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  cutting small fonts

  Posted by robert mottram on 22 November 2006 at 08:27

  🙁 i am trying to cut 10 mm high fonts ,but the start /stop points dont seem to be joining (there is a small uncut area)has any body got any solutions,ie – cutter setup or tweeks to corel setup, i am using corel draw and a dingtec cutter,thanks rob

  robert mottram replied 18 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Peter Normington

  Member

  22 November 2006 at 08:42

  Robert.
  Its probably the blade offset.
  Is the blade old? If so replace with a new one and set the offset to factory default for the blade.
  The offset can be adjusted on most plotters, but for small letters, its probably best to just renew if the blade is worn. Also check to see if the blade is free to rotate in the holder.
  If you to know more about offset, try a search off the boards its been covered in detail quite a lot.

  Peter

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  Andy Gorman

  Member

  22 November 2006 at 09:43

  I don’t suppose the Dingtec cutter has a tangential emulation, does it? I know Graphtecs do this and it works very well.

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  David Rogers

  Member

  22 November 2006 at 09:58

  Causes of this are usually:

  Blunt blade,
  Holder bearings knackered or gummed up.
  Play in the ‘head’ assembly,
  Blade offsets being changed,
  Speed too high.

  If it’s a recent fault – look at the blade & holder first.

  Dave

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  robert mottram

  Member

  28 November 2006 at 20:21

  thanks for the help tried a new blade and ended up after 2 hours with a set of figures for my offsets

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