Vinyl Cutter Blade Depth

The key items in the plotter setup include.

Vinyl cutter blade depth.

Sometimes this is hard to see. If the cut circle on the vinyl can be pulled up the blade is extended. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials. Stahls tv presenter josh ellsworth explains t.

The blade pressure setting is related to using the right blade depth when setting up the blade. 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. 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.

Personally after paying 299 for this machine i don t feel i should have to manipulate cut settings to get a decent cut. I can use an older style ratchet blade in the adapter and it will cut fine. Cut settings can be easiest and trickiest of getting great cut. What i didn t show is after we put the carrier.

Setting the blade depth. Therefore to verify the blade depth hold the tool in your hand draw a circle on the vinyl. Standard cutting force or pressure press should be set to 100g on the cutter for most vinyl materials. I m hoping that won t be the case when i get the replacement autoblade and give it a try.

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. You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio. The blade tip depth should extend past the plunger tip the same distance that is equal to the thickness of the vinyl.

Successful cutting for letters on a 4 decal is best done under speeds of 120. 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.