[InkedApparel]

I am trying to cut some vinyl and am having some trouble getting the vinyl to feed streight....what is happening is when I have a long cut to make the vinyl comes through at a angle...all the drive wheels are tight and everything looks like is is correct.......no Idea why this is happening...

any help would be appreciated

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[IYFGraphics]

Depending on your cutter, sometimes if you have a long cut it's better to pull all the material through the cutter (off the roll), then shove it back into the cutter, line it up and start cutting, this way the cutter isn't trying to pull the material off the roll as it's cutting.

Hope this helps.

 

[Twanabee]

Check the bottom roller and make sure that there is no vinyl making it smooth. line up as best you can and then feed as much vinyl as your going to need out and see if it moves. If it does than you didn't set it straight at the beginning. You should always do this on long cuts.

 

[InkedApparel]

ok..thanks for the replies..I will check the roller to see if there is any vinyl stuck on it........also when I set up the cutter I measure how much vinyl I need then cut it and feed it ...so the roll of vinyl isnt in play.....

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[LB]

You should also have some slack in the vinyl. Do not have it taunt as it is pulled through. My Ioline plotter control software creates what they call a "service loop". It pulls the vinyl through, then back through and leaves it slack for the material being pulled through the pinch rollers.

 

[Twanabee]

Larry: I don't have that feature on my Graphtec but I put the slack in manually. Even though my roll is on rollers, the jerking of the vinyl through the cutter without that slack sounds like h*ll and can skew the vinyl.

 

[InkedApparel]

Im not sure if I have slack in the vinyl or not..I will check that and make sure to have some slack in the roll.....
Thank you

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[nitewalker]

FWIW, in the Roland GX-24 manual it says to leave some slack in the roll. I imagine most cutters are like this.