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Hi peeps. me again lol
Well as from joining this great forum i`ve learned a lot, and since i`m doing t-shirts and such, and useing 2 x printers useing one with pigment ink and one with sublie, well i`ve noticed and read a few post on the vinyl cutters, and love the look of some of the T`s peeps have made and they look great.
As i`m already doing cups and mugs and plates ect, and its all going quite good
I`ve decided to now go and buy a vinyl cutter to go with the heat press i have.
I only wanted a normal one to test it all out with, and so didnt want to spend 2 much, but didnt want to get a small A4 size one.
After searching and watching and bidding on some, i came across a PCUT creation CT630 which had just been put up on ebay on saturday night around 12 midnight UK time, and thought wow thats cheap and so with in less than it been up for 2 mins i bought it.
Its 2nd user, but only been used a dozen times, and the seller made a mistake in the item been listed as he told me the starting price was supposed to be 70 pounds but he had set a previous item on buy it now and forgot so i`ve now got a PCUT creation CT630 as new for 85 including recorded mail
Now as this is going to be used for t-shirts and car decals ect, i would like the help of yous again in what type of vinyl i need to do T`s with ?
I`ve read members use three such items MultiCut or Spectracut or theroflex All i need is to know what is best for me to use with it and what gives the best results, and also i`ll have to try find a UK supplyer.
Thanks again to all in advance.
Regards
Jim
It seems that just about everyone that uses MultiCut are very happy with it, especially that it comes in 19" or 20" (can't remember) widths.
We use ThermoFlex Plus generally, but we're testing other brands as well.
Personally I wouldn't touch Spectra. There are some happy customers, but they've had quite a few problems in the past, and Josh himself said he prefers Eco Film, also from Impritables.
About your plotter. I've heard of that brand before, but I don't know a lot about it, but for the price, it seems like you may have a good starter machine!
The one thing that I'd be leary of that cutter, tho, is if it measures your media size (width and length). Without that feature it could be pretty frustrating, especially if you run short on a job and your media just falls right out of your plotter before it's done cutting.
And I'm sure you also know that it won't do contour cuts on inkjet transfers.
If you have any questions about the actual process of applying apparel vinyl, I'd be happy to assist you, as I'm sure many many other people would, too.
I have the CT630 and so far I don't have any complaints. I am just now starting to cut for t-shirts and I will be using Sissal easy weed to start and see how it goes. Enjoy your cutter.
Thanks Chani m8 i just knew you would be the first to answer lol
This cutter/plotter system is the 24" version & information on it on the net says It will cut any vinyl product you need from 60micron cast to tough reflective films and even sandblast rubber, what ever that is lol. It has a top speed of 400mm per second and the width ect is as follows630mm Cutting Width, 700mm Media Width, 800mm Cutting Speed, and 500 grams of force. The person who sold me it said all i will need is a programme to use it with, as he had a disk with Signblazer Elements software but can not find it, but also mentioned that it can use illistrator and CorelDraw 9 ect and other software. I`ll be buying some blades for it ect soon, but does come with one and leads ect but i might need the drivers for it so will be needing some help and i`m very greatfull for your help chani I dont want to buy the wrong vinyl and so why i asked you guys and gals as have always been steared in the right direction. So if you can help m8 i`ll be more than happy, thanks. Jim
You can purchase Sign Blazer thorugh US Cutter. The have three different programs and I have Elements which so far is all I have needed. If you buy your blades from ebay just be sure they are Roland compatible and the most used is 45 degree. If you need any more info just hollar.
Another software that you might look into is SignCut X2. It acts as a plugin for CorelDRAW. I can't guarantee its compatability with your plotter, but they do have a list of plotters that it will work with.
You can either purchase that software for $340 or use their subscription service which costs $49/yr. Personally I'd go with the subscription because by the time you've paid the $340, you've gotten 7 years out of it. The only thing you'd need to consider with that, tho, is the subscription requires internet access, so if you did tradeshows or any carnivals, you wouldn't be able to cut without internet access.
Thanks freemane1 m8 in regards to the Roland compatible blades i`ll make a note of that.
I`ll have to see if i can get my hands on Sign Blazer ect, but not sure if i need a driver for the cutter so did u need to install a driver for yours ??
And is Sign Blazer all i need ?
Thanks for any help
@ Chani
WOW thats some price tag for just a software
I did read about SignCut X2 earlyer on tonight on the net as i done my searching, but will do more searching tommorow on it and yes i agree the subscription service option does seem best.
I have a wifi laptop vaio that i could use, but i wont be doing any shows, just home use for me not that far ahead yet lol.
Thanks both of yous, i`m very much greatfull and will continue on searching.
i love my pcuts. mine came with signblazer and i like it. i dont use it to creat designs. i use corel for that and import it into signblazer. so far i have no complaints on the pcuts. it has done everything i have asked it to. it will be fine if you are using it for shirts and decals/signs.
Sign Blazer is all you will need and after you istall it you really don't need the internet for anything as far as just working within the program. I have a lot of cliparts that I use so there is no reason for me to sign onto the net.
Hi I just won one on Ebay and will have soon and just got my laptop it is HP I would like to know if any one has there Pcut connect to laptop and did they have any problems with it
If you can load it to a laptop it would be the thing to do that way you can take it to sales and make things on the spot. My laptop crashed about the time I got my cutter and I wasn't able to do that. You can go into US Cutter forum and get a wealth of info.
Hi I just won one on Ebay and will have soon and just got my laptop it is HP I would like to know if any one has there Pcut connect to laptop and did they have any problems with it
i have my cutter hooked up to my laptop. it is a hp also. works better than the desktop i had it hooked up to. it is nice to beable to work infront of the tv of someting and then beable to just move the laptop to my cutter.
Thanks to all for the help, got my signblazer software and will use as mentioned here, as i have been reading.
Greta the way you get the help on the forum here i just cant say thanks enough.
Is there a reliable UK seller that any UK members know of in the UK were i can buy my vinyl from ect ?
I would be realy greatfull as there is only one or two on ebay and they want like 6 pounds + postage for a A4 sheet of flex.
Seems very expensive here in the uk for stuff and so i know there must be a seller of such that other UK members use and would be greatfull for the info.
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