Media Roll Flanges

I have some that came with my Summa D60. I hardly ever use them, but they do help improve tracking on really long plots.

 

The summa ones should work on your panther. Ive had a lynx cutter and assume the panther uses the same media roll flanges. I know have a summa cutter and dont see why these wouldnt work on the panther.

BTW, I never use them myself, not on my Summa D60 and not on my Roland Versacamm.

 

I dont use them because it takes time to put them on... My summa and roland both track well without them.

 

My little Lynx does fine without the media rollers too, about thirteen feet accurate tracking without them, twenty-four feet with them.

 

Your Lynx must be better than mine was, I could not get that thing to track straight over 5 feet.

 

So you guys just lay the roll of vinyl directly on the machine rollers and let it rip? I've always used mine except for on media shorter than a yard or so thinking that was the correct way to go to avoid damaging the vinyl.

 

Yep I just lay it on the rollers... Seems to work well for me and saves a bit of time when switching colors.

 

The best trick for lining up those little Lynx is to roll out the media to the length you'll need and line up in front and behind the machine before clamping the pinch rollers down . . . I'm upgradig real soon though. Most likely Summa or Graphtec

 

TVG, a few things..

1. The signwarehouse media flanges are easier to put on than the Summa ones. Ive used both.

2. Summa also has the digital eye feature on their plotters (Atleast its an option on the Summa D60).

3. Signwarehouse is hit and miss, sometimes they have great service, other times it kind of sucks.

 

TVG, I got a Signwarehouse Vinyl Express Pro T cutter about 5-6 years ago, only used the flanges for the first day or two. My cuter tacks a good 40 feet, IF you set up the vinyl right. For short cuts, 1'-10', i just stick the vinyl in the cutter, eye ball it and go. For long jobs, I pull the vinyl through the cutter about 2 feet, and then unroll about 2 feet off the roll behind the cutter, match the two side together (the one from the front, and the one from UNDER the cutter), pull the vinyl tight, and then up and down to make sure its stright, and then, push the set lever with your chin. I knows it sounds funny, but if you do it that way, IT WILL track 40', every time! Vinyl Express and the Panther are made by the same people, so they should me about the same. On my Graphtec FC5100, I do the same thing, only I pop the set lever up with my forearm. If you want, I could post a pick on two.....

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Come to think about it, I have my flange hardware in a box somewhere, if you want, you can have that junk, but really, you dont need to use them. There are wast of time, sort of like condoms and seatbelts! lol