Vinyl Cutter Blade Depth

The blade tip depth should extend past the plunger tip the same distance that is equal to the thickness of the vinyl.

Vinyl cutter blade depth.

With the introduction of the new avery dennison cut vinyl film portfolio featuring hp750 high performance and sc950 supercast films i thought this would be a good time for a refresher on plotter blade selection and set up. Stahls tv presenter josh ellsworth explains t. Understanding different blade types and what they re used for is important when cutting on your vinyl cutter. Blade angle and offset blade depth and blade pressure speed.

Sometimes this is hard to see. I m hoping that won t be the case when i get the replacement autoblade and give it a try. Therefore to verify the blade depth hold the tool in your hand draw a circle on the vinyl. If on a test print you are using more than 180 as your pressure setting on regular vinyl consider moving the blade to a a greater cutting depth.

The blade pressure setting is related to using the right blade depth when setting up the blade. Blade holder setup guide this guide is designed to assist with the installation calibration and trouble shooting of your roland compatible vinyl cutter blade and blade holder. If the cut circle on the vinyl can be pulled up the blade is extended. Setting the blade depth.

Blade depth is how far the blade sticks out of the end of the blade holder and is a major factor in how well the machine cuts and how easy or difficult it will be to weed the material. What i didn t show is after we put the carrier. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials. Successful cutting for letters on a 4 decal is best done under speeds of 120.

I can use an older style ratchet blade in the adapter and it will cut fine. Personally after paying 299 for this machine i don t feel i should have to manipulate cut settings to get a decent cut. The tricky news is that each piece of vinyl blade and machine can cut a little differently. Remember that the blade should only stick out of the blade holder far enough that it can cut through the material you re cutting but it should not be out far enough that it could cut through the backing as well.

You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio. The key items in the plotter setup include.