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Update: covering the sensor with frosted renders the sensor inactive. In fact I even tried clear scotch tape and that too blocks out the sensor! So it's just like covering it with magnetic or similar. Neal, I have mounted the rollers on the stand. That was the reason I got the stand, because...

That's a great idea Howard. I covered it with some frosted etch vinyl and have cut several things so far without any problems. Will continue to evaluate it for now but so far so good!

Thankyou Howard and Neal. I was hoping you'd come on board and provide an avenue to discuss these things. I'll contact Neal shortly. I have difficulty contacting tech support here in Australia, although they did come back to me recently and adjusted a sensor in the cutter head. Is there...

Thanks for your reply Howard. I agree with your point that the speed of the machine is not as important if the weeding is faster. The Graphtec is certainly good in this respect. I use the Tangential 2 setting and I find the weeding to be far quicker and easier than with my previous machine...

Don't assume these suggestions have been overlooked: I have pre-feed on - it's a pain in itself but thats another story. I have slowed down the cutter - to around half of what it's advertised to be able to cut at. I have rigged up a roller at the rear to help hold down the vinyl - that...

When I first received my FC7000-75 it came without a stand and the sensor would kick in all the time. I figured it was because the cutter was sitting on my bench. Now I have the stand and the rear sensor still kicks in! I cut a lot of 24" vinyl (as do most people I presume), so the sensor is...

ThreePutt thanks for the pics. I have the same rig here. The trickiest bit for me is taping the vinyl to the roll at just the right time. I'v always wondered how you're supposed to fix the vinyl to the take up reel. How do you do it? any tricks?

Okay problem is fixed. Seems it was a coincidence that it started doing this after upgrading the firmware. The problem was the sensor within the cutter head needed adjusting.

When you set the tiles it will set the top 2 parts as 1 tile. You need to drag from the edge to create another tile. First select the top tile, then drag another line from the edge. Set this line in between the 2 top portions so you now have 2 tiles selected. Then when you click apply you...

For what it's worth, I installed Cut Master for Corel Draw (V12). Did everything by the book, installed the VB, set up the icon in Corel... doesn't work. Nothing happens at all. Like Bob, I use my Sign design software for cutting, but would have liked to see what it's good for, being that...

Thanks for the reply. I did already roll back to a previous version but the problem is still there.

Well I've had my FC7000-75 for a couple of weeks now and although there's a list of gripes I've got with this machine regarding design flaws in the interface and the hardware itself, I must say the automatic RMS works well for me. I print and cut through Signlab 7.1 and it integrates well...

I upgraded the firmware on my new FC7000-75 from 1.01 to 1.52 and now every time I try to do a cross-cut I get a "Y POSITION ALARM" when the carriage presses up against the bar on the left. Anyone else encountered this? Any ideas how to overcome this problem? I don't have the old firmware to...

Steve, this guy is selling his VMpro...... http://www.signforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=60949

Well I went back to the dealer today (to see a demo of the HP900s) and had chance to ask if he could do any better on the price for the FC7000-75. They dropped it to around $6300 (as a "show special") so I ordered it on the spot. Thanks for the input here. I reckon I made the right decision...

What I really want is the 7000 for the price of the 5100! In reality, the FC7000 for $7,000 is still a good buy. My old Summa cost $6,000 about 8 or 9 years ago, and a few years before that I bought my first cutter - a Roland PNC1000 for.....$6,000!

Bob you're a classic! The $5500 is $AU - which is around $4000 USD. When I see the FC7000 advertised for under $3000USD I figure that they were both sold at about the same price initially? ie the new FC7000 series is no more expensive than the superceded 5100 series was. In other words I...

Steve you'll definately need a rip. I used to have an old Encad and the windows drivers wouldn't print well at all except for maybe solid vectors. I used Signlab's rip and that worked out well, but I also tried Vinyl Master Pro's "Future Rip" and that worked great! They have drivers &...

Hi all, I have an old Summa d620 and want to upgrade to a cutter with reg mark sensing. A supplier here sells Graphtec and they're getting in a batch of FC7000's. They have a 5100 on the floor that they want to move, so they're gonna cut me a deal on it. Now both of these machines from this...

G'day Stevo