Graphtec FC4100-130 : Where to get blades

[John Childs]

Edward Mathias.

[Neil Davey]

Yep, Edward Mathias from me too.

Be prepared for a long LONG phone call.

😀

[Adrian Neill]

Yep just ‘spoke’ to him 😉 ….. blades are on there way. 😀

[John Wilson]

Contact details please? 😀

[Neil Davey]

http://www.blades.uk.com

[Robert Lambie]

Dave Standen at PrintOne for blades.

I know Harry knows his blades etc and is reputable, not knocking him or the firm at all… but i honestly cant be doing with the faffing around returning blades in jiffy bags before i get my new ones…
not knocking it, just not for me, and i did try it over a period of about 12-16 months…
we are talking about a product that costs about £8 new, something that can lasts months at a time… when its done, bin it and stick in another.

[John Wilson]

I’m going through a blade a week roughly with some of the garment material that i’m using

I’ll give them a phone right now cos i’m out of blades and the one i’m using is dull as hell

[Robert Lambie]

John, you must be putting the blade in upside down mate! 😮 :lol1:
Roughly a week??? 😕

seriously though, Our cutting machines work non-stop, we go through allot of cut vinyl in a single week…
we do have a separate blade for cutting reflective vinyls (because you should do) but i know for a fact our guys do not change over blades every time they cut reflective, and reflective vinyl WILL wear blades down more than any other because it containes glass beads to create the light shimmer, which in turn quickly blunts the blade. STILL… we seldom need to change our blades.

garment vinyls are very soft in comparison to sign making vinyls, ide not imagine them doing much if any damage to a blade mate.

[John Wilson]

yeah most garment vinyls are soft but some are quiet rough and textured plus it’s small designs

Also using it for thick rubber stencil

And no it’s not upside down 😉

[Chris Wool]

quote John Wilson:

I’m going through a blade a week roughly with some of the garment material that i’m using

I’ll give them a phone right now cos i’m out of blades and the one i’m using is dull as hell

give the blade holder a really good clean out often gives the same symptoms as a dead blade.

nothing wrong with my febay ones can’t fault them.

:peek:

[John Wilson]

I use compressed air to clean mine out sometimes and it’s still the same

[Robert Lambie]

compressed air is fine, but also give a good clean/wipe. drip little amounts of wd40 or the like down the barrel to allow the blade to spin free.
this is something matthias claim their blades last/work better because their blades are sealed in the unit. as a result you need to send them back complete to be resharpened.

eBay Chris! how dare you use such language on UKSB. shame on you… :lol1:

[John Wilson]

It’s been engaged for a while now, i’ll keep trying lol

[Neil Speirs]

quote John Wilson:

Also using it for thick rubber stencil

And no it’s not upside down 😉

John, you’ve picked me up wrong when I said I wanted a Durex stencil 🙄

[John Wilson]

quote Neil Speirs:

quote John Wilson:

Also using it for thick rubber stencil

And no it’s not upside down 😉

John, you’ve picked me up wrong when I said I wanted a Durex stencil 🙄

Just for everyone else’s benefit that was meant to be a joke :lol1:

[John Wilson]

Europoint don’t sell blades do they???

[Chris Wool]

best holder cleaner i have found is a aerosol tin on car brake cleaner and blast it out.

don’t get it in your eyes 😥

after it drys out one drop of 3in1 oil

[Robert Lambie]

quote John Wilson:

Europoint don’t sell blades do they???

RHG sell cutters, so ide "guess" they would sell Blades. but… It may only be for their line of cutters, one being Roland, which Europoint did before the merge. not sure what cutters RHG did before that.