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suddenly intrigued with rhinestone deco and how to apply to garments. understand the hands-on diy process but have seen snippets of info about the roland gx-24 and the cutting of rhinestone templates.
my question is: what type of vinyl or other material is used for the template. i'm not interested in the software yet as i would do everything in illustrator and output to the cutter that way. (it is possible to make precise circle designs with placement via >brushes). have never researched what thickness is possible with the roland. help!
The material most used is a sort of sand blast resist...with about a 75mm thickness....I think Roland recommends a 'flock blade' which is a Roland blade that is a 57 degree blade made to cut twill..
do you know to purchase such a material? thanks for the reply btw.
I haven't done rhinestones with it yet but I got my Hartco resist from signwharehouse. I have the 425s (25mils thick) but they have a thicker one , the 535s (35 mils thick)
thanks charles and terry. read about that material before and looked at the das video which shows a comparable material and how to use it. i'm just not sure what is the max thickness of material i can use on the gx-24. looked in my manual and online and no answers.
another question: why is this stuff such an industry secret? even on sjidohair's rhinestone lessons #1 and #2, people had to 'private message' each other with this info instead of just letting it be out there. i would think the manufacturers and distributors would want the word to get out. it's like transfer tape. it's like pulling teeth to get answers.
I don't think its a secret. You can go to the eagle site and they sell it separate (I think) and I would think that the das people would have some for sale too. Everybody that buys their systems needs supplies
As far as the thickness of material, just call Roland
cut rhinestone template with gx-24? 
