Vinyl Cutter blade downforce for different heat transfer vinyls
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Vinyl Cutter blade downforce for different heat transfer vinyls
Vinyl Cutter blade downforce for different heat transfer vinyls
I have a Lynx cutter and was wondering if there is a kind of guide line for the blade down force for the different types of heat transfer vinyl or is it one of those trial and error experiences that you have to go through?
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I had this same question just last night. However, I realized that it does take practice.
I've seen one online dealer of vinyl list the grams of force to use for a particular vinyl. I was actually a bit happy to come across this, as I keep reading elsewhere that this is trial and error for anything put through a cutter.
My question to the cutter users here is, when you find yourself using a particular vinyl more than once, do you save the cutter settings somewhere (paper, computer, etc.) to refer back to, or test it every single time, or both?
I could see starting a log to give me a base guideline of settings for a particular vinyl, but still testing it.
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Blue, no you just get used to it when you cut as much as I do. It really depends on how your blade depth is set like Roger mentioned. It gets easy after a while.
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Originally Posted by theflowerboxx
Blue, no you just get used to it when you cut as much as I do. It really depends on how your blade depth is set like Roger mentioned. It gets easy after a while.
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Re: Vinyl Cutter blade downforce for different heat transfer vinyls
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Originally Posted by V V D
I have a Lynx cutter and was wondering if there is a kind of guide line for the blade down force for the different types of heat transfer vinyl or is it one of those trial and error experiences that you have to go through?
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Thanks for all the info guys. I will try all the methods and find the one that works for me. I have already started a chart of settings that seem to work, but for sure I'll be reading the PDF from ambitious and trying that.
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