Word of advice for newbs, or veterans for that matter

[GraphxNMore 282]

I've been having trouble with weeding. I'm talking SERIOUS trouble. Taking 30 minutes to weed ONE simple decal with three lines of text and a graphic. This has been going on for a while. I up pressure and it seems to help, but over the course of three or four cuts it reverts. So I change blades, same thing. After getting full blown irritated I pulled the blade out and checked it. Everything looks normal, no small pieces, holder clean, etc. I dig out a package of blades and compare to check degree, it's what it's supposed to be. So I'm putting the box of blades back up and I notice there's no name on them. I dig around and find a box of Roland blades and compare. Went to get a magnifying glass and could see the ones from the package with no brand name had an arched edge of the cutting blade, while the Rolands were smooth. Evidently the ones I bought off eBay were knock offs, but weren't advertised as such. 

 

Moral of the story, don't scrimp, buy original OEM. It'll save a ton of headaches and they're not that much more expensive.

[OWJones 1,981]

Or... Buy all of your blades from CleanCut Blades and be assured of amazing quality on every blade and high quality cuts every time...

[GraphxNMore 282]

Needless to say, with the Roland blade I was able to weed 8 of the same decal that was taking 20-30 minutes each in that same amount of time. And I also was texting and made 2 phone calls during the process. 

[Dakotagrafx 7,297]

with cleancut blades I can do that same  thing for a year on one blade - 8 might be in an hr or less LOL

I can't say I have ever tried the roland original but have tired the graphtec supersteel and they were good but the cleancut still beat them over the long haul.    

[GraphxNMore 282]

These others that I got rooked with were junk straight out of the box. I didn't think much about it early because I just did a bunch of simple larger decals that were easy to weed. I chalked it up to blade depth and pressure. I've went from 25 on pressure to 115, now back to 30. I'll try to get a good pic of the blade edge to show the arc. It's crazy. Almost like used blades that were attempted to be resharpened.

[JessXEmoji 46]

Whats the brand they sell here? At uscutter

[Dakotagrafx 7,297]

if it is the same ones I got when I started they are just Chinese inexpensive blades

[JessXEmoji 46]

are they the ones that come with a new cutter? cause it's done pretty great for me.

[GraphxNMore 282]

They were off eBay I believe. They were advertised as genuine Roland blades, and were 5 bucks so I bought them. Didn't pay attention to the label initially. But hindsight is 20/20. On the ones that I know are genuine, the name Roland in on the label. It's not on the cheapies. But they were supposed to be.

[Dakotagrafx 7,297]

the ebay blades are generically referred to as roland "type"  not necessarily roland blades.

[blackpaws 18]

All I have is my original set that came with my cutter. I have my dad resharpen them when they start to get dull. 

[Pcrat 65]

i still have my originals and so far cutting great still... but all this talk about cleancutblades... i think im gonna get some of those after these.

[bigmax 166]

Cleancut is the ONLY way  to go. I've been using current blade for about a year and still going strong Ross will answer any questions that you might have.