Biggest Problem Ive Ever Had.

[chunkylover88 0]

i have no idea why but when i make cuts on the right side of my machine it cuts deeper than on the left.

Ive tried alot of things.

-new blade

-offset

-depth

I'm using an LP24 with a hp pavilion dv6000 and BGS vinyl.

i bought my machine a few months ago off of us cutter's ebay account.

i recently noticed few screws were missing on the left side under the cover.

when i moved the head left i noticed that there was a white wheel in side the case that holds the belt it was wobbling kinda funny and it was not the same on the right.

my guess is that the wheel is making the belt move up so that my cuts get lighter and lighter.

one thing that i have tried is putting some scrap vinyl in the machine and press down and moving the head right to left so that it makes a line in the vinyl, as i did that i noticed that it cut through the paper and then when the blade reached the end it wasn't touching the vinyl at all.

if someone can help me i would really appreciate it.

i have wasted 2 yards in materials.

[Dakotagrafx 7,297]

Take the cover off that side and inspect to see fi some screws have come loose

[chunkylover88 0]

is it hard to do that?

because i don't want to mess up the machine even more.

[Dakotagrafx 7,297]

should be just 4-6 screws on the inside and maybe 2 on the board by the inputs - I ahve had refines and pcuts apart and when you have the screws out the side jsut about falls off - so don't force anything

[chunkylover88 0]

ok i opened both sides and the belt is lower on the right and higher on the left, other than that i don't see anything else.

this is kinda odd because i did a 20"x40" decal and i didn't have any problems and now i try this lil stuff and the machine doesn't want to act right.

[prestonservco 26]

BGS vinyl.  That could be part of the problem.  I don't think I've read ANY good things about that stuff.

[chunkylover88 0]

i also have oracal but its specialty.

the BGS has worked just fine for me in the past.

the weeding out on the right is soooo easy, i don't have to do much work.

then when it comes to the left, if i can see the lines i would have to trace over it with an exact o knife.

[prestonservco 26]

How old is the blade?  A dull blade can cause something like this. 

Also check to make sure the blade holder is snug in the carriage.

[chunkylover88 0]

i just put a brand new blade and its nice and snug.

[chunkylover88 0]

problem fixed.

pushed blade holder all the way down

and made the blade stick out half a credit card also changed the

pressure settings.

and now it cuts perfectly fine.

thanks for everyone trying to help.

[cwcannon 0]

What pressure setting are you using? I am having the same problem but I have to believe it's inconsistency in the vinyl because there will be a band of barely cut vinyl the whole width of the piece from left to right about 2 inches wide. That would lead me to believe that the vinyl is a bit thinner in that spot.

[Guest HowardI]

You should start at a pressure of 100 and use only the depth to adjust your cutting.  If you find a cut has areas that aren't completely cut thru then you can bump up the pressure in increments of about 10 to fix this.

Hope this helps!

Howard Irwin

Support Specialist

US Cutter

425-481-3555

888-298-8143

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