Vinyl Cutter Not Completing Cut

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Vinyl cutter not completing cut.

Sometimes if the source artwork you re using to cut your design is vector based there may some stray nodes or points outside of your image that you missed. This could confuse the machine and cause it to cut erratically. Too much blade exposed friction build up because there is not enough space between the blade and material solution. Edit i have since corrected the problem and i appreciate all the com.

If not it may be an issue with the original material you are attempting to cut. Damaged cutting strip groove in strip that results in uneven cutting surface 2. In the fourth tab advanced you ll want to make sure everything is unchecked except overcut and that overcut is set to 0 05in. This is what my vinyl cutter is doing and will not cut the image as it is supposed to.

Don t discount this setting just because it s not as easy to find on the menu as the other two. If you re running flexi insert sad monkey face here you can set production manager to over cut everything. Other possible causes for your vinyl cutter cutting random lines make sure there are no stray nodes in your design. If the issue persists try a different browser preferably google chrome or mozilla firefox.

In the driver options field make sure all colors are set to none. If they are set to cut you can change it by clicking edit. Vinyl cutter not completing cut a lot of times when people are having issues with their machine they will ask around to see what specific numbers or settings are used on others machines to cut properly like their particular blade offset which i will discuss later or overcut. Time temperature and pressure the three amigos of vinyl cutting are force speed and offset.

That way it continues an extra quarter inch around the shape to make sure the cut is complete. I usually add a 25 to my cuts when my blade is getting dull or i have to weed very small details.