Vinyl Cutter Blade Offset

Understanding offset with your vinyl cutter if you ve been cutting vinyl and have had a difficult time achieving accurate corners it could be the offset setting.

Vinyl cutter blade offset.

Genuine roland 60 degree blades for reflective flock twill paint protection pkg 3. By using this specialist tool you will obtain near perfect results when cutting vinyl using. The blade offset can change depending on the blade manufacturer and the blade angle. The vinyl cutter will move the center of the blade to the positions you tell it to however the blade actually makes its cut a certain distance from the center.

60 blades use an offset higher than the 45. Roland 60 degree 50 offset premium blades for sandblast pkg. 45 blades typically use a 30 mm offset 0118 inches. Roland 60 degree 50 offset premium blades for sandblast pkg.

It s also a measurement of the blade s effective cutting width. 35 00 laserpoint ii 3 vinyl cutter blades 45 and 60 degrees. Blade offset calibration the vinyl spooler comes with a blade offset calibration tool that cuts a physical test from the target vinyl cutter or plotter which is used to establish which offset amount value best suits the cutter or plotter in question. 149 99 add to cart.

The blade offset value is used in calculating the distance the blade must travel past a corner in order for the tip of the blade to reach the same point when its direction changes. Below is an example of how a square will cut when the blade offset is set too high too low and just right. The blade offset value can be changed in the cutter settings window which can be accessed by choosing cutter settings from the cutter menu or clicking the settings button in the cut window. It is excellent for general purpose cutting of 4 mil and greater vinyl sandblast reflective and laminate materials.

The cutter software can compensate for this difference if it knows the blade offset. In the most basic of definitions blade offset is the distance from the tip of the blade to the center of its shaft. In order to determine the correct offset send the letters tow in lowercase 1 inch high to the cutter. 1 1 blade types different degrees of blades require different offsets.