• 60 Degree Blade

    Posted by Kaeon on 30 July 2006 at 19:25

    I just put a new blade in my machine and it is cutting like crap!!! the lines are rounded and not crisp at all! I think the blade got mixed up and is a 60 degree. Would a 60 degree blade cause this?

    Also my machine is a Mimaki type, if I change it to a roland holder I can use roland blades? Im paying around $13 a blade and I want to get some a little cheaper!! :love:

    Kaeon replied 19 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Peter Normington

    Member
    30 July 2006 at 19:42

    60 Degree blades are usually for heavier material. but should cut normal vinyl without a problem, you may need to change the offset though…
    And make sure the blade is only just prodtruding from the holder.

    Peter

  • Garrie

    Member
    30 July 2006 at 19:43

    with the new blade maybe being 60 degree would you not have to change the offset?

  • Kaeon

    Member
    30 July 2006 at 20:16

    Im using winpcsign and my knife offset is 14…. ive never changed the offset so i had no idea wat to do, so I set it to 24 to see if it helped and vwala it worked!!! But only on one letter! When I tried to cut a whole decal the lines got all round again or looked like the flinestones logo!!! ahhh i dont know what to do!

  • Peter Normington

    Member
    30 July 2006 at 20:44

    Check this out, it explains offset, not sure how you would adjust on your machine, but it should be mentioned in the manual.
    http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … set#114613

    Peter

  • Kaeon

    Member
    30 July 2006 at 21:00

    Im adjusting via the softwear and the results are less then good :(, So there should be a way to adjust it on the machine? Im going to call the company tomorrow and ask them, because I don’t see it anywhere in the book!

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