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  • Etch Cutting without border – help please?

    Posted by Robert Neill on October 15, 2015 at 7:52 pm

    Hi guys…. looking for some help.

    I have a window to etch with 610mm etch. But i want to cut lettering out of the centre of the etch material, but the problem is that i want to use the whole width of the etch…. as in i dont want to cut a border. So how would i go about that using Flexi 10 ?

    Any Ideas ?

    Regards

    Robert

    Gil Johnson replied 8 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Kevin Flowers

    Member
    October 15, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    Hi
    use 8.5 myself but if you just turn weed border off, it should just cut the lettering

    Kev

  • Robert Neill

    Member
    October 15, 2015 at 9:21 pm

    Hi Kev…. ye it will just cut the lettering without weed border on, but i want the letters positioned in the centre of the vinyl, so thats the issue.

    Cheers
    Robert

  • Gil Johnson

    Member
    October 15, 2015 at 10:35 pm

    Hi Robert,

    Just put a point in each corner of the design, the plotter will not cut anything but a point will be recognised by cut manager and therefore cut your text in the centre, or you could draw a single line to the window width say 590mm deep and finish off the ends by hand, that way you have the the material cut to window size but still at 610mm roll width.

    Hope this helps?!

    Gil

  • Robert Neill

    Member
    October 15, 2015 at 10:46 pm

    Ah right ye i think i get what your saying…. great ideas

    Thank you Gil

    Much appreciated

  • Robert Neill

    Member
    October 16, 2015 at 7:13 pm

    Hi Gil….just trying this out, could you explain your second idea please, the one about the line, i dont quiet get that one.

    Regards

    Robert

  • Gil Johnson

    Member
    October 17, 2015 at 6:23 pm

    Hi Robert,

    Say if your window is 1m wide and you want to use the full 610mm material width, draw the vertical lines at 1m apart X 580mm deep, add your logo / text to the centre of the etch and cut, then finish vertical lines by hand – 15mm top and bottom.

    Hope that is clearer?!

    Gil

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