thredz

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    I'm gonna get me one of them 1351's sometime next year.My 721 is great,but I want to be able to larger seamless jobs.I have also noticed that quite a few of the parts the cutters are made of use the same roland parts.I figure it is one main manufacturing plant that makes cutters for most of the companies that sell them.And I agree with you on the flexi program.To me,it is the easiest program,and the fastest way to get from design to cut.I hope to see some posts of the work you do with your cutter.

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    The picture you show is along the same lines I was talking about.But I don't see anything to catch the vinyl.Are you talking abouit having a flat piece of static resistant board flat across the carriage? I'm thinking more along the lines of a deep mesh basket.When you have 7 or more feet of vinyl feeding back and forth through the cutter,I don't think a flat piece would catch the vinyl and keep it from sliding off to the side.And on the softer vinyl,you have to set the rollers a little loose so they don't show the roller marks in the vinyl.I have R2 right by my work desk,and I've had the end of the vinyl bump the end of the desk when it fed out.It knocked the whole registration of the design off.So now,when I have a large vinyl run,I have to make sure to pull the cutter back so it doesn't hit anything while it's running.I have seen the ones that are for sale online,but to me they are way too shallow to catch a large amount of vinyl.

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    What I see is someone who is pessimistic,and looks for things to go bad.Their tactics if you read this forum,is to sell the cutters,and help the people out with their problems the best way they can.If they have a tactic to sell parts,I sure have seen not one person mention that on this board.And what would you report to paypal or anyone else?That your cutter gave you no problems until the daily wear and tear caused by you using it made the machine break down?I see a lot of posts on the forum about help.That's what forums are for.And if you can find a machine anywhere that is mass produced that has never had one of them break down,you let me know where it is because I would truly like to see a miracle in my lifetime.I've had R2 for over four months now.I broke some bolts because I use mine ten to twelve hours daily.And when I bought it,I did not get a warranty because I didn't think I needed one.And I was right!When I get up in the mornings,and I'm not scared to turn R2 on.Not all of the cutters have problems.But this forum is for those who have problems.Not just the cutters,but software as well.And this forum is a way for the people who own these cutters to share (heavy hint to all the members) photos of the work they have done with these cutters.And they are a new company.selling cutters that are basicaly made with the same parts as roland cutters.If we are all guinea pigs,I'm glad I got in on the ground floor.Because once the demand for these cutters increases,so will the price.

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    I had the same problem with the first banner I cut.It was a 36 ich banner,and when I cut it,it cut to the stitching seams.So I had to cut and fit the lettering when I put it on the vinyl.

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    You'll be there in no time.I had never used a plotter or cutter until I got mine around four months ago.And some of the work did take a lot of time to set up and cut or plot.There were a lot of times I would still be working with R2 when my wife woke up in the morning.I think she stopped asking me if I ever went to bed three after three nights of my work.You should get some diamond plate vinyl,and some translucent red and flame your mower in diamond plate.You would probably be selling your work to all of your neighbors!

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    If you ever need any 1985 pens for that plotter,I've got a few!You've hit on the nicest things about these cutters.They are at a price that makes it possible to do your own sign work for your business at about the cost you would pay a sign shop.And,in turn,it gives a whole new avenue to your existing business.Diversification.Tha's the way to do business these days.I use flexi,so I don't have that problem with the metrics.I posted a conversion chart somewhere in the forum.And I think Marcel has posted a link to a chart somewhere in the forum.Maybe that would help.Just print it out and put it on the wall so you have access to it.

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    I'm glad you got it going.I'm sure you will spend many sleepless nights playing with it.You ought to try getting a 1985 hewlet packard pen to work.It's too small to sit on top of the holder,and if you put it inside the grooves,it's pressing on the paper.I had to take a pair of wire cutters and cut the ridge off just to make it work.I'm buying myself a dremmel tool for christmas.I've got about 35 of those pens.

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    I actually don't use the choke/bleed settings.I blow the design up as big as I can work it,and I use the point editor to make sure those holes are closed up.When you look at it in normal screen mode evrything looks good and you wonder why it's not cutting all the way.I try to make sure there is a little overlap,and if there's  not,I move the point to give a slight overlap.I guess it comes from being an embroidery digitizer for the last 5 years or so.I have gotten so use to manually setting points that I have a habit of doing it.But it works out better because my designs should work about the same on any cutter or software program.It's the same when you work on a two or more color design.You have to blow the design up,to see if the colors are overlaying like you want them.I wish I could tell you what "follow through" would be in the program,but I rely more on sight than software settings when it comes to the design itself,and that has always saved me a lot of time and wasted material because I know if I blow it up and see a closed box or oval,then R2 is going to cut it that way.I also use the point edit to clear out those small dots and lines that show up when you bezier trace an image.You might also try the weld command to pull all of your lines together.After you weld,select all,then go to arrange and group.That will tie the whole design together and make it easier for the cutter to process.And as for the pulling your hair out.I have to keep my beard and moustache shaved because I sit here and pull my facial hair out while I'm working on a design.So you're good to go!

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    I think also that if you are running a design that is going to fit in a 17.5 x 23.5 area,you have to put a border around the design in that size.When you go to the production manager,it will automatically set the panel size to the edge of the design.I don't use the template panels in mine.I set it all on a custom and work the design from there.That's why it's cutting too big.It tells you it's the size for the sign,but it can't set the dimensions for the design to fit in the sign.

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    If you have it in a 12 x 12 in the main program,and then enlarge it in the production manager,then go back to the main program and reduce it,it will effect the size when you go back into the production manager.If I have a design I have worked on,I try to save it before I take it to the production manager.That way,if I decide to enlarge of reduce it,I open the saved file.I don't know why it does it that way,but sometimes it will do a porpotional scale that doesn't seem to fit.

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    Thanks!It is really amazing what you can do with these cutters.When I bought mine,I was thinking along the lines of vinyl cutter,but after I got it,I wanted to see what else it could do.After the first of the year I am setting up a single color screen print for a companies product line.I'm going to cut the design with the vinyl cutter,instead of using emullsion and block out on the screen.I have a few other things I'm going to work with after the first.I'll try to post the things I do and give a breakdown on materials and appilcation times and settings.

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    You might try auto weld and auto trap in the advanced tab of the production manager.I think the knife offset is mainly used when you are using a pen for plots.And if you're doing small lettering,I would turn the cutting speed down to 8 or 12 i.p.s. .

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    If you go to the advanced panel on the cut/plot page and check the auto weld and auto trap it should help.You can play with choke/ bleed distance to get ti set the way you want it.I would also go into the production manager and click on setup properties - go to job defaults and make sure the curve quality is set to high in the last tab.I have nothing else checked in that tab and mine seems to work fine.Just make sure you NEVER check the send arc commands,unless you want to ruin a couple of feet of vinyl really quick.