Vinyl Cutter Blade Settings

The key items in the plotter setup include.

Vinyl cutter blade settings.

Another result of incorrect speed setting is the end point appearing offset from the start point. If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt. Vinyl matte blade 1 speed 5 force 10 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 2. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.

There is a. This is especially true if the design. 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. Below is an example of how a square will cut when the blade offset is set too high too low and just right.

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 tricky news is that each piece of vinyl blade and machine can cut a little differently. This post may contain affiliate links. Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio.

We advise you to try lowering the cutting speed to see if the problem goes away. You can also find a vinyl guide and a sizing guide below. Too high speed can cause partial cuts i e the cutter blades to skip the vinyl material or fail to cut a solid line. The blade pressure setting is related to using the right blade depth when setting up the blade.

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. 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. Below you ll find cut settings for silhouette cricut and brother scan n cut.

You can right click on the images to save them to your computer or you can click the pinterest button in the middle to save them for later. You may also need to increase the blade depth but do this after you try increasing the force. Issues with sure cuts a lot 4. First increase the force and do a few test cuts.

Cut and press settings for products at products cricut setting silhouette setting brother scan cut setting etched vinyl light card stock material. 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. Successful cutting for letters on a 4 decal is best done under speeds of 120. Cut settings can be easiest and trickiest of getting great cut.

Cut settings finally if all of these checks are okay you can move to adjusting the cut settings.