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Roland camm1 pnc 1000a - how do I get it to take small bits of vinyl? i.e. my offcuts from other jobs?
It has two rollers, the one closest to the blade slides - but when I slide it towards the other roller close enough to take say a 15cm piece of vinyl, the plotter tells me that the pinch roller is invalid and asks me to change the position.
The roller at the far end does not seem to move at all? I could be wrong, but I didn't want to try to force it and break it.
Any clues?
Thanks
Last edited by aussiegoblin; June 10th, 2008 at 03:50 AM.
don't know about your model but mine has grit rollers - small sections of them - and the pinch roller MUST be almost dead-center of the grit roller underneath it for it to register properly. both of my pinch rollers move but the one on the right (facing the plotter) does not move beyond the left edge of the grit roller. the left pinch roller will move all the way to the leading edge of the first (right side) grit roller. geez, have i confused you even further??
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Yup, your making sense to me.. but the left hand pinch roller (facing the machine) on my PNC 1000A does not seem to move at all? Anyone else have one of these machines that can tell me if the left roller does move? Surely it should.... would be a huge waste of vinyl otherwise! I don't want to force it unless I know for sure that it should move.
well...it appears you might be right i found this on another forum:
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i sold my PNC-1000 for $550. after i bought a PNC-1100. then i bought another PNC-1100. still have them, only reason i sold the 1000 is that i got a 1100. 1000 is only a 15", 18 & 20" cutter. it only has grit drives at theose locations. the pnc-1100 is a full 2" to 23" cutter, meaning it has a grit drive exposed anywhere between 2" & 23".
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Could you place these smaller pieces on a carrier mat? The sticky matt would hold them in place and you would just have to figure out where they need to be (or how to set this in your software) to get the complete cut and not cut off you piece into your mat. (but if you go into your mat your cutting strip isn't toast) I cut smaller pieces of material all the time this way.
LV, I can guess the function of a carrier sheet, but could you tell me what a carrier sheet actually is?
Is it something you can buy/make or how would it work if I just peeled the scraps off other sheets, stuck them on to a blank piece of backing sheet and tried it that way?
My experience with a vinyl cutter is with a craft version (a Klic-n-Kut), so I hope it can be used similarly on your machine. You can make or buy. I buy the cricut mats (for the Cricut craft cutter) that are already sticky. They come in multiple sizes. The two I use the most are the 12x12 inch (approx 30 x 30 cm) and the 12x24 inch. I just respray them with Krylon Easy Tack when I need to make them sticky again. There are also carrier sheets for the craftrobos. Other machines might have them available too. Some people use those flexible vegetable cutting mats that can be found in kitchen stores, while others use quilting mats.
Based on your id I assume you are in Australia. Some down there go to Spotlight stores and get a quilters mat made by Birch. People down your way say the store workers often don't even know they sell them. They are in the fabric section and not in the craft section. If you find them, you just spray with Krylon Easy Tack which I do believe can be found in Australia. All of these mats are about 1-2 mm thick plastic. Someone even talked about using old xrays. One can place masking tape underneath if you get skewing because it is too slippery for the pinch wheels to grab. I haven't had skewing problems with the cricut mats.
When I cut smaller bits of vinyl on my cutter I stick the vinyl still on it's backing to the carrier and set my origin to the edge of my sheet and have my cutting area set to cut the object right at the origin. Not knowing your setup I would hope you could still do something similar. You do have to remember to place your blade up a little higher because the mat raises everything up a bit.
Your idea of placing the smaller bits on a bigger piece of backing material could work too, as long as you don't distort the piece trying to lay it down. That would be similar to using the plastic mat, but it is much easier to leave the vinyl with its backing and stick it to the carrier. I suppose anything thin with rigidity that you can make sticky can be used as a carrier sheet/mat.
I've just had a look at my machine and I'll be able to fit an A3 sized sheet in if I use the long end - and I'm thinking that I could possibly use an A3 sized laminating sheet with that Krylon Easy Tack (I'll just have to find somewhere that sells it first!) Laminating sheet is very thin too.
Great to know I can get more use out of my scrap box!
If you can't find the Krylon then any type of repositional adhesive might work. Just don't try with a permanent version or you may not get your vinyl back! I believe some one used a temporary quilting adhesive with success. Like I said, anything that will be temporary or of a repositional nature. If you can't find anything you might get away with taping down your piece along all edges, but you would lose the use of the whole piece.
This is a discussion about Getting Roland PNC -1000A to take small bits that was posted in the Vinyl Cutters (Plotters) and Transfers section of the forums.
Getting Roland PNC -1000A to take small bits 
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