Reflective Vinyl 45 or 60 degrees knife?

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THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

[BigNate]

the blade angle is dependent on the thickness of the layer you are plotting through - for the very small area where the blade is actually cutting the vinyl, you want the best slicing blade possible (closer to parallel to the media). Thinner media gets the "flatter" blade, (60 degs are labeled as 60 off vert as well as 60 off horiz, so you need to know what you have....).... as the media gets thicker, the blade has to be more vertical to keep the same ability to freely rotate/caster not to mention the length of cutting edge.... the 30 deg off vertical would be used for the thickest media and the 60 deg off vertical would be for the thinnest. From the reflective media I have, the 45 would be my choice - but I don't know what you are using.

sorry, you may have wanted a fish, but I would rather you know how to fish.....

 

[ikarasu]

If it's engineer grade.... 45 degree.


If it's diamond / egp.... You need a special blade and blade holder, it's not as simple as changing the knife degree.


https://www.graphteccorp.com/cutting/supply/ here's a list of all the blades and what they're good for, if you're using a graphtec.