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Valuecut 2 plotter jumping/offset cutting

jcskikus

jcskikus

Owner, Designer & Installer
The Valuecut 2 1800 I am using just had the strip replaced and a new blade put on. The cutter is hooked up via an ethernet connection and was perfectly fine, then started acting up, at first intermittingly with contour cuts, but then just cutting plain calendared vinyl started showing the same issues.

I've attached pics.

It's been made sure there wasn't any play in the blade holder, and again, the blade itself and cutting strip have been replaced recently. I thought maybe it was the file itself as it was created in Sign Lab, but when I cut it on my original Valuecut at home, it's perfectly fine. The RIP is FlexiSign22. The origin points were checked as per the sticker under the machine and those were correct, so I am at a lost.

Is there anything I may be missing to check?
 

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JBurton

JBurton

Signtologist
So, you have a new cutting strip, do you see any new cuts in it? Is your blade installed correctly? No wiggle in the blade that is. Are the pinch wheels wore out or loose?
IDK this machine, just throwing out ideas, I'm a graphtec guy.
 
Solventinkjet

Solventinkjet

DIY Printer Fixing Guide
Check the blade tip with a loupe or magnifying glass. The fact that the blade isn't properly going back to the origin indicates the blade tip isn't where it should be. So it's either broken or sticking too far out or too little. That or your blade offset setting got changed which causes the same issue.
 
jcskikus

jcskikus

Owner, Designer & Installer
Cutting strip installed correctly, having done it a half a dozen times over the 4 years I've had it. The blade was checked and no play is showing. Holder is secured snug as well. Just for S's & G's, I changed the blade twice when this occurred, which isn't cheap. Nothing. It's intermittent, so I am beginning to wonder if something in the chassis is loose, either in the belt drive or the arm itself.
 
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