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what are the correct settings to input onto pcut 630?
Hi
i have just bought and set up a pcut 610, i was wanting the settings to input into my cutter.
i will be using 610 rolls of vinyl so i need someone who knows to give me some help if possible.
i need to know all the settings i need to input into the cutter including the X Y settings for the 610 width.
also pressure etc.
Any help will be much appreciated.
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no disrespect mate but…
do these machines not come with these type of instructions? i know they are budget cutters but ide have thought they would have a manual of some sort?as for cutting pressure you have to do tests of your own for that. various vinyls different cutting pressures. they will be a test cut setting… just increase/decrease pressure to suit your vinyl then save the setting that does it best.
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What do you mean x y settings? just adjust the pinch rollers to fit your media. Load the Vinyl & lower the pinch rollers. It’s the same principle whatever cutter you have. Not being funny but if you cannot manage that part you may be in for a bit of a struggle.
Unless you are asking something different? 😉
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LOL, i know how to feed the vinyl etc, what i meant was that there is a xscale and a yscale setting on the cutter, i thought that maybe i have to input the details for a 610 so that the cutter does not go right to the left or right and touch the cutt off button.
or is it i just feed the vinyl and adjust the pinch rollers then just make sure i dont cut more than 610 on my software?
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As long have you have the correct settings in your software, for Width (probably going to be about 580mm ish) & Length you do not need to adjust the plotter. The only time you would mess around with the x,y positions would be if you wanted set a new origin point. If for example you had already cut something on the Vinyl in the machine, then wanted to cut something else above it.
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i have a pcut , x y i never even look at , just use the up down left right buttons to position your cutting blade , once positioned hit the target key in the middle , setting your x y to 0 , thats it . dont try and cut anything over say 22"…
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What software are you using to design and plot? As Brian has said you can set everything up in the software with a lot of programs.
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I have signlab 7.1.
I must say i knew this was a budget machine but didnt realise it has a very slow cut speed.
i might have to go buy a graphtec and keep the pcut for cutting textile vinly with or i might just sell it.
Unless im doing something wrong?
Steve what you mean dont try and cut anything over 22"?
also do you use your cutter for everyday vinyl cutting use?
after 3 days of headbanging i have just managed to get the cutter working on signlab now im trying to get the blade set right as it either wont cut vinyl or it just cuts right through to the backing paper.
maybe pcuts arent that bad and its just me not using it to its full capability?
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Ali,
its always a bit of a mystery to me, why people spend a lot of money on top end software, then buy a cheap plotter, which build of signlab do you have, the latest build has creation drivers, just update from cadlink, install the driver and all should be fine.Peter
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Peter,
The setup part is fine, i have got my pcut up and running on signlan 7.1 now.
the problem is that i cant seem to get the blade set correctly to cut vinyl and also was wondering if the cutting speed is average on the pcut as it seems slow to me.
i have have siglab for about 10 years now and just upgraded from v5 to 7.1, i have had a graphtec ever since and it is still working good with never any problems, the reason i bought a pcut was as a second machine as it was cheap enough (£250 inc stand) but expected it to perform a little faster than it does which is why i was asking if maybe im doing something wrong. anyway maybe i will go for a graphtec 5000 as they are a good price nowadays but if if i get my pcut running good then i might just keep it.
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Sorry Ali
fair comment.I dont know anything about how to increase the speed of your plotter, but if you cut the same file on the graphtec, is there a noticable difference in speed, just asking as even the graphtec will be slow if the file contains loads of nodes
Peter
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its the general cutting speed im talking about, for example i typed 1-10 and pressed cutt and it cut quite slow, i set the cut speed on the cutter to 80 which is the max but still quite slow 😕
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Ali you cannot seriously expect a £250 cutter to be as quick as your Graphtec? it will be much slower that’s just the way they are & is perfectly normal.
Perhaps if you fit a Nitrous kit to it that may pep it up a bit 😀
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When you say typed 1-10 is that what you are plotting physically, the numbers one to ten?
if so, the size, and font used will affect the speed of the plotter,
Try just a 400mm square, with just four nodes, and then you will get a true idea of the speed, if it is set to max that is.Peter
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The machine was going for £400 with stand and i thought i got a bargain at £250 inc stand, i can still sell it on a suppose without making a loss but i rather make use of it as it is a nice machine, i suppose someone who is used to a graphtec would notice a lot of difference with a creation even though the graphtec is 10+ yrs old.
if the creation is a slow as it seems to me then i feel sorry for people who are running a sign business using a creation as their main machine. I think i will dedicate to creation to all my textile garment vinyl work and buy a new graphtes as my main machine for signmaking vinyl.
i suppose for £250 its not much of a loss even if i can use it for textile vinyl work rather than keep changing settings on my graphtec plus i thing textile vinyl being as thick as it is can ware out the graphtec quicker than it would just cutting 100% signmaking vinyl.
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Hi Ali, Are you adjusting your cutter blade by unscrewing the holder and moving the whole thing up and down, Or are you increasing the blade depth on the digital pad on the top of the machine. My mate has this cutter and the speed goes upto 500 by pressing the pad at the top.
Regards
Steve
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