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Cutting problem FC8000-130 please help

mortil

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today my plotter was acting weird . havnt used it since before christmas but now it wont cut straight on the straights and rounded letters gets wobbly. and dont cut all way so its hard to weed.

does anyone have any idea ? Offset doesnt change anything. just gets worse one way or the other. need it up and running :/

please help
 

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bob

It's better to have two hands than one glove.
Offset has nothing to do with this, change it back to what it's supposed to be. Once set, offset never changes.

The sovereign remedy for this sort of malfeasant cutting is threefold.

First, using a loupe or magnifying glass or whatever you have handy, inspect the tip of the blade. If the there is even the slightest bit rounded or broken on the tip or, under magnification, the tip doesn't proceed to an infinite point, it dull and should be replaced.

Second, remove the dust cover on the tool carriage and blow out all of the accumulated dust and crud. Pay particular attention to the blade up/down mechanism. It doesn't take much contamination to slow things down just enough to produce this kind of cutting.

Third, remove the blade from the blade holder and with a toothpick or something similar put a tiny bit of silicone grease on the tiny ball bearings where the head of the blade rests. A slow turning blade will also cause this sort of cut.

These three things will clear up this problem 99% of the time. If it doesn't, then check your blade holder to see if there isn't a bit of wear making the blade swivel in a orbit rather than spin dead center in the blade holder.
 

mortil

New Member
Offset has nothing to do with this, change it back to what it's supposed to be. Once set, offset never changes.

The sovereign remedy for this sort of malfeasant cutting is threefold.

First, using a loupe or magnifying glass or whatever you have handy, inspect the tip of the blade. If the there is even the slightest bit rounded or broken on the tip or, under magnification, the tip doesn't proceed to an infinite point, it dull and should be replaced.

Second, remove the dust cover on the tool carriage and blow out all of the accumulated dust and crud. Pay particular attention to the blade up/down mechanism. It doesn't take much contamination to slow things down just enough to produce this kind of cutting.

Third, remove the blade from the blade holder and with a toothpick or something similar put a tiny bit of silicone grease on the tiny ball bearings where the head of the blade rests. A slow turning blade will also cause this sort of cut.

These three things will clear up this problem 99% of the time. If it doesn't, then check your blade holder to see if there isn't a bit of wear making the blade swivel in a orbit rather than spin dead center in the blade holder.


thank you for this point to point solution.
i will try it first thing tomorrow and reply with the outcome.

thanks again for fast answer.
 
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