Discuss the various aspects of heat pressed vinyl transfers. Popular and new types of vinyl media, suppliers, vinyl cutters /plotters, press times, quality, how to instructions and more can be found in this heat press sub forum.
By accident I find that I will be in possession of a Roland GX-24 as of Thursday afternoon (paying full retail, just didn't realise funds were going to be available)................
I expect to be making shirt decorations from vinyl and cutting Opaque laser printed transfer material.
My questions is (since the cutter has to pay for itself) what else could I make /decorate with this piece of kit? Car stickers, safety notices......
I'd love to see some examples of what others have done and perhaps learn some vinyl layering techniques, would definitely be grateful to pointed at any web sites that have ideas and/or tutorials. I will definitely feedback anything I learn into these forums.
we make alot of cut vinyl signs.. just a few examples of what you can do.. are..
parking lot signs.. directional signs, menu boards for resturants, aframe signs, real estate signs, banners, backlit signs, window lettering, car graphics, magnets, .. just to name a few....
any thing that can be cad cut and laid on a substrate can me made with your vinyl cutter..
just a couple weeks ago we did 24 megaphones for the USC cheer leader team. all with cut vinyl.
ill try to bring the pictures home from the shop and post some.. so you can see..
Vinyl Cutter + Wii (NOTCOT)
(This person used a Graphtec CE5000 cutter a friend gave them as a gift and went to town with it!)
AB
Adriatic,
Good to see you're experimenting. You can try iPod wraps, game controllers, laptop wraps, print/cut heat transfers for anything sublimated (mouse pads for example).
If you're really interested in experimenting, try cutting stencils for paint masking and airbrushing, or cutting colored window films to mimic stained glass.
Remember, if it's a two ply material, a vinyl cutter can handle it. We only call them vinyl cutters, because vinyl was the first two-ply material to become well known. They could just as easily be called CAD/CUT cutters or window tint cutters!
Adriatic,
Good to see you're experimenting. You can try iPod wraps, game controllers, laptop wraps, print/cut heat transfers for anything sublimated (mouse pads for example).
If you're really interested in experimenting, try cutting stencils for paint masking and airbrushing, or cutting colored window films to mimic stained glass.
Remember, if it's a two ply material, a vinyl cutter can handle it. We only call them vinyl cutters, because vinyl was the first two-ply material to become well known. They could just as easily be called CAD/CUT cutters or window tint cutters!
You're only limited by your imagination.
Hope this helps,
-Dana
Thanks for the reply! I'm not experimenting yet though I'm reading and researching quite a bit about the world of vinyl. My goal is to obtain a cutter after getting the opportunity to demo the models of interest, then do some of these neat things I'm seeing once I purchase.
Adriatic,
Good to see you're experimenting. You can try iPod wraps, game controllers, laptop wraps, print/cut heat transfers for anything sublimated (mouse pads for example).
If you're really interested in experimenting, try cutting stencils for paint masking and airbrushing, or cutting colored window films to mimic stained glass.
Remember, if it's a two ply material, a vinyl cutter can handle it. We only call them vinyl cutters, because vinyl was the first two-ply material to become well known. They could just as easily be called CAD/CUT cutters or window tint cutters!
You're only limited by your imagination.
Hope this helps,
-Dana
Hi,
I know this is an old post but I am getting a cutter soon and have a mug press. What type of vinyl can be used for sub printing.
thanks
-KimberlyAnn
Here is a really great thread that has a ton of ideas for things you can do with vinyl. What else to do with our cutter?. This thread pretty much covers everything you can do as alot of people has some really great ideas, some I did not know Hope this helps.
You can stick vinyl on anything non-porous. Some of my most creative projects have been placemats (I bought clear vinyl from a fabric store and added cut vinyl designs) and shower curtains (start with a solid plastic one and decorate). You can do things like mailbox numbers too. If you search for sign shop websites they can give you a ton of ideas and pictures.
You could go crazy and stick vinyl on other home items like blenders and toasters... but I'd stay away from toasters and other things that get hot because that will make the vinyl harder to get off later.
The main thing to know is that you'll want to use vector artwork, like what is created in Illustrator or CorelDraw. That way you don't have to convert anything and lose quality when you send it to the cutter.
WE had a sign shop and also did sublimation. But we got into doing sport jerseys, putting names, numbers, and cheerleaders their shorts. At times that keep two people busy. The other thing was racecars, dirt track car every week. With all the new cut materials for heat pressing there are a lot of things to use your cutter for. It does take some practice and a good (but not real expensive) cutting program, EBay is a good source, look at vinyl cutter,
Thanks a bunch.
I knew of the obvious - Walls, cars and shirts but I never thought of things like placemats, shower curtains and glasses. great options.
As soon as I get my cutter I need to make a bunch of "samples"
What can you do with a vinyl cutter? 
