, and great detailed work, and unique designs bring me customers and repeat buyers. I have never changed what I started doing, I just added to it. If your only going to sell local, you are pretty limited, you will have to create something for only your area, and price it for your area.