CG-130FX cutting poorly

[AnimalG82]

I am having an issue with my cutter not cutting cleanly as of late and I'm not sure if its the blades or the cutter itself. I haven't changed anything as far as materials go or settings, but I have changed out blades in an effort to remedy this. I also have rotated the blade in different positions to see if that helps or not, but with no success. See pics for example.

 

[AnimalG82]

Selfish bump....

 

[Solventinkjet]

What kind of material are you cutting? It looks like card stock. These machines are not built to cut card stock which might be your problem.

 

[AnimalG82]

I spaced putting that. I am printing on 10 mil vinyl, which is what I've been printing on for who knows how long. We have it set to where it scores the tags, and then they cleanly snap apart, but now getting this problem.

 

[Solventinkjet]

In that case, the blade is the first item I would change and make sure its the 60 degree blade. Also, check your cut strip. Does it have a deep groove going down the middle? Since you using the half cut feature, I would assume so. That could be causing the blade to bounce irregularly which may cause the torn edges. I'm not sure if the CG series has a special cut strip for the half cut feature but the CJV30 printer/cutter does. That is something you may want to look into.

 

[AnimalG82]

Thanks, I will check that out.

 

[AnimalG82]

I think the cut strip may be the issue. How do you change it? Do I just lift it out and replace it?

 

[AnimalG82]

Replaced the cut strip and that took care of the issue. A real pain in the butt getting the adhesive out of the groove.