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I'm using a Puma II plotter with a brand new 60 degrees blade. The material I want to cut is rather thick.
I am using Coreldraw to make a circle and send it directly to my plotter. The problem is that the circle is is not cut fully and keeps being attached with a very minimal line. The circle should be left behind at the backing, but now it stays attached in the sandblast material.
I think that the blade pushes the material, at the last part of the circle, a bit to the side instead of cutting through the material.
Now I'm thinking that if I could make the circle 362 degrees it will cut slightly further and then it will cut the final piece.
Is this possible with Coreldraw or is there another way of making sure the circle will be cut completely?
Are you saying it's not cutting all the way through the material because what you are using is "rather thick"? If so, have you tried increasing the downforce on your cutter? ...or maybe adjusting how much of your blade is exposed.
Thicker materials (flocking, glitter vinyl, etc.) require increased dowforce to cut through them.
No, that is not the problem. When I peal it of the backing, it comes lose, but keeps attached to just one tiny line. This is the line where the blade started and ended.
So, lets say it cuts a 359 degrees circle, instead of a perfect 360 degrees.
Have you tried adjusting the blade offset? Basically the blade has an offset that the machines offset needs to match. If you normally use a 45 blade and then switch to a 60 degree blade your offset isnt the same. On Roland machines I think a 45 should be set to .25 and a 60 degree blade is set at .50. Look at your plotters manual for proper offset.
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Having trouble plotting a perfect circle 
