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Graphtec FC9000, not able to cut a 0.75" long octagon,

ikarasu

Active Member
Forgive me if I didn't see the answer, as I saw the question asked a few times but didn't see an answer...

If you load it into cm4, and just cut vinyl without a print, without reading registration marks.. Do you get straight lines or does it mess up?


I would cut the shape, with a box around it like your last nest of octagons with no print, then see if the lines are straight compared to the outside box, or if they ever over like they do in your print. That would rule out the arms sensor.
 

gpslitt

New Member
Forgive me if I didn't see the answer, as I saw the question asked a few times but didn't see an answer...

If you load it into cm4, and just cut vinyl without a print, without reading registration marks.. Do you get straight lines or does it mess up?


I would cut the shape, with a box around it like your last nest of octagons with no print, then see if the lines are straight compared to the outside box, or if they ever over like they do in your print. That would rule out the arms sensor.
No they are same as before..messed up
 

Adam Vreeke

Knows just enough to get in a lot of trouble..
Try something like my file below (sorry its sloppy just wanted to get the point across). Straight lines with overcut. From my understanding of the machine and your problem, the knife is not turning fast enough to get you your nice straight lines. Having extra lead in at the beginning of a cut will give the knife time to turn to the correct angel when cutting where the print is.
 

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dypinc

New Member
Try something like my file below (sorry its sloppy just wanted to get the point across). Straight lines with overcut. From my understanding of the machine and your problem, the knife is not turning fast enough to get you your nice straight lines. Having extra lead in at the beginning of a cut will give the knife time to turn to the correct angel when cutting where the print is.
Yes but his file did not do that for me, which reminds me that was what I mentioned early on about a setting on the FC9000 that essentially does this. Read the manual section 7.1, 7.3, 7.7, especially 7.7.
 
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gpslitt

New Member
Try something like my file below (sorry its sloppy just wanted to get the point across). Straight lines with overcut. From my understanding of the machine and your problem, the knife is not turning fast enough to get you your nice straight lines. Having extra lead in at the beginning of a cut will give the knife time to turn to the correct angel when cutting where the print is.
I tried with all straight lines. joining the ends, and overtcut 0.004, didnt helped
but didnt tried with actual overcut lines, i think it will7yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy86u78u````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
 

gpslitt

New Member
sorry for typo error, want to say, as i have 1000 cuts in a small area, might take long if blade comes up and down 8000 times. wear faster. just guessing
 
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