dortonracing
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how do i do a contour cut with 12mil lam?
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Circleville Signs
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Turn the speed way down and the pressure way up.
Gary
Gary
dortonracing
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thats what i thought but still wouldn't cut throught, had pressure all the way up, do i need to contour cut twice?
B Snyder
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Apparently.
Flame
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Have fun. Assuming pro shield here? Over 50% of the plotters on the market won't even cut through this stuff. I had a china cutter go through FIVE passes and not pull it off, and that was after 3 tries of even getting it to track right, as it'd usually make each pass slighty off of the one before...
dortonracing
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ya its pro shield, Might try to freehand it, its pretty easy shapes.
J Hill Designs
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Instead of trying to have it retrack through by pressing cut multiple times, just overlay CutContour lines and send it once (hope that made sense)
B Snyder
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Flame
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Those are my statistics, I have sent material to numerous manufactuers, have 2 brands of cutters here, have taken material to local suppliers...
12mil lam is a PAIIIIN. It's a hardened lam, so insanely tough to cut through.
iSign
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so you mean, 50% in your outsourcing market.. not on "the market"? :Big Laugh
...just messin' with ya... no need to reply
Flame
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so you mean, 50% in your outsourcing market.. not on "the market"? :Big Laugh
...just messin' with ya... no need to reply
lol. Too bad, I want to reply.
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ackerman139
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cutting a 15 mil lam with 6 or 4 mil base here on a soljet. no problemo. and i dont mean to brag..
if full pressure isnt cutting through it, try a different (err i mean a NEW) sharper angle blade.
if full pressure isnt cutting through it, try a different (err i mean a NEW) sharper angle blade.
cutting a 15 mil lam with 6 or 4 mil base here on a soljet. no problemo. and i dont mean to brag..
if full pressure isnt cutting through it, try a different (err i mean a NEW) sharper angle blade.
What are you using for settings? I had my XC540 up to 290g at 4cm/s with a 60 degreee blade and it still wouldn't cut through the 12mil proshield and 6mil base. Maybe I just didn't have the blade depth right.......
Jim Doggett
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Yep; 60 degree blade, well-extended, dialed up pressure, cut slow ... and then double-cut if need be. If all that doesn't work, you'll have to get a good cutter (Graphtec or Summa quality) or find someone who owns one.
My $0.02,
Jim
My $0.02,
Jim
dortonracing
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i have a signwarehouse Q100 which is a Graphtec cutter, I dont remember what blade angle it is? just the normal one for cutting vinyl, And not real sure why i posted it under rolands lol.
Hwy
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Granted Pro-Shield is a little harder to cut, as one here already stated - it's all about blade depth and speed. 18 mil sandwich contour cuts all day, everyday.
If ya really wanna try hard - Convex Stubbl laminate with 6 mil convex vinyl. Challenging but can be done in single pass with our SP300V / 60 degree / speed at 3.
If ya really wanna try hard - Convex Stubbl laminate with 6 mil convex vinyl. Challenging but can be done in single pass with our SP300V / 60 degree / speed at 3.